Mountain refuge Ellerspringhutte

Ellerspringhutte It fits better in a sober planning than in an improvised output. In the environment of Winterbach , within Renania- Palatinate , appears as a half mountain support in an area of high lomas and forests where the relief is not extreme, but it is continuous enough to demand good effort management in the approach and in the links on foot.

At about 630 meters of altitude, this shelter is located close to levels like Ellerspring , Ödesborner Höhe , Simmerkopf or Hölzerkopf , which helps to understand its function: not so much as an alpine base for great ascendations, but as a point of passage or guard on routes through soft cords, wooded areas and high roads in the Bad Kreuznach sector. In this framework they fit long-range itineraries such as the E8 or E3 , in addition to Sponheimer Weg and Nahehöhenweg , which make the area a useful space for cross, linked days and routes where it is appropriate to measure well accumulated distance, orientation and load capacity. The land of this part of Germany usually alternates forest sections with tracks, trails and rounded elevations; it does not respond to the pirenaic pattern of pedesta or crest, but it can be long by continuity, humidity, mud or changes of rhythm between hills and secondary peaks.

From a logistical point of view, it is appropriate not to have immediate water next to the shelter. The registered sources are several kilometres away, so it is reasonable to leave with sufficient autonomy and to review the actual state of the supply points. It is also interesting to raise the day with margin if it is linked with long signposted routes, because the combination of forest, road crosses and wavy relief can longer than expected a seemingly simple stage. In that regard, Ellerspringhutte It is especially useful for well-known trails, long stages and careful planning of the journey.