Snowshoe hike - Hinteres Hörnle

7,89 km long
Difficulty: medium
Condition: medium
Great panorama
snowshoe
  • 4: 02 pm
  • 7,89 km
  • 756 m
  • 756 m
  • 930 m
  • 1.542 m
  • 612 m
  • Start: Tannenbankerllift car park, Bad Kohlgrub
  • Destination: Tannenbankerllift car park, Bad Kohlgrub

Classic tour to the panoramic mountain in Bad Kohlgrub. Please avoid the area from the Middle and Rear Hörnle between dusk and dawn. See photo

Very nice snowshoe hike several peaks with constant panorama and cozy hut stop when descending.

This tour was developed as part of the “environmentally friendly ski mountaineering” project German Alpine Club for the year 2015 in collaboration with local representatives (forestry, hunting and farmers).

Please respect existing wildlife resting areas and avoid the time between dusk and dawn, as wild animals are particularly vulnerable to disturbance at this time.

Good to know

Best Season

suitable
depending on the weather

Directions

Start is on Parking lot for tourers above the valley station of the Hörnlebahn Tannenbankerl lift. From here you go to the right along the slope through a small piece of forest. From now on you will always climb along the river left edge of the piste up to the Sonneneck and continue over the right one Edge of the family slope past the Mountain rescue hut to Hörnlehütte.

Please be considerate of the skiers descending and always ascend at the edges of the piste.

From the Hörnlehütte go over that Front horns. Now you climb a little downhill and past the Hörnle-Alm to go back a few hundred meters to the opposite side Posterior horns to ascend

Back to the Hörnlehütte you take the same path, but without climbing back up to the Vordere Hörnle.

After a rest at the Hörnlehütte, you can hike down into the valley on the same route or take the Hörnle cable car (please note: the cable car is not in operation until mid-2026 due to renovation work). 

Tour features

  • refreshment possibility

  • Summit

Equipment

With the perfect equipment, your personal winter day will be perfect Ammergau Alps Nature Park unforgettable. You can rent the appropriate winter equipment such as Grödeln (spikes for hiking boots), hiking poles, snowshoes, sledges or cross-country skis at our rental stations:

Tourist information Bad Bayersoien

Address: Dorfstr. 45 - 82435 Bad Bayersoien

Phone: +49 8845 7030 620

Bike rental Lukas Spindler/Sporthaus Mühlstraßer

Address: Theaterstraße 2 - 82487 Oberammergau

Phone: + 49 172 7228493

www.sport-muehlstrasser.de

www.bikeverleih-oberammergau.de

Papistock Sports Center

Address: Bahnhofstraße 6a, 82487

Phone: + 49 8822 4178

www.sportzentrale-papistock.de

Arrival & Parking

How to find us
A95, Murnau St2062 to Bad Kohlgrub
Parking

Tannenbankerllift car park, Bad Kohlgrub

Public transportation

Train stop: Bad Kohlgrub train station or Kurhaus
Murnau - Bad Kohlgrub - Oberammergau

Guests in the Ammergau Alps region travel free by bus and train with the electronic guest card or KönigsCard

E-car sharing in the Ammergau Alps Nature Park

More information / links

Organization

Ammergau Alps Nature Park eV

Our tip

You can also visit the Zeitberg with its panoramic cinema above the Hörnlebahn mountain station. There you can also lock your cell phone in a locker and relax and enjoy the mountain panorama.

safety instructions

Note: ALWAYS read the avalanche situation reportt: www.lawinenwarndienst-bayern.de

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

Map

You can get maps from the local tourist information offices.

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