Hiking

The region around Oberammergau offers wonderful possibilities for hiking.May it be flat tracks in the valley or mountain tours - Oberammergau offers the hiker a rich selection of possibilities. And if you like accompanied hiking, we offer at least two guided hiking tours a week.

Hiking Maps of the Area:

• Maps of the Bavarian Land Survey Agency,
  scale 1 : 50 000; UKL 3 Pfaffenwinkel/Staffelsee (mostly suitable for valley hikes in the surroundings of Oberammergau, incl. Murnauer Moos);
  UKL 5 Karwendelgebirge / Werdenfelser Land ( mostly for mountain tours around Oberammergau and Garmisch - Partenkirchen)
• Kompass - Wanderkarte (Kompass hiking map) Oberammergau

Oberammergau - Unter-ammergau (Der Altherrenweg)

Starting point: Oberammergau train station; final destination Unterammergau

Oberammergau can be reached by the train RB Murnau - Oberammergau as well as by the busses 1084 and 9606 from Garmisch-Partenkirchen; Cloister Ettal can be reached by the busses 1084 and 9606 from Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberammergau respectively (time-table)

• Duration of the hike approx. 3 hours
• Low scale treading capability required
• Possibilitites of stopping at an inn along the way: Gasthaus Romanshöhe, different restaurants and cafes in Oberammergau and Unterammergau

Beginning at the Ammergauer Haus, you walk right along the Eugen-Papst-Strasse until you reach the Bahnhofstraße. Take a left in the direction of the train station and cross the Ammer. Keep right after the bridge and follow the river. Flower meadows accompany your hike and lead you to the nature reserve "Pulvermoos", a remnant of the Ammer glacier which filled the valley during the last ice age (until about 10,000 years ago).
Shortly after the border of the village of Unterammergau, you cross the railway tracks of the Ammer Valley Railway. If you feel like a detour to the wildly romantic Schleifmühlenklamm (grinding mill crest) of about 40 minutes, go straight on in the direction of the church across the B23.
Otherwise continue right along the road to the level grade crossing with barriers. Following the railway, you turn right into the Weiherweg until you reach the border of the village and then follow the road in the direction of Romanshöhe (marked by a yellow triangle). You slowly make an ascent until you reach a beautiful viewpoint of the Ammer Valley and the surrounding meadows at the cross. After about 2 km you reach the Berggasthof Romanshöhe. After that you have the possibility of a direct descent to Oberammergau (30 minutes). Otherwhise, you follow the left turn-off ("Altherrenweg"), on which the road leads you through wonderful meadows and along shady ditches. Again and again you are rewarded with a view of Oberammergau with the Laber (left) and the Kofel (right).
You follow the Altherrenweg until you reach the Gregorikapelle (chapel) (built in 1765 for the protection of the village from the devastating floods of the Laine) and continue following the Laine in the direction of the village. Cross the St. Lukasstraße and the Dorfstraße and then reach the Eugen-Papst-Straße. From here you take a left and reach the Ammergauer Haus after 200 metres.

Oberammergau - Ettal (Der Vogelherdweg)

Starting point: Oberammergau railway station, final destination Ettal Cloister.

Oberammergau can be reached by the train RB Murnau - Oberammergau as well as by the busses 1084 and 9606 from Garmisch-Partenkirchen; Cloister Ettal can be reached by the busses 1084 and 9606 from Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberammergau respectively (time-table)

• Duration of the hike approx. 1.5 hours
• Low scale treading capability required
• Possibility of stopping at an inn along the way: none, only Oberammergau and Ettal

Starting point of the hike is the Ammergauer Haus; from where you head off to your left (always up the Ammer) and always keep to the village siding shore. At the tight spot between the Laber and the Kofel you can see the bear cave on your left (with a figurine of Christ), a little path leading up to it. Further along the Ammer, until a track turns off in the direction of "Vogelherd" on your left. You cross the federal road (careful!) and slightly ascent to your right in the forest. After about 10 minutes you reach the forestry track leading you through varied mountain forest. At a fork in the road you chose the descent and immediately ascent to your left ("foot track Ettal"). Following a left bend you will find a wonderful view of the Cloister Ettal. You continue on the ascent track until you reach the path in the direction of Ettaler Mandl. From here you turn right and descent along the track to the cloister. Passing the brewery, you follow the sign on your left into the cloister courtyard.

Oberammergau - Linderhof (Der Sonnenweg)

Starting point: Oberammergau railway station, final destination: Palace Linderhof

Oberammergau can be reached by the train RB Murnau - Oberammergau as well as from Garmisch-Partenkirchen on the busses 1084 and 9606; Linderhof can by reach by the bus 9622 from Oberammergau (time-table)

• Duration of the hike approx. 5 hours
• No special treading capability required (valley hike)
• Possibilities of stopping at an inn along the way: Ettaler Mühle (Tel. +49 (0) 8822 6422); Graswang: Fischerwirt (Tel.+49 (0) 8822 3568), Gröblalm (Tel. +49 (0) 8822 6434); Schloßhotel Linderhof (Tel.+40 (0) 8822 790)
  

Route: from the railway station approx. 3 km upriver along the Ammer, turn right in the direction of Linderhof (Sonnenweg) at the large bridge, shortly turn left at the small tarred road and then turn right in the direction of Linderhof. Pass by the ram farms and finally also pass by Graswang and slightly ascend on the Kohlbachweg over meadows and through forest; turn left down into the palace park just before Linderhof behind the fence.