Mountain refuge Abri de Ellern

Average cost at the Hunsrück

About 590 meters, in the surroundings of Ellern (Hunsrück) , this coat fits better as transit support than as a destination in itself. The area is moved by forest lomas and soft divisives of the Hunsrück region, between the Mosela, Nahe and Rhine basins, a less alpine relief than the pirenaian but very useful to manage long stages on foot when time changes or the day is longer than expected.

Support for passing routes

Abri de Ellern may be of interest to those who cross this part of Rhineland-Palatinate by linking long-range itineraries. In their surroundings they pass through such traces as the E8 , E3 , the Jakobsweg between Mainz, Bingen and Trier, in addition to the Nahehöhenweg and stages of the Ausonius Wanderweg. Rather than serving as a basis for ascension, its role fits into the division of effort, especially on linear routes where it is appropriate to reserve an intermediate guard point without dependent on immediate inhabited nuclei.

The nearby terrain round modest but continuous heights, with elevations like Schanzerkopf or Hochsteinchen relatively close, which helps to understand the wavy nature of the sector. There are no data to allow for indoor equipment or supply in the shelter itself, and the registered sources are several kilometres away, so it is appropriate to propose the day with sufficient water autonomy and margin. In a region of long roads and cross-cutting, this detail weighs more than the altitude: here the practical decision goes by measuring well the stage, the meteorology and the real recharge point before leaving.