Winter Walk: The Bad Faulenbach-Alatsee Round

The 7,5 Kilometer-long Bad Faulenbach-Alatsee-Runde is a cozy winter hike that leads through the picturesque Faulenbach valley, which presents itself as a quiet winter wonderland in the cold months. The aim of the tour is the mysterious Alatsee, which has become known as the scene of an Allgäu crime crime far beyond the borders of the region.

The Faulenbacher valley belonging to Füssen is a scenic gem with many natural beauties such as impressive mountain slope forests, fascinating rock formations, picturesque meadows and six small lakes. In the largely car-free valley, which is something like the natural spa park Füssens, you can come to peace and leave the hustle and bustle of everyday life behind. In order to reinforce the recreational character here, various adventure stations such as a Kneipp facility, a balancing path or a dark room were created, each of which claims one of the five senses in a special way and thus offers wellness in harmony with nature. For enough variety is taken care of at the Bad Faulenbach-Alatsee round. The 7,5 Kilometer-long winter hike takes a good two hours and has an easy claim, so it is also suitable for families with children and seniors. Your starting and finishing point is the car park Bad Faulenbach in the Alatseestraße. Solid shoes and warm winter clothes are a prerequisite for the tour.

The winter hikers start at the parking lot and first march straight on the Alatseestraße through the idyllic valley. Gently uphill it goes through a fairytale snow landscape that has many varied natural impressions to offer. The hikers pass the Mitter and Obersee, whose natural resorts attract the bathing rats in summer, and go up to the legendary Alatsee, which lies on the German-Austrian border at the end of the Faulenbach valley. This quiet mountain lake became known nationwide as the scene of a successful Allgäu crime. Due to a rare layer of purple sulphur bacteria at fifteen meters depth, which for a wafer-tent reddish coloration of the Responsible for water, the Alatsee is also called the “bleeding lake”. It is surrounded by a mysterious character: the locals tell of mythical creatures and ghosts that dwell on the shores, and on the bottom of the lake lies hidden a treasure from the time of National Socialism. Actually, the Alatsee is only a beautiful mountain lake in the middle of a picture book landscape. From its shores, magnificent views of the Tannheim Mountains, which now appear as huge white guardians in winter.

The hikers walk along the lake to a parking lot and back again. If you want to, you can also circle the lake and get to know the local bird world better by means of several interactive showcases. At the Gasthof am Alatsee, which invites you to a small reinforcement, you go right on a hiking trail that leads to the Obersee. Here the tour runs directly through the quiet winter forest and the hikers pass some of the stations that were created in the Faulenbach valley and invite you to a journey of discovery for all five senses. On the Obersee it goes on the left up a slope to the Alatseestraße, which leads back to the parking lot. The Beneficent Winter air and the many impressions on the way make the hike a full enjoyment.

The Bad Faulenbach-Alatsee-Runde takes Füssen holidaymakers to a winter wonderland that makes the magic of the cold season really tangible. This tour promises both adults and children a lot of joy and unforgettable winter holiday impressions.