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Bike tour around the Walchensee

Bike tour:Round tour

Start: Car park Haus des Gastes - Destination: Car park Haus des Gastes

Tour dates

  • Duration3:05 h
  • Distance41.4 km
  • Difficultymedium
  • Altitude498 m
  • Lowest point801 m
  • Highest point902 m

Tour highlights

    Tour description

    On the bike tour around the Walchensee you get that Canada feeling. The turquoise-green Walchensee with its forested mountains all around is not only one of the deepest, but also one of the largest Alpine lakes in Germany. On its southern shore there are numerous romantic bathing and picnic bays.

     

    The highlights of the tour

    • Canada feeling in Alpenwelt Karwendel
    • Visit the Viking film village "Flake" at Walchensee
    • numerous swimming and picnic possibilities at Walchensee

    The tour description

    At the "Haus des Gastes" in Wallgau you pass the tennis court and turn right into Barmseestraße and continue past the village square to the northern end of the village. Follow the farm track on the left side of the B11 and later the Forstweg to Einsiedl. Now head along the shore to Zwergern and Walchensee. Here 4.5 km follow on the B11. In Urfeld turn right onto the Uferweg to Sachenbach and continue to Niedernach. Via the toll road (free of charge for cyclists) you reach the T-junction of the federal road and turn left on the route known from the outward journey  back to Wallgau.

    Your stops en route

    • Gastronomy at Walchensee
    • Gastronomy in Wallgau

    General information about the tour


    Parking

    • Parking at the "Haus des Gast Gastes" in Wallgau (fee required)
    • Parking "Wallgau Zentrum" on Soiernstraße (fee required)

    Best season

    • May to October (weather dependent)

    In emergencies:

    In case of emergency, please notify the nearest rescue control centre. This can be reached regardless of location and throughout Germany under 112.

    The ascent or ascent of all described tours of Alpenwelt Karwendel is at your own risk. The up-to-dateness and completeness of the contents cannot be guaranteed.

    Height profile