K.2.: Visnitzweg - Waterfall - Rotwegkapelle

Kappl /
Difficulty ratings: easy
Route length: 6.5 km
Duration: 3:30 h

Easy circular hike from Kappl village to the waterfall and Rotweg Chapel

Tour information

  • Requirement: easy
  • Length: 6.5 km
  • Duration: 3:30 h
  • Elevation uphill:267 hm
  • Elevation downhill:267 hm
Highest point 1,343 m

Starting point

Kappl village

Finishing point

Kappl village

Features

  • Circular route

Best time of year

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Description

Starting from the village square in Kappl, this route proceeds down to the valley station for the cable car. There, cross a wooden bridge to get to Kohlplatz. Follow path no. 17 until you get 30 m before the first junction. The route branches off there to Visnitz Waterfall. Visnitzbach plunges down some 30 m here. Afterwards take the steep path back to the Rotwegkapelle junction and follow the route up to the chapel. From here the hike proceeds downhill via forest road no. 17 to the junction for the hamlet of Wiese, continuing along the edge of the forest to the main road. From here, at the junction for Wiese, head up to Hotel Edelweiss Schlössl and then bear right, through the hamlets of Stiegenwahl - Höfen - Tschatscha and Bild to get to Kappl village.

Getting here

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