☀️ Mullerthal Mega Trail Route 2 [40km] ☀️

“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, :27

Again 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 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️