Ore Mountains Ridge Trail

Newly Marked Ore Mountains Ridge Trail - East

The Ústí Region, together with the Czech Tourist Club, has completed the re-marking of the unique long-distance hiking route of the Ridge Trail in the eastern part of the Ore Mountains.

The ORE MOUNTAINS RIDGE TRAIL - EAST (143 km) includes 7 stages with key locations: Boží Dar/Klínovec, Měděnec, Hora Svatého Šebestiána, Lesná, Český Jiřetín, Nové Město, Komáří hůrka, Petrovice, and it follows the red trail marker for its entire length.

Each stage offers a number of touristically attractive points.

Stage 1: BOŽÍ DAR - MĚDĚNEC (21 km)

  • BOŽÍ DAR - recreational village, museum, St. Anne's Church, Boží vyhlídka viewpoint, Božídarské peat bog nature trail, information center, mountain rescue, bus
  • KLÍNOVEC - highest peak of the Ore Mountains (1244 m a.s.l.), highest point of the Ústí Region, lookout tower, cable car, trail park. Ridge trail crossing from Karlovy Vary Region to Ústí Region
  • MELUZÍNA - mountain with rock viewpoint (1097 m a.s.l.), habitat of protected black grouse, dwarf pine vegetation
  • HORNÍ HALŽE - mountain village, Halžský vrch viewpoint, St. Theresa Church, heathland, bus
  • MĚDNÍK - hill with a chapel (910 m a.s.l.), view of Doupov and Ore Mountains, visitor mining adits (UNESCO heritage)
  • MĚDĚNEC - former mining village, information center, mining exhibition, Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, "Path from the City" nature trail, bus, train
  • VEJPRTY MOUNTAIN RAILWAY - mountain railway Chomutov-Vejprty, Měděnec stop

Stage 2: MĚDĚNEC - HORA SV. ŠEBESTIÁNA (19 km)

  • MĚDĚNEC - as above
  • KOTLINA - vanished mountain village, Chapel of St. Anna
  • PŘÍSEČNICE - water reservoir, submerged town of Přísečnice (battle in 1641)
  • JELENÍ HORA - scenic peak 994 m a.s.l.
  • NOVÁ VES - mountain village, viaduct of abandoned railway, tourist trail junction, train, bus
  • VEJPRTY MOUNTAIN RAILWAY - seasonal weekend tourist trains Chomutov-Měděnec-Vejprty
  • HORA SVATÉHO ŠEBESTIÁNA - mountain town (Chomutov District), Bezruč Valley Nature Park, surrounding peat bogs, restaurant, bus

Stage 3: HORA SV. ŠEBESTIÁNA - LESNÁ (20 km)

  • HORA SVATÉHO ŠEBESTIÁNA - former mining town, monuments, bridge pillars of the abandoned Křimov-Reitzenhain railway, accommodation, bus
  • CHOMUTOVKA - mountain stream with waterfalls, Bezruč Valley
  • NOVODOMSKÉ PEAT BOG - national nature reserve, summit mountain bogs
  • ZÁKOUTÍ - mountain village with springs and views, Chapel of the Virgin Mary, bus
  • SVAHOVÁ - mountain chapel of the Virgin Mary, restaurant, accommodation
  • HELEN'S WATERFALLS - in the valley of the Nivský stream
  • LESNÁ - Ore Mountains Geopark, arboretum, Ore Mountains Folk House Museum, St. Anthony Chapel, information center

Stage 4: LESNÁ - ČESKÝ JIŘETÍN (29 km)

  • LESNÁ (Ladung) - information center, Ore Mountains Folk House Museum, St. Anthony Chapel
  • ORE MOUNTAINS GEOPARK - exhibits of the region's geological diversity, mountain tree arboretum
  • BEAR ROCK (924 m a.s.l.) - view of the Bohemian Basin (Most Basin)
  • HORA SVATÉ KATEŘINY (St. Katharinaberg) - Hláska lookout tower, St. Catherine’s Church, Mikuláš Adit, Fláje Highlands nature trail, bus
  • NOVÁ VES V HORÁCH - museum, Baroque Church of St. Michael the Archangel, bus
  • MNÍŠEK - border crossing, restaurant
  • BLACK POND - nature reserve, peat bog, habitat of the black grouse
  • ČESKÝ JIŘETÍN (Georgendorf) - border village, St. John the Baptist Church, Fláje Canal nature trail, mountain rescue, bus

Stage 5: ČESKÝ JIŘETÍN - NOVÉ MĚSTO (17 km)

  • ČESKÝ JIŘETÍN (Georgendorf) - see above
  • FLÁJE CANAL - 17th-century timber-floating canal, nature trail
  • PUKLÁ SKÁLA - rock viewpoint over the Fláje reservoir
  • FLÁJE - extinct village, water reservoir, information center, nature trail
  • VILEJŠOV (Willersdorf) - extinct village (48 houses in 1930)
  • THREE LORDS HILL - hiking junction
  • BOUŘŇÁK - former mountain lodge, mountain rescue, viewpoint
  • NOVÉ MĚSTO (Neustadt) - mountain village, station of the Moldava mountain railway, bus

Stage 6: NOVÉ MĚSTO - KOMÁŘÍ HŮRKA (17 km)

  • NOVÉ MĚSTO (Neustadt) - recreational mountain village, bus
  • MOLDAVA RAILWAY - tourist mountain railway: Most-Litvínov-Moldava in the Ore Mountains
  • VITIŠKA - mountain huts (accommodation), scenic point
  • PRAMENÁČ ADIT - unique waterworks adit below Pramenáč peak (3370 m)
  • CÍNOVEC PEAT BOG - nature monument of the Cínovec Ridge, Georgenfeld peat bog reserve
  • CÍNOVEC (Zinnwald) - mining settlement, Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, border mining educational trail, golf
  • FRONT CÍNOVEC - extinct village, viewpoints, nature trail
  • KOMÁŘÍ HŮRKA - unique cable car from Bohosudov with panoramic restaurant. Krupka mining cultural landscape (UNESCO), Chapel of St. Wolfgang

Stage 7: KOMÁŘÍ HŮRKA - PETROVICE (20 km)

  • KOMÁŘÍ HŮRKA - unique cable car from Bohosudov with panoramic restaurant. Krupka mining cultural landscape (UNESCO), Chapel of St. Wolfgang
  • FOJTOVICE PLAIN - pastures with views of the Central Bohemian Uplands and Komáří hůrka, Goldammer Cross. Miners' Trail educational route
  • HABARTICE (Ebersdorf) - monument to the vanished Habartice, site of dendrological interest with mountain flora. Views of the Central Bohemian Uplands
  • ADOLFOV - recreational village, memorial site for residents of vanished Ore Mountain villages, restaurant, Telnice sports complex
  • KRÁSNÝ LES (Schönwald) - once a significant Ore Mountains village with a chateau and mill (milling museum), Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
  • ŠPIČÁK NATURE RESERVE (723 m a.s.l.) - viewpoint with memorial cross. Geologically significant volcanic hill, peat bog
  • MORDOVÁ RAVINE with Slatina stream (Mordgrundbach) crossing the national border
  • PETROVICE - dendrological rarity - the largest European larch in the Czech Republic with a trunk circumference of 6.8 m
  • PETROVICE (Peterswald) - ridge trail transition from the Ore Mountains to the Elbe Sandstones

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