baVARIA
Wendelstein cog railway
BAVARIA TIPS
FERRIES
· Inn Ferry Service providing regularly scheduled passage between Kufstein, Kiefersfelden, Ebbs, Niederndorf and Oberaudorf
· Ferry Service on Lakes Chiemsee and Königssee
· Sailing Schools on Lakes Chiemsee and Waginger See
CABLE CARS
· Brannenburg, Wendelstein cog train and cable car( 1,838 m)
· Aschau im Chiemgau Kampenwandbahn( 1,480 m)
· Bergen Hochfelln( 1,670 m)
· Ruhpolding Rauschbergbahn( 1,650 m)
· Frasdorf Hochriesbahn( 1,558 m)
· Berchtesgaden Jenner( 1,802 m) Obersalzbergbahn( 1,000 m)
· Bad Reichenhall Predigtstuhlbahn( 1,614 m)
HIKES
Inzell:
· Pleasant stroll round the Falkenstein, south of Inzell, path No. 11, past the tiny Falkensee( moorland lake). 3 hours walk, no elevation change.
· Glacier Garden: 2 km south of Inzell, by the road: Natural monument from the last Ice Age, 10,000 years ago; Scrape marks on the rock caused by the glacier.
Bad Reichenhall
· Thumsee, idyllic mountain lake with a footpath leading around the lake
· Cycle paths and footpaths on the north-western edge of town, along the River Saalach and in Nonn alpine spa park, 2 km south-east, in Bayerisch Gmain
· Alpine tour on the Staufen, 2 km north of Reichenhall
Waging am See:
· Stroll round the Waginger See, 5 hours, through the pastures, fields and forests of the hilly Chiemgau. East of Waging, Mühlberger Weg( car park), over 14 pilgrimage stations to the baroque pilgrimage church“ Visitation of Mary” with view of the lake. Continue via Gaden( late-Gothic church) to the north of Petting and on to Tettenhausen. Westwards back to Waging across the narrows of the lake.
Ramsau:
· Stroll along the“ Saltwater Pipe Path”( 900 m) with lovely panorama( former 29 km pipeline from Berchtesgaden to Reichenhall, in use from 1816 until 1927).
· The Hintersee is romantically situated at the foot of the Hochkalter( 2,608 m) with lovely reflections of the mountain, popular place for painters from
Vienna and Munich in ca. 1871.
· Beautiful hike through the Wimbachtal, to the gorge in 15 minutes, 1 hour to Wimbach castle and to the Wimbach-Gries-Hütte in another 1.5 hours.
SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Ruhpolding:
· Lovely footpaths starting from the Woodcutters’ Museum. Aschau:
· Aschau: walk to the nature reserve around the Bärnsee( 1 km to north).
· Kampenwand, 1,669 m, with Kampenwand cable car in 14 minutes to the mountain station( ca. 1,500 m). Alpine walks with panorama of the Alps and the Chiemsee. Seebruck:
· Splendid views of Lake Chiemsee, with the Chiemgau Alps in the background. Especially impressive in the afternoon and at sunset.
Altötting:
· Starting point of the 248 km-long“ Benedict Trail”, connecting milestones in the childhood and youth of Joseph Ratzinger between the Inn, Salzach and Chiemsee. Pope Benedict XVI calls Altötting his“ spiritual home”, while the town where he was born, Marktl am Inn, lies only 12 km away. www. benediktweg. info
Ferry service on lake Chiemsee Predigtstuhl lift, Bad Reichenhall Staufenkapelle chapel, Bad Reichenhall