The Bike & Hike Tour on the Hohen Straußberg

For adventurous and sporty foot holidays, the Bike & Hike Tour presented here is a real treat, which leads to the Hohen Straußberg in the Ammergau Alps. First it is by bicycle from Füssen to the Berggasthaus Bleckenau, the former hunting lodge of fairy tale king Ludwig II, and then on foot to the summit, from which offers a fantastic view of the vast pre-Alpine country.

The excursion to the High Straussberg presented here is ideally suited as a Bike & Hike Tour. If you want, you can instead of by bike easily get to the Berggasthaus Bleckenau by bus and from there continue to the summit. However, bus operations only take place on weekends and public holidays. In any case, the mountain climb requires a bit of condition and safety as well as a sense of orientation in open terrain. Then there is the summit of the 1933 Meter high mountains a phenomenal view of the Allgäuer Königswinkel. As a bike and hike tour with the train station in Füssen as a starting point, the tour has a length of approx. 27 kilometers and takes around 6 hours are required.

Swipe at the Füssener Bahnhof on your bike and cycle along the Bahnhofstraße and Sebastianstraße to the wild romantic Lech to continue here in the direction of Hohenschwangau and the Royal Palaces. Before 8 clock in the morning, cyclists can use the paved road for the buses to the castles; Later this is closed for cyclists, so you have to take the steeper cycle path to the bus turnaround at the Marienbrücke. Continue uphill on the tarred road through the Pöllattal in the direction of Berggasthaus Bleckenau. Beautiful views of the Allgäu mountain world and the castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau make the quite strenuous drive tolerable. The Berggasthaus Bleckenau stands in the middle of the magnificent mountain landscape and has a cozy sun terrace on which guests are pampered with delicious Allgäu treats. Strengths You are here for the upcoming summit ascent.

First you follow the road with the bike, which now leads a few times over the stream Pöllat, until you arrive at the bicycle parking lot at the water reserve. So far the tour takes a good hour and a half. Now a sense of direction is required: you cross the Pöllat at a shallow point on large stones and follow an inconspicuous path, the so-called Settele-Steig, into the forest. After a few meters, a red path marker tells you that you are right. In Serpentines you now hike uphill and after a short time you should see a sheet metal sign with the inscription “Ahornsattel-Hoher Straußberg”. After a total of one and a half hours of walking Then reach the turn to the summit.

Orient yourself on the ascent at the summit cross on the High Straussberg, which is visible from afar. Once you have arrived at the top, you will find a panorama for melting down on the vast pre-Alpine country with its castles, mountains and lakes. Enjoy the fantastic view before returning to Berggasthaus Bleckenau on the same route. Down into the valley it goes with the bike either on the already known road or quickly on the water pipe path. If you have not started with the mountain bike, you can simply follow the road signs to the Tegelberg mountain station from the summit and from there easily take the lift to the valley station.

The bike and hike tour on the Hohe Straußberg guarantees adventure, natural enjoyment and magnificent panoramas in the Allgäu mountain world. This tour is definitely a real highlight for active holidaymakers.