The massive of the Schieferberg is located above the valley of the Hasel and is reaching a maximal altitude of 609 meters. He's a part of the big massive of the Nideck and the Schneeberg, which is reaching a maximal altitude of 961 meters, at the famous rock named as Lottelfels. A very wild and humid valley, is opening an access at the marvellous waterfall of Nideck (alt. 480 m), and equally, at the romantic medieval ruins of the same name (alt. 573 m). Here, the rock is having a volcanic origin, with a red porphyry. Since already several years, the valley of Nideck is protected, as a remarkable biological reserve, with in extras, the fabulous panoramic rocks of the Hirschfels and the Schieferberg. The most remarkable panorama in this massive is located at the summit of the very wild Schieferberg, with an atomical face-to-face, on the Schneeberg and the Rocher de Mutzig (which is the highest point of the Sandstone Vosges, with 1010 meters ! ).
Catégories de sites (3) / types of sites (3) : rochers, château médiéval (ruines), cascade / rocks, medieval castle (ruins), waterfall
Département de situation / department : Bas-Rhin (67) / Low-Rhine (France)
Ban communal local / geographic location : Oberhaslach
Altitude réelle / height of the site : 609 mètres / meters
Point de départ de base / departure for discovering the site : Vallée de la Hasel (altitude : 343) OU / OR Maison Forestière du Nideck (altitude : 601)
Accès par sentier balisé / access with a marked path : OUI / YES (rectangle rouge / red rectangle ET / AND rectangle jaune / yellow rectangle)
Taux de dénivelés / difficulties of the ascensions :
* Rocher du Schieferberg (609 m) : 36 mètres / meters (+)
* Rocher du Hirschfels (545 m) : 202 mètres / meters (+)
* Château-fort du Nideck (573 m) : 108 mètres / meters (-)
* Cascade du Nideck (480 m) : 137 mètres / meters (+)
Durées approximatives de marche / times for reaching the different sites :
* Rocher du Schieferberg : ~ 30 minutes depuis / from Maison Forestière du Nideck
* Rocher du Hirschfels : ~ 45 minutes depuis / from Vallée de la Hasel
* Château-fort du Nideck : ~ 30 minutes depuis / from Maison Forestière du Nideck
* Cascade du Nideck : ~ 20 minutes depuis / from Vallée de la Hasel
Massif porteur du site / mountain which is supporting the site : Schneeberg (altitude max : 961 m)
Présence de droséras / existence of sundews on the site : NON / NO (pas de tourbière existante ici / no peat bog available here)
Tourbière la plus proche / nearest peat bog : Grafenweiher (altitude : 563 m)