RAG Hartfüssler Trail 2026

The RAG Hartfüssler Trail begins and ends in Von der Heydt, an old mining settlement in Saarbrücken. All routes start from the Förderschule soziale Entwicklung Saarbrücken schoolyard. This German trail-running event offers four distances: 7.5 km, 14 km, 30 km, and 58 km. The 7.5 km route has a 194-meter climb, the 14 km route has a 296-meter climb, the 30 km route is slightly over 32 km with approximately 920 meters of climbing, and the 58 km route involves a 1,654-meter climb. TrailWandern provides a longer time limit for slower runners on the 30 km course, though organizers emphasize it is not intended for casual walkers. The course crosses the Saarkohlenwald forest and former Saar coal-mining areas, embodying the event's theme: "Experience 250 years of mining in one day." Participants will see former settling ponds, post-mining landscapes, headframes, and old Saarbergbau production sites, deviating from a simple forest loop. The trails narrow to rougher singletrack in secluded valleys, then ascend through locations like Püttlingen, Göttelborn, Camphausen, Brefeld, and Rußhütte. Aid stations on the 30 km route are located at Riegelsberg, Scheune Neuhaus, and Halde Grühlingstraße, with the middle station also functioning as the cutoff.