Tour around Königsee (3 day hike) | 2578m

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Beautiful, non technical path/forest road from Schönau am Königsee until Gotzen Alm. Views at Gotzen Alm are spectacular. 

From Gotzen Alm to Kärlinger Haus is wonderful, enormous mountains in each direction, with views to the big valley with the lake at the bottom. It is a long way, but very beautiful, and it offers a nice pause with fresh water at Wasseralm.

From Kärlinger Haus to St Bartholoma, it is all way down, between two gigantic walls. If you happen to be there while foggy it is somehow mysterious, one descends in zig zag, but no reference to the back, nor to the front. 

At St Bartholomä one can choose to take the boat back, or continue the hike until Kühroint Alm. This path have some steep exposed areas, with aid from some metallic steps, all in all doable without special equipment. It is a long way up and then down again until reaching Schönau.  

 

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By public transport:
    Train station near start point: Berchtesgaden Hauptbahnhof (4.1 Km from start point)
    Bus stop near start point: Königssee (8 m from start point)

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Gotzenalm (1685 m):
    Website: Homepage
    Phone: +498652690900
    Location: Google maps

Wasseralm in der Röth (1423 m):
    Phone: +4986522207
    Opening hours: 24/7
    Location: Google maps

Kärlinger Haus (1635 m):
    Phone: +4986526091010
    Wikipedia: Wikipedia page
    Location: Google maps

Ostwandlager (623 m):
    Opening hours: May-Oct: Ausschließlich für Ostwandbegeher. Schlüssel beim Wirt der Gaststätte
    Location: Google maps

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Technical Difficulty Difficult
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Popularity 1
Highest point 2578m
Total gain 4193m
Total loss 4193m
Duration 31h35m
Distance 52.5Km
Rating 4091

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