Mountain hikes Brennkopf

Walchsee /
Difficulty ratings: medium
Route length: 8.6 km
Duration: 4:00 h

First-class cheese on your tongue, wild Kaiser peaks in front of your nose and Lake Walchsee in view: The summit tour on the Brennkopf is our multi-sensory 1000-metre experience.

Tour character

Easy summit tour to the grassy Brennkopf with great views of the Kaiser Mountains, Lake Walchsee and the Chiemgau Alps. Halfway along the route, you reach the Burgeralm, a farmed alpine pasture with its own dairy. Be sure to keep some space in your rucksack for a piece of cheese or two! At the start, you pass the photogenic Lochner waterfall, after the tour you can take a dip in the Walchsee lake.

Tour information

  • Requirement: medium
  • Length: 8.6 km
  • Duration: 4:00 h
  • Elevation uphill:738 hm
  • Elevation downhill:738 hm
Highest point 1,330 m

Starting point

Schwemmturm Walchsee

Finishing point

Schwemmturm Walchsee
  • Fitness level 4 / 6
  • Technique 3 / 6

Features

  • Circular route
  • Suitable for families

Best time of year

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Description

Starting point is the "Schwemmturm" at the Golf Hotel Moarhof in Walchsee. Opposite the parking lot leads a steep path over fields and through the forest to the Hitscheralm (refreshments available). Alternatively, you can walk along the golf course from the "Schwemmturm", towards Stauding and then on the right hand side via a forest road to Hitscheralm. Then follow the path no. 44 to Brennkopf. You can walk back the same route, or you can hike down a rather steep trail through the forest.

Getting here

More tours in the surrounding area

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