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Hiking in Ruhpolding

Countless walking, hiking and mountain paths, as well as the recently opened Nordic-Walking trail, lead out through our broad valley, along the banks of the Traun, past traditional mountain inns, all the way up to the peaks of the Bavarian Alps.  And even if you don’t get around too well on your own two feet, the Unternberg chair lift and the Rauschberg lift will carry you comfortably up into our Alpine world. Once at the top, you can head out along a fascinating mountain nature trail, which will reveal to you a colorful world of Alpine butterflies. Friendly mountain inns and restaurants invite you to enjoy a quick snack or mouth-watering Bavarian specialties.  And whether you are merely out for a leisurely stroll, or are a mountain goat in your own right, you are certain to relish the breathtaking Alpine panoramas.

 Some popular hiking routes in detail:

Hörndlwand

Aside from the Kampenwand, the “Hörndl”, as the Hörndlwand is generally referred to by the locals, is perhaps the most striking peak in the Chiemgau Alps. The northern wall of the Hörndl greets climbers with a ...

Staubfall Waterfall / Heutal Route

An adventure-packed ascent takes you along a former smugglers’ trail and through the misty sprays of the Staubfall falls. Extended portions of this trail to Austria’s Heutal Valley can also be ridden by mountai...

Rauschberg

The Rauschberg gets its name from “Rausch”, a rock containing lead which was panned for on the Rauschberg in earlier times ...

Hochfelln

There are still some climbers, or so we hear, who shun the Hochfelln simply because a cable lift runs to its top. Clearly, they don’t know the old ascent via the south face...

Sonntagshorn

The Sonntagshorn gets its name from its tamer southern approaches. During the ascent, hikers have to overcome a Level-II climb amongst loose rock, a truly alpine undertaking ...

Urschlau Rötelmoos Weitsee

Urschlau is the end of the road which runs from Ruhpolding to Brand. A broad forestry road leads out to the high-pasture area of Rötelmoos beneath the Hörndlwand ...

Thoraualm & Thoraukopf

The Hochfelln projects four striking ridgelines into the Ruhpolding Valley, nestled between which are areas of high pastures that serve as popular hiking destinations. Between the Nesselauerschneid and Thoraus...

Around the Three Lakes

“Little Canada”: Lödensee, Mittersee and Weitsee are popular swimming areas in summer (for hikers, too, once they have their day’s hike “in the bag”!), the lake hike can begin in Seehaus (coming from Ruhpolding...

Haaralmschneid

The southernmost of the “Hochfellnschneiden” peaks is the jagged Haaralmschneid which, when viewed from Ruhpolding, towers up above the Neslauerkessel basin, a striking sight in its own right, like a rocky roo...