Big Loop Like Pillersee

Cycling tour

Beautiful, challenging road bike tour to the Austrian communities around Reit im Winkl.

  • Starting point Tourist Information
  • Location Reit im Winkl
  • distance 102.5 kilometres
  • duration 06:49 hours
  • maximum altitude 967 meters
  • minimum altitude 553 meters
  • altitude difference 1059 ascending
  • altitude difference 1065 descending
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Tour description:

From the starting point, cycle over the Maserer Pass, downhill to Oberwössen and Unterwössen. At the church, turn left onto Alte Dorfstraße and follow it to the district of Raiten. Continue to Schleching. At the border crossing, this route climbs over the Klobenstein to Kössen. At the first roundabout, take the first exit and then the second exit, uphill to Schwendt. Continue past the cheese dairy, old farmhouses, and fishing waters to St. Johann. In St. Johann, turn left past the Eichenhof ski lifts to Fieberbrunn and Hochfilzen. Instead of following the main road, however, at the end of Fieberbrunn, turn towards the "Eisernen Hand" inn—a much more scenic option for us. Before you reach the main road back to Hochfilzen, you'll see the mighty Jakobskreuz cross on the Buchensteinwand. We'll encounter this view many more times as you cycle around this mountain to Waidring. In Hochfilzen, turn left toward the Biathlon Center and take the side road to St. Ulrich on the left. The route continues flatly along Lake Pillersee until we begin the descent to Waidring. At Waidring, we keep left again and take the main road to Erpfendorf. There, turn right and cycle leisurely via Kössen back to the starting point. Refreshment stops are available along this tour.

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Arrival by car

From Munich or Salzburg, take the Munich-Salzburg motorway (A8 to Grabenstätt, exit 109), continue towards Marquartstein and then the well-developed German Alpine Road (B 305) to Reit im Winkl. From Munich or Innsbruck, take the Rosenheim-Innsbruck motorway (A93) to Oberaudorf (exit 59). Continue to Walchsee, Kössen, and Reit im Winkl. Parking: Tirolerstrasse 37 at the Festsaal, Dorfstrasse 38 at the Tourist Information Center, 83242 Reit im Winkl.

Arrival by public transport

Connections to Reit im Winkl: from Prien am Chiemsee train station, take the RVO bus, line 9505. From Ruhpolding train station, take the RVO bus, line 9506. The bus stop is directly at the Tourist Information Center. All timetables are available at www.reitimwinkl.de .