Winter hike - Rantscher Weiher

6,50 km long
Flatly
Difficulty: easy
Condition: very light
Winter Hike
Hike
  • 1: 30 pm
  • 6,50 km
  • 133 m
  • 133 m
  • 744 m
  • 847 m
  • 103 m
  • Start: Sports center, Bad Kohlgrub
  • Destination: Sports center, Bad Kohlgrub

Idyllic winter hiking trail from Bad Kohlgrub to Rantscher Weiher and back via small hamlets.

Follow the hiking signs Snowflake number 12

Once you have reached the small climb to “Wäldle”, the moor health resort of Bad Kohlgrub is at your feet and you can enjoy a magnificent view of the Ammergau Alps. In Sprittelsberg there is a wooden chapel with a Mother of God from Altötting. At the height of Steigrain you get another wonderful view of the village and towards the local mountain, the “Hörnle”.

Winter hiking trail 12 Rantscher Weiher
© Kilian Greinwald, Ammergau Alps Nature Park
Winter hiking trail 12 Rantscher Weiher

Good to know

Best Season

suitable
depending on the weather

Directions

You start at the sports center in Bad Kohlgrub and go up to “Wäldle”. Continue east to the “Rantscher Weiher”. To the left of the pond you then walk slightly uphill through a small forest and reach the “Sprittelsberg” district with a beautiful view of Lake Staffelsee. Back to Bad Kohlgrub, take the road via “Grub” and “Steigrain” back to Bad Kohlgrub.

 

 

Tour features

  • Family Friendly

  • Flatly

Equipment

With the perfect equipment, your personal winter day in the Ammergau Alps Nature Park will be 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

A95, via Murnau (St2062) to Bad Kohlgrub

Parking lot P5 - sports center, Bad Kohlgrub

 

 

Train stop: Kurhaus Bad Kohlgrub
Murnau - Bad Kohlgrub - Oberammergau 

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

More information / links

Organization

Ammergau Alps Nature Park eV

Author's tip

After this winter hike, you can fortify yourself with a mulled wine or non-alcoholic punch at the winter bar in the center of Bad Kohlgrub. Ms. Weisser is opening her bar from December 27th to January 05th directly at her Weinladerl.

safety instructions

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

Card

You can get maps from the local tourist information offices.

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Contact

Winter hike - Rantscher Weiher
82433 Bad kohlgrub