The spread is genuinely broad: 50 routes rated easy, 60 moderate and 49 hard or harder. The terrain that comes up most often is panoramic viewpoint, castle and ruins, pilgrimage route. Around 47 percent are circular routes, so parking once is usually an option.

The most reliable season overall is april to october. Start with Ostbayerischer Jakobsweg (Eschlkam > Donauwörth) or European long distance path E8, Fränkischer Albverein if you want the highlights without a lot of research.