Préalpes Bavarian

The Bavarian Préalpes are a solid mass of the septentrional Préalpes Eastern. It rises between the Austria (Land of the Tyrol) and mainly the Germany (Bavaria, as their name indicates it).

The Krottenkopf is the culminating point of the solid mass.

Geography

Situation

The solid mass is surrounded by the the Alps d' Ammergau in the west, the Wetterstein in south-west, the Karwendel in the south, the the Alps de Brandenberg in south-east and the the Alps de Chiemgau in the east.

It is bordered in the east by the Inn. It is also cut into two in direction of north by the Isar.

It is bathed by the Lakes Walchen, Kochel and Tegern.

It is composed inter alia links of Mangfall, Ester and Tegernsee.

Principal Summits

Geology

Activities

Winter sports resorts

Excursion

The Via Alpina, a path of great tourist excursion and transborder, with five possible alternatives, through all Alps, passes in particular in Préalpes Bavarian.

The purple route offers nine stages in the solid mass:

  • A51 stage: of Oberaudorf to the Brünnstein hut;
  • A52 stage: Brünnstein hut with the hut of Rotwand via the valley of Ursprung;
  • A53 stage: hut of Rotwand with Sutten via the lake Spitzing;
  • A54 stage: of Sutten with Kreuth via Risserkogel;
  • A55 stage: of Kreuth with Lenggries via the refuges of Hirschberg and of Lenggries;
  • A56 stage: of Lenggries to the Tutzing refuge via Brauneck;
  • A57 stage: Tutzing refuge in Herzogstand via Kesselberghöhe;
  • A58 stage: of Herzogstand to the Weilheim refuge via Eschenlohe;
  • A59 stage: Weilheim refuge with Garmisch-Partenkirchen via Wank.

The Way of Dream ( Traumpfad ) Munich - Venice also carries out by Préalpes Bavarian. It is certainly not a path of great excursion official, but the way recommended for the first time in 1977 obtained, meanwhile, a notoriety much larger than of the national or transnational paths:

  • day 3: of Geretsried to the summit hut of Brauneck via Bad Tölz and Lenggries. The major part of this stage is traversed in the Tectonic foreland;
  • day 4: summit hut of Brauneck with Jachenau via Benediktenwand;
  • day 5: of Jachenau with Hinterriss via Vorderriss where it enters Karwendel;

Related articles

  • Geography of the Eastern Alps

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