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Hohes Venn - Poleur-Venn
Photo: Pierre-Alexandre Massotte, CC BY-SA, East Belgium Tourist Agency
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We follow the Hill through the woods of Hertogenwald, over the plateau of the High Fens to the highest point in the country.
Open
moderate
Distance 22.7 km
Duration6:10 h
Ascent430 m
Descent40 m
Highest point660 m
Lowest point262 m
It takes some time before we have left Eupen behind us. The Hill is with us every step of the way. We enter the Hertogenwald. A little stream bubbles, babbles and finds its way down the jagged rocks. The sound of splashing water is never far from you. We follow a broad forest track until we reach the Black Bridge (Schwarzen Brücke). Suddenly, our path is lined with tree roots and stones, and our forest track widens again. We cross a few more streams before we leave the forest; we have reached the Duke’s Hill (Herzogenhügel). A stream, the Spohrbach, flows into the Hill, and then we enter the plateau of the High Fens. It is hilly. The vegetation is almost all peat grass, with only the occasional tree. The path through the High Fen is not easy. At Pont Marie-Anne Libert we cross the Hill one last time and continue further across the plateau. Our path is now wide, straight and grassy. Soon, we reached the highest point in Belgium: the Signal de Botrange, at 694 m.
This stage is just under 23 km long, almost all of it woods until reaching the edge of the Fen. Although there are no very steep climbs on this stage, it is uphill essentially the whole way.
Author’s recommendation
Be advised, there are no options for food along the way!
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Tourismusagentur Ostbelgien
Update: December 29, 2022
Difficulty
moderate
Overall difficulty
moderate
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
