Gravel tour - around the Trauchberg

The varied mountain bike tour first takes you Unternogg and past the managed forester's lodge.

Am Parking lot for hikers turn left (not right over the bridge!) and drive along the gently flowing Halbammer into the valley. At the next junction, continue left towards “Hubertus Chapel” and at the next fork turn right towards “Brunnenkopf”. The forest path now climbs steeply in places and, after a flat passage, past the “Mardersteighütte” on the right on the edge of the path.

About 300 m after the hut you have to turn right onto the narrow one Footpath towards Trauchgau branch off, cross the narrow footbridge and, after another 30 m, turn right towards Trauchgau. After an initial steep descent, you descend relatively flatly “Geometer and watershed hut” past the half sheet metal along and reach an asphalt road, follow this to the town of Halblech.

At the sawmill in Halblech, cycle right over the bridge and after 250 m turn right again towards Trauchgau. In Trauchgau turn right onto Austraße towards “Trauchgauer Almstube”. After one Gravel plant turn left, following the signs “Oberreithen-Schober”, until just before Oberreithen.

Then turn right on the asphalt road towards “Wieskirche”. At a triangle (a detour to the left to the famous Wieskirche would be possible, approx. 6 km there and back) you leave the asphalt road and from here take the gravel road “Königstrasse” via Unternogg back to Altenau.

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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Once you have reached the destination of this tour, you can treat yourself to traditional Bavarian cuisine or seasonal delicacies in the Altenauer Dorfwirt. The inn in the center of the village was renovated and brought back to life as a joint effort by the villagers. 

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.

Im Emergency Please contact the nearest rescue control center. Regardless of your location, you can reach them throughout Germany at Phone number 112.

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”