Tag: Bavaria

  • Nagelfluhkette – Immenstadt

    Nagelfluhkette – Immenstadt

    A string of more than a dozen mountain peaks is connected by a fantastic, challenging ridge-line trail and forms the Nagelfluhkette that crosses the heart of the Allgäuer Alpen. My route takes on the first eight mountain tops, aided by a chairlift for the initial ascent, before looping back to the starting point through the…

  • Ebersberger Forst Trail – Kirchseeon to Poing

    Ebersberger Forst Trail – Kirchseeon to Poing

    A half-marathon of uninterrupted flow trails make this one-way track one of the best trail-running experiences around Munich. The run is never boring as it meanders up and down lightly technical trails along a ridge line. After an optional climb up to a view tower, the trail gets racy with a constant slight downhill slope…

  • Amper Trails – Dachau to Unterschleißheim

    Amper Trails – Dachau to Unterschleißheim

    Following the idyllic river Amper downstream from the town of Dachau a variety of river-bank paths, from overgrown, tight trails, to perfect down-sloping flow, to wide tracks, are at the heart of this one-way route. Cutting across fields and following a marvelous, hidden forest trail it finishes in Unterschleißheim covering an exact half-marathon distance. Frequent…

  • Oberammergau, Pürschling, Laubeneck

    Oberammergau, Pürschling, Laubeneck

    Stunning vistas across the beautiful, famous village of Oberammergau and the Linder river valley, which is home to world-renowned Linderhof castle, from a sheer endless ridge-line trail are the best features of this route. On the other hand, the trails are highly technical and dangerously exposed in places featuring quite a few steep climbs. For…

  • Munich East – Feringasee – Isar

    Munich East – Feringasee – Isar

    In a wide circuit, an excellent, level route leaves Munich’s city center behind to explore trails truly off-the-beaten-track to the north-east. Following a string of local parks, creeks, and canals it leads deep into the countryside. Passing swimmable lakes, it circles back via the classic Isar trails.The longish route offers great variety with several hidden…

  • Kirchseeon to Aying via historic train tracks and creeks

    Kirchseeon to Aying via historic train tracks and creeks

    At near 30km this one-way route is on the longer side, taking you through some lesser-known jewels south of Munich along a variety of roads, paths, trails and cross country. It felt quite tough despite the gently rolling hill country, because the trail almost vanishes in places – the famous Aying brewery beer garden is…

  • Around the Wank

    Around the Wank

    The Wank is a favored hiking-tourist destination with a peak easily accessible by cable car from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. However, this loop circling around the entire mountain skips the peak and the crowds to follow a remote, moderately technical trail across the mountain’s steep southern slope that is hardly the width of a foot – offering stunning…