Damage reports

The municipalities maintain a total of over 500 km of marked hiking trails. Volunteer trail patrons look after them and check them regularly. They use environmentally friendly spray markings, stickers or aluminum nails.

Have you discovered damage on a hiking trail? Is an important marking missing? Or a path is very overgrown? Then we would be delighted if you let us know! The trail sponsors and municipalities will take care of it as quickly as possible. Thank you very much for your support!

Mindfulness and caution in the forest

We ask all visitors to the hiking trails to exercise increased caution and care. In the Westerwald, storms, drought and bark beetles have taken their toll on the forest. Spruce, one of the most characteristic tree species in the region, has suffered the most. Complete stands were often destroyed.

However, native deciduous tree species have also been affected by the extreme drought and show clear signs of exhaustion, such as premature leaf shedding or increased dry branches in the treetops.

This is accompanied by an increased danger when using the cycling and hiking trails in the Westerwald. In many places, there is a risk of branches breaking or entire trees falling over. Where work is being carried out, visitors to the forest have to be rerouted over large areas so that they are not endangered by either the machine work or falling tree parts. In wet conditions, the forest paths suffer from mud deposits from forestry machinery or deformation caused by heavily loaded transport vehicles.

The safety of our cycling and hiking guests as well as the local population is our top priority! For this reason, we ask that you pay more attention to the marked paths and only stay on them. Please do not use the wooden poles as sports equipment or benches, as the logs can move at any time. Thank you for your understanding!

Rescue points in the forest

Lost in the forest or involved in an accident - how can you be found even though the usual street and house number signs are missing in the forest? Rescue points are the solution! These are starting points for finding people who have had an accident or lost their way in the forest. They can have a life-saving function in life-threatening situations.

The rescue points can be found in the "Help in the forest" app. Out in nature, they are marked by green signs with a white cross. They show the respective rescue point number and the emergency number 112.

Information on the rescue points

Group tours

We offer guided hikes for groups on all hiking trails. Appointments are possible at any time by arrangement. We are also happy to put together an individual tour according to your wishes with our experienced hiking guides. The maximum group size is 25 people per guide.

Coach tours are possible through the Westerwald (Wiedtal, Rengsdorf, Ehrenstein Monastery, Neustadt / Wied, Hachenburg, Birkenhof Distillery, Hachenburg Brewery, Montabaur, Kannenbäckerland) along the Rhine (Neuwied, Bad Hönningen, Linz, Koblenz) or through the Ahr Valley and Eifel (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Maria Laach, Andernach Geyser).

Tip: A winter hike around the Christmas village of Waldbreitbach!