Bad Schandau - Ostrau - Hohe Liebe - Schießgrund - Bad Schandau

The tour starts at the Elbe parking lot in Bad Schandau. We follow the Elbe promenade upstream and turn left behind the Toskana Therme spa in the direction of the "passenger elevator". The historic elevator takes you up 50 meters in a very short time. From the platform of the elevator, there is a beautiful view of Bad Schandau and the Elbe valley, and we follow the elevator path moderately uphill to the Bad Schandau district of Ostrau. We admire the magnificent wooden villas along the Ostrauer Ring and follow the local road to the junction to Bad Schandau. On the footpath along Falkensteinstraße, we follow the "Roter Strich" markings to the Zum Falkenstein restaurant. Here, our hiking trail branches off to the left and initially follows a comfortable, slightly ascending path to the "Ascent to Hohe Liebe" junction. Here the ascent becomes a little steeper and after approx. 15 minutes we reach the turn-off to the view and the mountaineering memorial, which commemorates the fallen mountaineers in the First World War. From here, we have a beautiful view of the Affensteine with the striking Bloßstock and the rock formations of the Hintere Sächsische Schweiz.
After descending from the clifftop, we turn left and follow the "Roter Strich" markings downhill again to the next major junction. We keep right and walk to the Wenzelsweg, onto which we turn right again. We follow the Wenzelsweg for a short distance until the Elbleitenweg branches off to the left. On the right, we can see the Falkenstein through the treetops. After a short, steep ascent, we turn right into the Schießgrund. From here we have a clear view of the Falkenstein. In the Schießgrund, we descend over easy forest steps into the "Zahnsgrund".
We keep left and follow the road for a short distance. Behind the Schrammsteinbaude restaurant, a path on the right marked "Parkplatz Ostrau" leads uphill through the Klüftelweg. Initially, the path climbs steeply over steps, later on a straight path, until we reach the village of Ostrau again.
The way back to Bad Schandau follows the same path that we already know from the start of our hike.