It was a beautiful sunny day in March but stepping into the Gorges Du Loupe was like entering another world. It feels like a prehistoric landscape, with towering rock faces and dense tree cover, even though there were no leaves yet on the trees.
I followed the E1 circuit, starting and ending in Echternach, going anti-clockwise, some 14km which took around 3.5 hours. Heading up to the gorge and onward to the Labyrinth involved a steep climb and slippery dark stone steps for the first few kilometres. I found it very slow going, climbing up and down, watching my feet the whole time. After the first 5km or so, the route was much easier, with more gentle climbs up and down, mainly along a forest trail on a sandy track.
All the various routes are extremely well signposted throughout â there were only a couple of moments of wondering which way to go next and it very quickly became clear. Plenty of resting points, bridges and rippling streams to enjoy. Not too busy, even though it was a sunny Saturday, but enough people on the quieter stretches of the route that there wasn't that 'what if' that can come when hiking solo.
The first pic shows the steps up through the gorge, then the view down from the 'bridge' which extends across to give a panoramic view out over the countryside and over the gorge below - as per second pic.
Also a map track for the route - in two sections as I stopped to eat lunch after the first 8km - and a flavour of the elevation of the first stretch, and my...
   Read moreBeautiful trail which leads to an incredibly nice viewpoint over Echternach. Takes about a half an hour walk from the Bel Air hotel / bus stop to get there. Across this hotel walk up the small steps, go left and follow the trail until you reach the paved road. Take a right here, so don't keep following the E1 trail. You should notice a colorful sign with Wolfsschlucht there pointing you to walk up right off the stone wall building. Follow that trail going up. At the intersection keep right following the sign pointing to the Mullertal trail in 50 meters. Once you get to the sign post with many different routes and directions take the route going up. Just follow this trail and after some time you'll get to a point with steps going up at both sides and steps going down if you go straight. Take the steps up on the right and you'll get to the viewpoint. Even when raining badly you can still walk this trail. Not that muddy and quite a bit...
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Câest trĂšs montagneux, on se croirait randonner Ă travers des chaĂźnes de montagne tellement le paysage est beau au-dessus de nos yeux â°
Ătant de nature trĂšs sportif, cela ne mâa pas posĂ© de difficultĂ©s particuliĂšres mais il faut noter avant dây aller dâavoir de bonnes jambes đŠ”đ» le site Ă©tant trĂšs escarpĂ© et câest vraiment physique !
Si on est bon sportif, ça pose aucun souci sinon si votre condition physique est moins bonne, prĂ©voyez au moins plus de pause, arrĂȘt, un sac et des bouteilles dâeau đ
Quand on a gravi, on pourra admirer de belles vues et faire autant de belles photos, la juste rĂ©compense au bout de lâascension ! Faut pas avoir trop le vertige, sinon regardez pas dans tous les fossĂ©s, yâen a de trĂšs profonds et trĂšs vertigineux Ă admirer autrement.
On aurait pas dit en regardant en avant les photos sur Google du site mais je crois quâaucune autre ascension mâaura autant Ă©puisĂ©.
Pour un moment de pause pique-nique, câest super top, yâa tout ce qui faut en haut ou en chemin Ă intervalles rĂ©guliers : tables bancs etc.
Câest beau sans ĂȘtre aussi fou que peuvent le laisser penser les notes mais pour ĂȘtre impressionnĂ©, il ne faut surtout pas louper les grottes souterraines, jâai vu sur les photos et je me demandais oĂč câĂ©tait lâentrĂ©e, jâai trouvĂ© seulement sur la fin de mon pĂ©riple, mais câest Ă proximitĂ© des montagnes et entrĂ©e du site une fois quâon a gravi, on se croirait le temps dâun instant Ă faire de la spĂ©lĂ©o, câest juste magique âš prenez une torche pour la visiter jusquâau fond mĂȘme si câest pas si long et profond, jâavais jamais fait câĂ©tait somptueux Ă voir mĂȘme...
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