Azur sections

1 / Na Sonnenwirbellu (On Sonnenwirbell)

Sonnenwirbel is one of the historical names for the Klínovec peak, and on some maps also for the surrounding peaks of the Klínovec massif.

2 / Pytlácká (Poacher´s)

The forests around Klínovec are full of wildlife. While designing this section, we spotted a large deer. If we were poachers, this is where we would come. However, people mainly come here to poach blueberries.

3 / Koželužna (Tannery)

One of the historical maps revealed that there was a leather processing site not far from here.

4 / Milíře (Charcoal kilns)

In this section, we encountered numerous charcoal pits. These are probably the remains of old charcoal kilns – devices for producing charcoal, which ensure slow burning with minimal air access but at a relatively high temperature, causing the wood inside the kiln to carbonize.

5 / Nad Suchou (Above Suchá)

This section passes over Suchá twice. It is located above the village of Suchá, and in the middle it crosses the Suchá water stream, which, despite its name (“dry”), can be quite powerful.

6 / Ochsenraum

The slopes here are some of the steepest in the entire area, and it must have been really hard work that only a few oxen (ochse – ox, ochsen – hard work) could manage.

7 / Lehmgruben

The slopes to the right of this trail are rich in high-quality soil. Our ancestors knew this when they named this area, which translates as clay pit or clay mine (lehm – clay, gruben – to dig). You will circle one of these pits right at the beginning of this section.

8 / Vogelherd

A term from a historical map that does not make much sense even to experts in the German dialect spoken in the Ore Mountains. After thorough research, we discovered that it probably refers to a place where birds gathered. The name of the local crossroads, Sletiště, is also derived from this term.

9 / Adalbert

Adalbert, known as Vojtěch in Czech, is the name of one of the important tunnels in the Jáchymov mining district. According to maps, it was located in the lowest parts of the slope where this section is located today.

Rubin sections

1 / Bartum

Bartholomäusberg (St. Bartholomew’s Mountain) is an alternative historical name for Klínovec and its surrounding peaks.

2 / Prales (Virgin Forest)

In the past, the Ore Mountains formed an impenetrable forest barrier, which the Romans considered to be a safe protection against a possible invasion by Germanic tribes. Something of the impenetrability and mysterious atmosphere of the forest, which was called Miriquidi or Dunkelwald (dark forest), still remains in this hard-to-reach part of the Klínovec forests.

3 / Starkenberg

This section is located on one of the partial ridges of the Klínovec massif. Translated, this probably means “wide ridge.” The moderate slopes here made it possible to place a fun and playful section.

4 / Salzereith

The word reith refers to a clearing or glade. Salz means salt. This is probably an area where people placed a source of salt for wild forest animals – a so-called salt lick.

5 / Klunker

Historical maps refer to the name Klinkerhau. Hau means clearing or glade. If you take the word Klinker and swap one letter, you get the word klunker. If you don’t know what a klunker is, you should use Google!

6 / Zvonivka

Once again, the Klinkerhau area. According to the translator, Klinker means brick or clinker. Zvonivka is a type of brick. And also a great section.

7 / Mittelberg

Mittelberg refers to the lower slopes below Klínovec. Historical maps distinguish between Mittelberg, known to us as Černý vrch, and Grosser Mittelberg, which refers to the lower levels of the Klínovec massif. This section is located on these slopes.

8 / Edellen

Edellen, Edellautstollen, or Saxon Nobles’ Mine – different names for one of the most important historical mines. According to maps, it was located in the lowest parts of the slope where this section passes today.

Baron sections

1 / Panorama

2 / Kracklreith

Apparently, it was an inaccessible clearing that had to be scrambled or climbed up to (Kraxeln). The steep slopes surrounding it confirm these assumptions. Today, instead of hard work, riders can enjoy a series of five playful banked turns.

3 / Černoles (Black Forest)

Historical maps refer to the forests stretching from here to the Klínovecký potok valley as Schwarzwald. That is, the Black Forest.

4 / Cihelna

We are once again passing through the Klinkerhau area. Since klinker means brick, there was probably suitable soil here for brick production.

5 / Slínek (Clinker)

Clinker is lumps or concretions produced by sintering (bonding without melting to the point of liquefaction) limestone and aluminosilicate clay material, which is formed during production in a cement kiln. They can also be stony residues from coal combustion or from kilns. All of this can be referred to as clinker, which is why the fifth section of Baron, located in the Klinkerhau area, takes its name from this term.

6 / Lobegott Schmidt

Karl Friedrich Lobegott Schmidt (1820 – 1908) was a mining tradesman (so called loading man). Among miners the loading men had a special position. The last loading man in this area was Karl Friedrich Lobegott Schmidt from Mílov, who at the age of 67 obeyed divine inspiration according to a legend and made an adit into hard rock. At the age of 80 he was exhausted. He never reached his goal.

Mr. Schmidt, however made it to the brochure Significant personalities of the Ore Mountains, his portrait even adorns the cover of the booklet. His story inspired us and we called this section after him because the slopes here are extremely rocky. This section, however, does not reach its goal. Glück auf!