What we’re about
Welcome to "Yet Another Hiking Group in Luxembourg"!
Please read all of the below carefully before you apply to become a group member.
What is YAHGIL about?
This group is about hiking in Luxembourg.
- Most times REALLY in Luxembourg, but sometimes in the surrounding countries, like Belgium, France, or Germany.
- Most times it is ONLY about hiking, but sometimes it may include picnics, swimming, or barbecue.
- Most times it will not rain, we promise! And if it does, we apologize in advance, but we will hike anyway :)
- Most times it will be brisk walks between 15 and 20km, but sometimes it can be just a light promenade. In winter it might be sometimes too cold for more than 10km.
Who can apply?
Everyone passionate about hiking is welcome.
If you are not trained at all, you might consider not joining the hard ones first, but once in a while there will be hikes suitable for beginners, just read the description for each event carefully.
We are dog-friendly, and if your dog is friendly with people and other dogs, feel free to bring it along!
We expect a "clearly recognizable profile photo", to keep fakes and spammers out.
If there is any reason for not having such a photo, let's talk about it. Send us a message if your application was rejected or not answered, and make sure that we can reply, check your mailbox settings.
Who are we?
The group owner has been hiking in Luxembourg and the greater region since early 2019. Over time, several co-organizers have joined and we're able to organize hikes almost every weekend, unless all of us are out of town at the same time.
If you're interested in organizing hikes as well, let us know, and you may become an organizer in the group
What are we looking for?
We look for beautiful routes, new ones to explore, and the best ones to be repeated occasionally.
And we're looking for nice people to join us, good discussions during the hikes, but also enjoying the silence and the sound of nature.
If you happen to know a beautiful route, we're always open for suggestions, but be aware that we cannot consider every idea and we cannot promise if and when we go somewhere.
What do we expect from you?
- Be on time if possible, and if you're late, let us know immediately. There is some tolerance and we wait for you if we know you're coming, but don't let it become a habit
- Unsubscribe as soon as you know you can't make it, even if it is 5 minutes before or after the official start of the event, it makes checking the participant list much easier and your spot can be taken by someone from the waiting-list.
- Use public transport if we provide information about it, or the carpool to be eco-friendly and reduce the amount of cars that are used
Member contribution
While the membership in MeetUp is free for normal users like you, the group owners have to pay a subscription, which has constantly increased over the years.
I have set up a fundraiser on GoFundMe with the fictitious goal of "1 EUR per group member", and you can contribute whatever you feel comfortable with.
Be it 1 EUR per year, 1 EUR per hike, or 1 EUR per km (just kidding).
Let me know if the link doesn't work or you need to use a different way, like Payconiq or cash.
It's completely voluntary, but it helps a lot to cover the MeetUp subscription and all the small things that add up during the year.
Final remarks
There are comprehensive charters existing in other groups, with dozens of rules, but we try to get around it without that, although most of the listed points absolutely make sense and they are valid here as well, but without the need to state it. Our group, our rules.
The necessary legal minimum to claim:
"All Events are at your own risk, there is no liability by the hosts for any damage. Also, each participant is responsible for respecting the sanitary measures that might be in place at the particular moment, like distance and mask-wearing."
If you made it here, congratulations!
Welcome to YAGHIL, we're looking forward to hiking with you!
Cheers,
Jens.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- ☀️ Mullerthal Mega Trail Route 2 [40km] ☀️Nonnemillen LAC, Echternach
“The way is the goal.” – Confucius
And our goal is to complete Route 2 this time. 😉
Mullerthal aka Petit Suisse is the most famous and popular hiking area of Luxembourg 🇱🇺. The approximately 112 km long Mullerthal Trail consists of three loops (Route 1, Route 2 and Route 3). Fascinating rocky landscapes with gorges, crevices, labyrinths and the famous Schéissendëmpel waterfall - Route 2 has so many highlights:
https://www.mullerthal-trail.lu/en/fiche/walking/stage-trail-mullerthal-trail-route-2
I hope everybody chilled out on the last long weekend + Mother's 💕 day and ready to work off those extra calories because we have another long hike to do 🥾🥾🥾.
Seeing Mullerthal is a must for newcomers, the reason why I don't usually organize hikes there is because it's too touristy. Anyway every year we gonna hike it and hike it all we will. Both the 3 mega loops (route 1/2/3) and all the extra tours A/B/C/D one by one. We will continue this series with the second longest path 😃:
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/map-2c26f9a-9?u=m&sh=4kcjgp
The good news:
- Friday is off for us all as it is Europe Day 🇪🇺 so you have 1 day to relax and collect energy for the hike (I still leave it on Sat because the weather will be better and it is more convenient for most)
- Weather report looks perfect 22C and 🌞🌞🌞
- We will NOT rush this hike, with an avg 4km/h and 30 mins lunch and multiple water and snack breaks we expected to complete it in 11 hours
- We do the hike counter clock wise to get done with the climbing parts at the beginning, the very end of the hike will be all downhill
- We will start and end the hike at the Echternach lake, Nonnemillen Lac bus stop (easy parking)
- Nature have already waken up 🌱🍃 🌷🌻 so you will be able to see a lot of beautiful flowers along the trail
The bad news:
- We must start this super early, 09:30 latest to be able to finish it in daylight, the last light is at 21:36 so even if we are slacking, we should be able to finish the hike
- We will do the whole ~ 40km as advertised, maybe a bit more if we encounter blocked trails
- This hike will NOT be repeated again this year if you miss out see you next year
Start time: 09:30 Echternach Nonnenmillen Lac, take bus 201 from Limpertsberg, Theater (also stops at Luxexpo), leaves 08:40, gets to the lake at 09:21, we will wait a couple of minutes for those who are driving here. Drivers are welcome on this one, please register your car for carpooling (as it was an issue last time to find parking spots at the Echternach gare we will start from here, the lake has a huge parking lot):
The carpool: https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/jed6q2
End time: 19:30 Echernach Lake, Echternach, Nonnenmillen/Lac bus stop.
From here there are 3 direct buses back to Lux City per hour :07, :19, :27Again we will start and end at the lake (easier parking) and skip some part in Echternach, we are here for nature 🏞️ not for city sightseeing. What we cut off from Echternach we will walk it as an extra from Nonemillen LAC to get on the trail.
Shortcuts (there are buses from here back to Echternach):
- Berdorf 10 km
- Mullerthal central (Waterfalls) 16 km
- Consdorf 20 km
- Hersberg 24 km
- Wolper 29 km
- Scheidgen 33km
- Lauterborn 36 km
Lunch break is about half way at Consdorf after we did most of the heavy climbing.
After Scheidgen there is no point to quit anymore, the next stop is almost back at the lake. Due to the length of this hike if anyone feels tired or does not feel well can abort, if the whole group gets tired we will call it a day and finish the hike. No need to rush, we won't go in military tempo, there will be plenty of opportunities for snack breaks and photo shoots.
Everybody is coming for their own responsibility. For this hike make sure you bring:
- Hiking boots
- Hiking sticks
- At least 2L water (!)
- Snacks/food
- Sunglasses/sun cream
We end the hike close to the Youth Hostel next to the lake where we can have some drinks (those who get tired can even sleep over here a bed cost 34 EUR):
- Café-Bistro: 08:00 – 22:00 o’clock
As the ETA is after 20:00 expect everything but the gas stations to be closed (which are still ideal for buying food and drinks 😉).
Generic info for newcomers: http://luxoutdoors.cloudns.ch/
Have a nice short week and see you Saturday morning 🚶♀️🚶♂️
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