The Hochfelln is one of the wildest mountains in the Chiemgau. If you want to pay a visit to it, you have to be prepared for a long but varied ascent. Thank goodness there are plenty of “petrol stations” along the way!
The Hochfelln is one of the wildest mountains in the Chiemgau. If you want to pay a visit to it, you have to be prepared for a long but varied ascent. Thank goodness there are plenty of “petrol stations” along the way!
Tour description:
Route: Bergen - Maria-Eck pilgrimage church (800 m) - Hochfelln middle station - Bründlingalm (1165m) - Hochfelln middle station - Gleichenberg Alm (1025m) - Kohlstatt - Bergen
The best way to start the ascent towards the impressive Hochfelln is in Bergen at the Hochfelln valley station . From the car park you pedal uphill on the best roads to the Maria-Eck pilgrimage church. Shortly behind you can dare a spectacular view of the Chiemsee near the Mariengrotte. We continue around the Hammerberg. At the next junction, keep left uphill in the direction of the Hochfelln middle station . A huge natural "amphitheater" soon opens up, peppered with lots of rustic alpine pastures. You crank past the middle station and in a few steep hairpin bends up to the Bründlingalm. After the well-deserved stop, you roll back down the same path, past the middle station and to the well-known junction. Here you keep to the left and cross the entire northern flank of the Hochfelln. On the way, you can recharge your batteries at the serviced Gleichenberg Alm , before you take a brisk ride to the Weißen Ache and follow it out to Bergen - from the Kohlstatt car park on fine asphalt. But watch out: cars!
Highlights: view and aura of the Maria Eck pilgrimage church, numerous alpine pastures with places to stop for refreshments
Bike & Hike: from the Bründlingalm to the Hochfelln (1664 m)
Bike & Swim: Schipfl Weiher at the Kohlstatt hiking car park
Information: Tourist Info Bergen, Raiffeisenplatz 4, Tel. 0 86 62/83 21, www.bergen-chiemgau.de
Approaching via the A8 exit Bergen to the Hochfelln cable car car park
Train line Munich-Salzburg station Bergen from there by bike approx. 5 kilometers to the starting point of the Hochfellnseilbahn car park