Opening hours:Open today
Place:Scharnitz
:Alpine pasture / hut / mountain restaurant
Route No. 581 - Throught the wild romantic landscape of the Samertal to the Pfeishütte
Gravel, asphalt
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Good condition & technique required. Off-road bike (mountain bike, gravel bike, trekking bike, etc.), helmet, gloves
Suitable equipment is also available in the bike stores in the region.
Long and challenging tour — but absolutely rewarding in terms of scenery.
The route starts at the Nature Park Information Centre in Scharnitz or at parking area P2 and follows a low-traffic paved municipal road for the first 1.5 km. Just before the Isarlodge Wiesenhof, the well-rideable forest road begins straight ahead over the Gleirschhöhe to the junction into the Gleirschtal after about 4.5 km.
After a short descent and crossing the Isar, the climb begins — the so-called “Krapfen”. This is the first section of the tour that requires endurance and fitness. Once you reach the Gleirschtal ridge, the route passes beautiful alpine meadows and continues to a fork towards Möslalm.
At the next fork, you can choose between continuing directly or taking the right-hand path, which leads to the Möslalm after a short, steep climb.
From the Möslalm, a difficult ascent begins on partly coarse gravel through the wild and romantic high-alpine Samertal valley in the Karwendel Nature Park. Due to the rough gravel surface, the final climb before the Pfeishütte can only be ridden by very experienced bikers. Otherwise, this section must be pushed — but the scenery makes it well worth the effort.
The rustic Pfeishütte is a wonderful place to stop for refreshments or stay overnight. The hut is also a starting point for numerous mountain tours, such as routes across the Nordkette towards Innsbruck.
The return follows the same route back to the starting point.
By train to Scharnitz train station, then approx. 3 minutes by bike to the starting point at the Nature Park Information Center.
All real-time connections can be found in the route planner.
You can find all information about bicycle transportation on the bus here.
Guest Card = Travel Card: The guest card is valid during your stay as a ticket for all public bus connections in the region (up to Telfs and Mittenwald). In addition, the train ride between Seefeld and Scharnitz and the Wildmoosbus are also included. However, a separate ticket for bicycle transportation on the train must be purchased at the ticket counter of the Seefeld information & mobility center or online.
Parking P2 “Karwendelparkplatz Länd” - Scharnitz.
Cyclists can also use the following parking lots: P1 (Riedboden) coming from Munich and P4 (Mühlberg) coming from Innsbruck.
From these parking lots you can reach the starting point at the Scharnitz Nature Park Information Center by bike in about 5 minutes.
You can find all other car parks in Scharnitz here.
