Just under a 25-kilometer hike from Elend via the Brocken to Bad Harzburg.
The Teufelsstieg is the most difficult ascent to the Brocken. The hike begins in the Elend valley and goes up along the Bode on a well-developed forest path to Schierke. A detour to the Schnarcherklippen is worthwhile here. Then downhill again past the Mäuseklippe to Schierke to the Excellence Path along the cold Bode, over the next bridge to the right through the Schluft meadows. After crossing the road, the ascent through the Eckerloch to the Brocken begins. The path leads along the Schwarzes Schluftwasser over the tracks of the Brocken railway to the Eckerloch hut. The Eckerloch climb ends on the Brocken road. The Teufelsstieg continues on the circular path upwards past the Brockengarten, Teufelskanzel, and Hexenaltar. The descent to Bad Harzburg takes place on the Heinrich-Heine-Weg, a former customs path on the so-called protection strip (now the route of the Harz border path on the Green Belt). After 3.5 km, the ranger station at Scharfenstein is reached; it then continues over forest paths to the Eckertalsperre. Further into the Eckertal and up the Braunschweiger Weg to the Molkenhaus. From there past the Ettersklippe to the destination of the hike - Bad Harzburg.
