Bavarian Prealps

The Via Alpina, a cross-border long-distance trail with five route sections, runs over the entire Alps, including the Bavarian Prealps.

The Violette Way of the Via Alpina runs in 9 stages through the Bavarian Prealps as follows:

• Stage A51 runs from Oberaudorf to the Brünnsteinhaus
• Stage A52 runs from the Brünnsteinhaus to the Rotwandhaus via the Ursprungtal
• Stage A53 runs from the Rotwandhaus to Sutten via the Spitzingsee
• Stage A54 runs from Sutten to Kreuth via the Risserkogel
• Stage A55 runs from Kreuth to Lenggries via the Hirschberghütte and the Lenggrieser Hütte
• Stage A56 runs from Lenggries to the Tutzinger Hütte via the Brauneck
• Stage A57 runs from der Tutzinger Hütte to the Herzogstand via the Kesselberghöhe
• Stage A58 runs from the Herzogstand to the Weilheimer Hütte via Eschenlohe
• Stage A59 runs from der Weilheimer Hütte to Garmisch-Partenkirchen via the Wank

The Munich–Venice Dream Path (Traumpfad München–Venedig), first publicised in 1977, also runs through the Bavarian Prealps. Although it is not an official long-distance path, it has become well known because so many walking clubs and states were involved in its creation. The third section of the Dream Path runs from Geretsried to the Brauneck Gipfelhaus via Bad Tölz and Lenggries. Most of this stage is located in the Alpine Foreland. The fourth stage runs from the Brauneck-Gipfelhaus via the Benediktenwand in the Jachenau. The fifth stage runs from the Jachenau to Vorderriß, where the path enters the Karwendel. The end point is at Hinterriß.

In addition there is the Via Bavarica Tyrolensis, a 225-kilometre (140 mi) cycle path from Munich to the Tyrol (see main article).

Gallery

From the Benediktenwand to the Heimgarten

Panorama from the Herzogstand. From l. to r.: the Kochelsee, Benediktenwand, Walchensee, Herzogstandbahn top station, Western Karwendelspitze, Wallgau/Mittenwald, Wetterstein Massif, Zugspitze, Ammer Mountains

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  The Rotwand, Mangfall Mountains
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  The Plankenstein and Risserkogel, Tegernsee Mountains
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  View of the Bischof (2,033 m/6,670 ft) looking southwest from the Krottenkopf (2,086 m/6,844 ft), Ester Mountains
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  The

  Roß- and Buchstein

  from the Schönberg
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  The Heimgarten (1,790 m/5,870 ft) from the Herzogstand
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  The Herzogstand (1,731 m/5,679 ft) from the Heimgarten
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  The Hinteres Sonnwendjoch (1,986 m/6,516 ft)
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  View of the Karwendel from the Seekarkreuz (1,601 m/5,253 ft)
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  The north face of the Benediktenwand (1,800 m/5,900 ft)

Sources

• German Alpine Club (DAV): Alpenvereins-Jahrbuch "Berg '84": Die Einteilung der Ostalpen
• M. u. E. Zebhauser:
  ISBN 3-7633-1120-3
• Bernd Ritschel/Malte Roeper: Bayerische Alpen zwischen Oberammergau und Bayrischzell with articles by Hermann Magerer, Michael Pause, Hans Steinbichler et al., 1st edn., 2001, Rother-Verlag,
  ISBN 3-7633-7505-8