Gravel tour - around the Ettaler Manndl

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44,55 km long
Flatly
Difficulty: difficult
Condition: difficult
Great panorama
Mountain biking
  • 04: 00 pm
  • 354 m
  • 356 m
  • 628 m
  • 912 m
  • 284 m
  • 44,55 km
  • Start: Tourist Information, Oberammergau
  • Destination: Tourist Information, Oberammergau

Oberammergau – Ettal – Oberau – Eschenlohe – Grafenaschau – Bad Kohlgrub – Kraggenau – Wurmansau – Unterammergau – Oberammergau

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Best Season

suitable
depending on the weather

Directions


You leave Oberammergau in a southerly direction and first cycle along the Ammer on the cycle path to Ettal.


At the end of Ettal, after approx. 800 m, you will reach the “Ettaler Saddle”. From here it goes downhill, after a long left-hand bend you leave the federal highway B 23 to the right in the next right-hand bend below the "Ettaler Sattel" (inexperienced cyclists stay on the federal highway B 23 to Oberau).


Only experienced bikers Drive downhill on the partly very steep and gravelly path (dangerous descent) to Oberau and continue towards the train station, crossing the busy federal highway B 2.


Pass the train station and continue over the railway tracks and Loisach Bridge to the golf course and along the edge of the forest to Eschenlohe. In the center of Eschenlohe, in front of the "Alter Wirt" inn at the "War Memorial", keep left towards the cemetery.


After crossing under the B2 federal road and the motorway, turn right to the connecting road Grafenaschau. This quiet street, closed to public traffic, takes you through the southern part of the city in a varied way "Murnauer Moos" to Grafenaschau. In the center of town, turn left and drive past the cemetery, climbing on the good forest path to Bad Kohlgrub.


In Bad Kohlgrub you cycle uphill through the town Direction Saulgrub. Before the end of the town you have to turn left and continue through the Kraggenau district until the first houses of Saulgrub are in sight.


Approximately 100 m before a market garden, turn left onto a gravel road, after approximately 600 m you will come to an asphalt road again, which passes the on the left “Aura Hotel” in Wurmansau leads. In Wurmansau, in front of the small chapel on the left, keep right, under the federal road B 23 to the connecting road.


On this side road turn left to Unterammergau and return to the cycle path oberammergau.


 


 

Tour features

  • refreshment possibility

  • Flatly

Equipment

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

Arrival & Parking

A95, B23 via Ettal to Oberammergau

Eugen-Papst-Straße car park, Oberammergau


 


 large, free alternative parking lot


South parking lot/fairground


 

Bus stop: Oberammergau station or Eugen-Papst-Str.
9606 Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Oberammergau - Wieskirche - Füssen
9622 Oberammergau - Ettal - Linderhof (castle)
Train stop: Oberammergau station
Murnau - Oberammergau


Guests of the Ammergau Alps Nature Park travel free by bus and train with the electronic guest card or KönigsCard.

More information / links

Organization

Ammergau Alps Nature Park eV

Author's tip

Visit the Café Habersetzer in Grafenaschau and enjoy a delicious piece of cake or tart from the in-house pastry shop on the sun terrace with a unique panoramic view.

safety instructions

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 timereduce speed and get off on narrow paths and push the bike. We appeal for respectful interaction between hikers and bikers.


In an emergency, please contact the nearest rescue control center. Regardless of your location, you can reach them anywhere in Germany by calling 112.

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To plan your 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”

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How to find us

Gravel tour - around the Ettaler Manndl
82487 oberammergau