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Rodter Wald
Photo: Markus Balkow, CC BY-SA, Tourismusagentur Ostbelgien
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This GR stage takes you from St. Vith via Rodt and Recht to Ligneuville, where GR56 reconnects with the 'Amel variant'. There's a very varied hike awaiting you here.
Open
moderate
Distance 19.1 km
Duration5:05 h
Ascent241 m
Descent362 m
Highest point589 m
Lowest point339 m
From the lively little town of St. Vith we begin by walking towards the wind turbines at Rodt, already visible at long range. When we get to the Tomberg in Rodt itself, a section of mixed woods with characteristic beech trees begins. Via paths some of which are quite small, we walk past places where the typical bluestone was painstakingly mined. In the village of Recht you can still find older houses in which these stones were used.
From Recht, a beautiful trail leads through the woods towards Stavelot and the Amel valley. At the Autobahn E42 we walk down into the extensive Amel valley. Shortly after the village of Pont, we leave the regular long-distance hiking trail GR56 and turn off towards Ligneuville, which lies on the 'Amel variant'. This very flat trail takes us straight to the 'trout farm capital', as Ligneuville is also fondly known.
Author’s recommendation
The leisure centre on the Tomberg and the slate mine in Recht are popular destinations for tours in the region.
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Tourismusagentur Ostbelgien
Update: January 24, 2024
Difficulty
moderate
Overall difficulty
moderate
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
ST.VITH - Coming from the main street (the main shopping street in Sankt Vith), we start at the big roundabout formed by the main street, Aachener Straße, Rodter Straße and Malmedyerstraße. We choose the Malmedyerstraße and from here we follow the white-red hiking signs of the GR56 towards Malmedy and right. At the end of the cemetery wall at the end of the village we turn left into Hünningerweg.
The slowly ascending, narrow farm track leads us to the country road N675. We cross it here and turn right around a Toyota car dealership. Shortly afterwards, at the next junction, we take the right of the two narrow roads. This leads us now slightly downhill to the village Ober Emmels. Careful we are walking on side roads and/or farm tracks and we have to expect vehicle traffic again and again.
