Germany Gorge

Rumpelbachschlucht

70 m of rock, cut by the Röthenbach.

Derzno · CC BY 3.0

The cut

70 metres, to scale.

A slice through Rumpelbachschlucht where it is deepest and narrowest, measured on the Copernicus relief model every 30 m. Same scale as the landmark standing on the floor.

Standing on the floor, to scale: Tower of Pisa · 56 m

Depth is measured to the lower rim; the width is from rim to rim. A 30 m relief model smooths the narrowest walls, so a slot canyon reads shallower than it is.

70m

Depth

measured on the 30 m relief model

7.4km

Rim to rim

measured on the 30 m relief model

16°

Steepest wall

average over 300 m, from the relief

0.3km

Length

Rim to floor

Afternoons, up top and down below.

In July the afternoon reaches 26 °C. The best months to hike are from May to June and in September. The rim freezes at night from December to March. The wettest months are in July.

rim · 630 mfloor · 383 m

2°0°Jan
3°2°Feb
8°7°Mar
14°13°Apr
19°17°May
23°22°Jun
26°24°Jul
25°24°Aug
20°19°Sep
14°12°Oct
7°5°Nov
3°1°Dec

Hike: May–Jun, SepFrost on the rim: Dec–MarWettest: Jul

Afternoon highs, 1991–2020 averages (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the rim and of the floor with the standard lapse rate (6.5 °C per 1 000 m). Shade, wind and rock change this on the day. Not a forecast.

Gorge in Germany

Rumpelbachschlucht is a gorge in Germany, cut by the Röthenbach river. The relief model measures 70 m from the floor to the lower rim, and 247 m to the higher one. It runs for 0.3 km. Rim to rim it is 7.4 km wide where the cut was taken.

Getting there.

Altdorf bei Nürnbergnearest town · 2.8 km in a straight line
Parking 1,460 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 2.8 km from the floor
Nuremberg Airport (NUE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 21 km in a straight lineCar hire at NUE airport (Nuremberg)Discover Cars · sponsored link
From May to June and in Septemberbest months to hike (estimate)

Plan the visit

Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.

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Around the canyon.

6viewpoints within 5 kmNürnberg-Blick, Altdorf-Blick and 4 more
41marked hiking routes within 4 kmBirglandweg, Anton-Leidinger-Weg, Blaupunkt and 38 more
1climbing crags within 3 kmKletterhalle KunstGriff
10footbridges and suspension bridges within 3 kmKirchenweg and 9 more
1named waterfalls within 4 kmRöthenbach-Wasserfall
142car parks within 3 km
53information boards and visitor centres within 4 km
32bus stops within 2 km
6campsites within 8 kmCamping Haimendorf, Campingplatz "Märchendorf", Wohnmobil Stellplatz Feucht and 3 more
27hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmWeißes Lamm, Gasthof Grüner Baum, Distlerhof and 24 more
41restaurants and cafés within 4 km

via ferrata routes within 4 km
rafting, canoe, kayak or canyoning spots within 4 km
swimming spots within 3 km
caves within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the floor of the canyon. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

Altdorf bei Nürnberg2.8 km in a straight line
Winkelhaid3.0 km in a straight line
Leinburg5.4 km in a straight line
Burgthann6.1 km in a straight line
Offenhausen7.6 km in a straight line
Schwarzenbruck8.3 km in a straight line
Engelthal8.8 km in a straight line
Feucht9.2 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Rumpelbachschlucht.

The river that carved it, the waterfalls inside it, the mountains on the rim, the lakes, beaches and island nearby — from our six sister atlases, each with its own figures.

Cascadyas2 waterfalls nearbyComing soon

Wasserfälle bei Weißenbrunn · 5.6 kmKlingender Wasserfall · 7.6 km

Peakyas51 mountains within 15 km

Ernhofer Berg580 m · 4.9 kmBalcher588 m · 6.3 kmNonnenberg579 m · 7.6 kmBuchenberg567 m · 7.8 kmLindenbühl601 m · 11 kmDillberg595 m · 11 kmArzberg612 m · 13 kmP.608608 m · 13 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather, at the floor and at the rim.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon · floor	2	3	8	14	19	23	26	25	20	14	7	3
Afternoon · rim	0	2	7	13	17	22	24	24	19	12	5	1
Night · rim	-6	-5	-2	2	6	11	13	12	7	3	-1	-4
Rain (mm)	58	44	48	39	76	69	77	72	55	52	57	60
Rainy days	12	10	11	10	13	14	14	12	10	11	11	14
Sun hours/day	1.4	3.1	4.4	6.5	6.8	7.5	7.5	6.7	5.4	3.4	1.4	1.0
Snow on the ground (cm)	16	15	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	15

	Afternoon · floor	Afternoon · rim	Night · rim	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	2	0	-6	58	1.4
Feb	3	2	-5	44	3.1
Mar	8	7	-2	48	4.4
Apr	14	13	2	39	6.5
May	19	17	6	76	6.8
Jun	23	22	11	69	7.5
Jul	26	24	13	77	7.5
Aug	25	24	12	72	6.7
Sep	20	19	7	55	5.4
Oct	14	12	3	52	3.4
Nov	7	5	-1	57	1.4
Dec	3	1	-4	60	1.0

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (383 m) and the rim (630 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Seen from the trail.

2015 Röthenbachklamm 01 — Derzno · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	48%	261%	94%	35%	64%	172%	42%	146%	103%	111%	28%	105%
2021	136%	121%	73%	65%	134%	161%	180%	154%	48%	64%	78%	124%
2022	98%	112%	41%	195%	41%	57%	33%	105%	185%	90%	90%	84%
2023	69%	103%	181%	126%	53%	66%	90%	185%	37%	107%	187%	155%
2024	113%	151%	59%	156%	185%	134%	92%	100%	209%	111%	81%	81%
2025	107%	66%	38%	72%	46%	90%	116%	60%	213%	112%	68%	30%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

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