3-day-hike up Germany's oldest Klettersteig route | 2651m

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Klettersteig

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<p style="text-align: left; line-height: 1;"><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;">"The Northern Limestone Alps saw the first routes still in use today as via ferratas: the Heilbronner Way in the German Allgau Alps was constructed in 1899, shortly followed by the Eggersteig (1903) and Wildauersteig (1911) in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilder_Kaiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilder Kaiser" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif;">Wilder Kaiser</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"> in Austria.</span><sup id="cite_ref-klettersteig_4-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata#cite_note-klettersteig-4" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[4]</a></sup><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"> In the Dolomites, the climbing path up the West ridge of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmolada" title="Marmolada" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif;">Marmolada</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"> (German: Marmolata) was installed in 1903, and the Possnecker Path up Piz Selva in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sella_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Sella Group" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif;">Sella Group</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"> was completed before the First World War."</span></p><p style="text-align: left; line-height: 1;"><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;">-Wikipedia page on Via Ferrata</span></p><p style="text-align: left; line-height: 1;"><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 1;"><b>Day 1: Start</b></p><p style="line-height: 1;"><span jstcache="768" style="">Parkplatz Fellhornbahn to Rappensee</span> Hütte</p><p style="line-height: 1;">8,3km | 1075m up | 4 hrs</p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.75rem; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.75rem; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Day 2: Heilbronner Weg</span></b></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.75rem; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Rappensee Hut to Kemptner Hütte</span></p><h1 jstcache="767" class="DUwDvf fontHeadlineLarge" jsan="7.DUwDvf,7.fontHeadlineLarge" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.75rem; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">11,2km | 600m up, then 750m down | 6,5 hrs</span></h1><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 1.375rem; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75rem; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; list-style: none; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 1.375rem; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75rem; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; list-style: none; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Day 3: Head back</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 1.375rem; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75rem; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; list-style: none; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Kemptner Hütte to Spielmannsau</span></p><h1 jstcache="767" class="DUwDvf fontHeadlineLarge" jsan="7.DUwDvf,7.fontHeadlineLarge" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 1.375rem; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75rem; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; list-style: none; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">6,2km | 850m down | 3 hrs</span></h1>

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<div><i>Automatic direction calculation (experimental feature, please provide feedback)</i></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><u>By car:</u> </b><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.3523799,10.26275" target="_blank">Navigate using Google maps</a></div><div><br></div><div><b><u>By public transport:</u></b></div><div>    Train station near start point: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.4129111,10.2806853" target="_blank">Oberstdorf</a> (6.9 Km from start point)</div><div>    Bus stop near start point: <a href="http://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.3525143,10.2634544" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fellhornbahn Talstation</a> (55 m from start point)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div>    Train station near end point: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.4129111,10.2806853" target="_blank">Oberstdorf</a> (7.5 Km from end point)</div><div>    Bus stop near end point: <a href="http://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.3471219,10.3050048" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Spielmannsau</a> (33 m from end point)</div><div>    Bus stop near end point: <a href="http://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.3671111,10.3025769" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Christlessee</a> (2208 m from end point)</div><div>------</div>

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"The Northern Limestone Alps saw the first routes still in use today as via ferratas: the Heilbronner Way in the German Allgau Alps was constructed in 1899, shortly followed by the Eggersteig (1903) and Wildauersteig (1911) in the Wilder Kaiser in Austria.^[4] In the Dolomites, the climbing path up the West ridge of the Marmolada (German: Marmolata) was installed in 1903, and the Possnecker Path up Piz Selva in the Sella Group was completed before the First World War."

-Wikipedia page on Via Ferrata

Day 1: Start

Parkplatz Fellhornbahn to Rappensee Hütte

8,3km | 1075m up | 4 hrs

Day 2: Heilbronner Weg

Rappensee Hut to Kemptner Hütte

11,2km | 600m up, then 750m down | 6,5 hrs

Day 3: Head back

Kemptner Hütte to Spielmannsau

6,2km | 850m down | 3 hrs

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Train station near start point: Oberstdorf (6.9 Km from start point)

Bus stop near start point: Fellhornbahn Talstation (55 m from start point)

Train station near end point: Oberstdorf (7.5 Km from end point)

Bus stop near end point: Spielmannsau (33 m from end point)

Bus stop near end point: Christlessee (2208 m from end point)

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Rappenseehütte (2091 m):

Website: Homepage

Phone: +498322700155

Opening hours: Jun 15-Sep 15: 06:00-23:00

Location: Google maps

Kemptner Hütte (1846 m):

Phone: +49 8322 700152

Wikipedia: Wikipedia page

Location: Google maps

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Technical Difficulty							Medium Difficult
Gear							Hiking Boots , Klettersteig Set , Helmet , Gloves
Popularity							0

Route statistics

Highest point							2651m
Total gain							2163m
Total loss							2092m
Duration							14h20m
Distance							28.8Km
Rating							2199

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3-day-hike up Germany's oldest Klettersteig route | 2651m

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11,2km | 600m up, then 750m down | 6,5 hrs

6,2km | 850m down | 3 hrs

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