Alpspitz Round

The Alpspitz round is a family-friendly, 11,3 Kilometers long mountain hike, which inspires with magnificent views up to the Zugspitze, cozy places to stop and beautiful landscape impressions. On the way you can also have fun in a forest rope garden on this hike and see the worth seeing ruins of the Nesselburg. The Alpspitz round is a real highlight for the whole family!

This walking tour leads to 1575 Meter high Alpspitz, which is located on the northeastern edge of the Allgäu Alps and is accessible from the Alpspitzbahn. Whether in summer or winter – the Alpspitz is a popular excursion destination in every season, which allows for numerous leisure activities. Among other things, you can experience dragon and paragliding flights, rapid descents in a summer toboggan run or hover in a gondola while gondeling high above the Alpine foreland and, for example, a noble 4-Gänge-Menü Enjoy it. For children there is a large adventure playground, a knight castle, a petting zoo and other entertainment offers. In the cold season you will find a beautiful ski area on the Alpspitz, which really leaves nothing to be desired. For hiking lovers, the Alpspitz is a real paradise, because it offers the best paths for every level, which lead through a dream landscape and enable wonderful views up to the Zugspitze. Several cozy huts and alpine pastures provide with delicious Allgäuer specialties for the physical well-being. The valley station of the Alpspitzbahn, the starting and finishing point of the hiking tour, is located at Nesselwang. Arriving from feet You can cross the highway A7 and the Bundesstraße B309 to Nesselwang. From here you follow the signage that takes you to the valley station of the Alpspitzbahn. Sufficient parking is available here. Those who arrive by public transport either take the train directly to Nesselwang, or can take the bus from the Füssener Bahnhof 71 or from hops on the lake with the bus line 56 Take it there.

From the valley station of the Alpspitzbahn, this family-friendly hiking tour on the waterfall trail, an adventurous hiking trail along the Wildbach, goes up the mountain in about an hour. On the way, while hiking over flowering mountain meadows and along small groves, there are always beautiful views over the surrounding landscape with its mountains and lakes as well as the picturesque community of Nesselwang. Round 30 You can reach the cozy Kronenhütte, which is located at an altitude of 1120 meters and in which a warm Bavarian hospitality and delicious regional delicacies await, which can be enjoyed on the beautiful sun terrace here. Meanwhile, the children have the opportunity to have fun in a playground or in a tree house. Afterwards, we continue relaxed and freshly strengthened to the mountain station of the Alpsspitzebahn, where a wonderful dream view over the Allgäuer and Tyrolean Alps to the Zugspitze is offered. Here at the mountain station is the Sportheim Böck, a modern Alpine lodge with wellness offers, culinary delicacies and a magnificent panoramic terrace. Also very beautiful are the nearby ones Kappener Alm, which 1952 was built and offers typical Allgäuer Hüttenflair and delicious regional delicacies, as well as the quaint little Hündleskopfhütte. So there are numerous very comfortable places to relax on this hiking tour.

At the Alpspitz round, however, not only culinary pleasures are provided. In addition to the magnificent nature impressions and fantastic views, a hike with the ruins of Nesselburg also offers a very interesting attraction. The ruins of the Höhenburg, the end of the 13. The century was created by the noble-free lords of Rettenberg, located on 1038 Metre height on the cone of an extension of the Alpspitz. The castle, which served as the seat of Augsburg nurses and guards in the Middle Ages and was destroyed by several fires, has preserved even larger remains of the wall, tombs and tracks of terrain. Impressive is especially the up to seven meters high shield wall, which once led completely around the castle. Next highlight of the hiking tour is in Kappel the forest rope garden Höllschlucht, where big and small can swing from tree to tree and have the opportunity to climb over nets, bridges and swaying tree trunks. There are a total of eight exciting climbing courses and other entertainment offers such as Archery and canyon crossings. State-of-the-art security systems ensure carefree and risk-free fun! The forest rope garden opens its doors again from the 12. April 2014. After you have enjoyed climbing and archery here, you hike on the Kappeler Höhenweg, on which you can expect wonderful landscape views again, back to the valley station of the Alpspitzbahn.

Overall, you should plan at least four and a half hours for the eventful Alpspitz round – depending on how long you stay in the cozy huts or in the forest rope garden. There is of course the possibility to shorten the hike and to be brought comfortably from the Alpspitzbahn up the mountain. The Alpspitz Round is a real family walking highlight that promises a lot of fun and unforgettable holiday moments.