Gravel tour - through the Halbammertal

You leave Unterammergau on Scherenauer Straße to the north. In Scherenau turn left and a little later through the ford of the Scherenauer Laine at a small one Kapelle .

After a climb in the forest and on Cross “Mary helped” go downhill to the right, always following the main path until you reach the asphalt road. There you turn left and drive on the asphalt road, “Unternogg” passing, to the parking lot at the Halbammerbrücke.

You keep left and drive along the Halbammer. After about 3 km (at a fork in the road) cycle right over the bridge, after another 200 m right again and on the road forest road becoming steeper uphill. At the next crossroads, take the forest road downhill to the right, the eastern slope of the “Hochwildfeuerberg” crossing.

You will come to another forest road and continue to follow the signs downhill. After about 1 km, turn right onto “Königstraße”, along which you will come to an asphalt road. You cross the Halbammerbrücke and then turn left back to Altenau.

Am Extinguishing pond turn right and drive past the church through the town. After the railway underpass, turn right onto Wurmansauer Straße. Take the connecting road south, past a gravel pit and later the sports field, back to Unterammergau.

Bike rental + repair

To guarantee a smooth bike tour through the Ammergau Alps, we recommend the following equipment:

• Bicycle helmet
• Gloves
• Short or long cycling shorts
• Short or long jersey
• Rain jacket
• Good shoes, possibly with a click
• sunglasses
• Hydration
• Meals
• First aid kit
• GPS device + second set of batteries
• Current map (scale 1:50)
• Replacement hose, pump
• Tools
• camera
• Money

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If you take the tour in the opposite direction, you avoid the sometimes very steep, demanding inclines (the tour difficulty is then easy to medium).

The tour has been put together to the best of our knowledge No guarantee is given for the accuracy of the information.  Access is at your own risk and can be associated with the usual risks that are always present when staying in the mountains. Any liability is excluded.

Please always take Considerate pedestrians and hikers. Make yourself noticeable in time, reduce speed and get off on narrow paths and push the bike. We appeal for respectful interaction between hikers and bikers.

 To plan your mountain bike tour from home, we recommend our interactive tour planner.

You can get the following maps at the tourist information office on site: - Cycling map “Theme Tours Zugspitz Region”