From the parking lot at the Buchenparkhalle, after a few meters in a westerly direction, you reach the main entrance to the open-air site, marked by two piles of wood. From here, a wide forest path leads us straight ahead slightly downhill past the first information stations to the viewpoint above the Beizehaus.
To reach this, however, after the short detour to the view, we first have to follow the now narrower and steeper hiking trail further downhill until we can take the grassy, slightly sideways sloping path back at an acute angle. If you want to see the exhibition in the Beizehaus, you have to keep left in front of the building, as the entrance to the info point is on the side facing the mountainside.
The now wide, gravel path becomes noticeably steeper until, just before the central meadow, braking assistance from helpers is absolutely essential. Otherwise, there is a real danger of tipping over forwards in a (short) wheelchair without their help. Once you reach the bottom, it is worth taking a detour up the slightly ascending slope to the log cabin with its event room and exhibition of historical forest workers' tools. In any case, children will be thrilled by the so-called squirrel-cobble playground. In addition, a nearby small U-shaped footbridge leads over a waterhole.
The first three hundred meters of the onward route past the actual Waldhusche (a wooden chute for transporting the felled timber) require full commitment uphill, as well as the helpers, as the gradient is briefly between 12 and 14%. Once we reach the next major crossroads, the most strenuous part is behind us, but we continue uphill on a bumpy path back to the starting point of the hike. After all, there are several adventure stations to the left and right here (briefly turning off into a side path), which offer the opportunity to rest while the children can run around. After crossing the piles of wood at the main entrance again, the tour ends back at the parking lot.
Note: The tour can also be extended by continuing straight ahead at the large crossroads after the steep ascent from the central meadow and finally returning to the parking lot in a wide arc (see overview map of the open area, which is also displayed at the entrance). However, there are more and nicer wheelchair-accessible play stations on the route variant described above.
