Mountain Bike Ride
Three-Day Zugspitz Loop

Day 1: Imst - Reutte
Uphill/downhill: 1,554/1,525 vertical metres, distance: 67.2 kilometres, highest point: 1,806 metres, difficulty level: difficult

From the Oberstadt area of Imst, stage one leads along a wide forest trail next to the Pigerbach stream towards Tarrenz and then on to the village of Nassereith. Turn right towards Aschland. After around five kilometres the steep climb begins along route 605 to the Marienbergjoch ridge at around 1,800 metres above sea level. This is followed by a steep descent to the Weißensee lake, past the Sunnalm hut and the bottom of the Marienbergbahn ski lift. Once down in the valley, riders take route 814 to Ehrwald. Then head west past the village of Lermoos and through gently rolling terrain parallel to the Fernpassstraße road to Heiterwang. The last few kilometres lead through the Klausenwald forest and along the Echenbichler Landstraße road to the finishing point in Reutte.

Day 2: Reutte – Seefeld

Uphill/downhill: 1,470/1,150 vertical metres, distance: 64.5 kilometres, highest point: 1,599 metres, difficulty level: difficult

Leaving from Reutte, riders head towards Urisee. The gravel climb along route 824 leads via Kuhklause to the shore of the Plansee lake at almost 1,000 metres above sea level. The ride then continues along the wide route 820 across the border into Germany. Continue to Griesen fand then head south along the Loisach river to Ehrwald. From here there is a three-kilometre climb on tarmac and gravel which is steep in places and leads from the bottom of the Ehrwalder Almbahn cable car to the Ehrwalder Alm hut. The ride then continues past the Igelsee lake and down through the Gaistal Valley. After passing Obern, head along a gravel trail towards the Wildmoossee lake, past the Wildmoosalm hut,  on route 547 to Seefeld.

Day 3: Seefeld – Imst

Uphill/downhill: 1,769/2,131 vertical metres, distance: 62.8 kilometres, highest point: 1,847 metres, difficulty level: difficult

The third and final stage begins with a section along route 546 from Seefeld heading south-west to Mösern. After a short section on the Möserer Dofstraße road, riders reach a singletrack trail around four kilometres in length heading down to Telfs. This is followed by rolling terrain across the Mieming Plateau all the way to Obsteig. Continue via Arzkasten and Holzleiten Sattel down to Nassereith before the final challenging climb of the day begins. This takes riders onto the Schweinsteinjoch ridge from Sankt Wendelin near Nassereith through the Tegestal Valley. There then follows a trail via the Vordere Tarrentonalpe hut onto the Dirstentrittkreuz mountain at 1,850 metres. The route back into the valley takes riders past Sinnesbrunn, the Kappakreuz mountain and Obtarrenz. From there, head to the centre of Tarrenz and then take the tarmac cycle path for the last few kilometres through the Gurgltal Valley back to Imst.

Important! You can replace the section from Nassereith through the Tegestal Valley and via the Schweinsteinjoch ridge to Tarrenz by instead taking the Radwanderweg Gurgltal cycle path from Nassereith.