Hundsmarter

The Dog Smarter is a mountain in the Saxon Erzgebirge, in the south of the municipality Raschau marker Bach. It forms the end of the Fichtelbergbahn forth between Big and Little Mittweida and Pöhlwasser, extending ridge. Is the built 1970-1978 upper reservoir of the pumped storage plant markers Bach on him. In the construction of the top of the mountain was flattened. So today is the ring dam of the upper reservoir with 848.4 m above sea level. NN the highest point.

His name is mainly operated on the earlier of him running with dog carts, can be traced back to Bohemia salt transport. Other historically documented descriptions of the mountain are Blöselstein or Blösenstein.

In winter, the dog Smarter is a popular starting point for cross-country skiing on groomed trails (dog torture route ) through the beginning here vast forests of Fichtelbergbahn area. Also, because of its good panoramic view over the western Erzgebirge he is frequently visited. Once a year here also finds the Erzgebirgsradrennen, over up to 47 km in length and 1250 meters altitude, instead. Its longest tour takes, starting and finishing near the lower basin at the foot of the mountain, over the ridge and the Fichtelbergbahn.

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