Hirschberg Summit and Chapel – Wirtatobel Waterfall Trail loop from Natura 2000 Gebiet Bregenzerachschlucht

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Hirschberg Summit and Chapel – Wirtatobel Waterfall Trail loop from Natura 2000 Gebiet Bregenzerachschlucht

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Hirschberg Summit and Chapel – Wirtatobel Waterfall Trail loop from Natura 2000 Gebiet Bregenzerachschlucht

03:21

10.4km

420m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Nagelfluhkette

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.74 km

Hirschberg Summit and Chapel

Highlight • Summit

Drinks and small snacks are available in a self-service room. Very good idea

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5.17 km

Old Hut Hirschberg

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Beautiful alp with an open winter room. Drinks in the self-service refrigerator.

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7.30 km

Wirtatobel Waterfall Trail

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Wirtatobel
Beautiful path along the creek past many small and large waterfalls. The path is easy to walk on and not demanding. It's not a steep uphill climb and there …

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8.19 km

Wirtatobelbach Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

Beautiful waterfall, easily accessible, wide gravel path, along the ravine.

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8.21 km

Waterfall

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A few steps below the path you can see this small waterfall.

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8.21 km

Wildtobel Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

Almost as beautiful as in Canada

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8.47 km

Waterfall and Wooden Bridge in the Forest

Highlight • Waterfall

9.64 km

Waterfall in the Bregenzerwald Forest

Highlight • Waterfall

A nameless waterfall that provides a welcome stop on the way up.

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10.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.51 km

1.24 km

1.10 km

529 m

Surfaces

5.13 km

1.59 km

1.50 km

971 m

700 m

493 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 10 October

13°C

8°C

24 %

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Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

March 23, 2024,Hirschberg über Wirtatobel

after the rain through the Wirtatobel... wonderful 🤩... one waterfall after the other

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September 1, 2023,🚶‍♂️ (A) Wirtatobel - Hirschberg 1095 m - Stollen 🌞 mit Andrea

Once again hiking in Vorarlberg, together with @Andrea🐶🚵🏻🥾.

In the rustic Wirtatobel uphill on long forest roads along the Rickenbach. With 2 detours to the waterfall (access via a rope-secured path, and you can easily walk through the back of the waterfall) and to an old dam with a LostPlace character. Up to the Hirschbergalpe then on steep, rooty trails.

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March 24, 2024,copy-paste Hirschberg über Wirtatobel

Copy paste @M⛰️rkus , thank you. It feels like water falling every 100 meters, great to see. At the top of the Hirschberg a snowstorm arrived at the same time as me. I looked for shelter there at the little church. From up there there are mostly promising views downwards. Great round.

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September 1, 2023,Durch den Wirtatobel zum Hirschberg mit Werner 🚶‍♂️🚶🏻‍♀️

I'm always happy when Werner and I can do something together.
It's really cool that he's even taking over the tour planning in Austria 🇦🇹.
We started through the Wirtstobel and our first highlight was the Rickenbach waterfalls.
These are worth a detour at any time 🤩
I was there with Birgit in the winter when they were completely frozen …

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January 2, 2022,Hirschberg

... and of course I can never pass the waterfall without a detour. 😆

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June 1, 2023,Hirschberg 1095 m - Wirtatobel oder die ruhige Seite des Pfänder 🤩

Today we hike on the quiet side of the Pfänder - moderately uphill past the Fatima chapels de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatimakapelle_(Langen_bei_Bregenz)
always higher on quiet romantic paths to the Hirschberg 1095 m, thus 30 m higher than the Pfänder. Great views accompany us over blooming meadows. It's quiet here too, there is the small Hirschberg chapel from 1401.😮😮😮
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marienkapelle_(Langen_bei_Bregenz)
beautiful 🤩🤩🤩 it is …

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June 12, 2025,Wirtatobel und Hirschberg

Today's tour took us through the Wirtatobel ravine. Along the road, there are several smaller waterfalls to admire. A little off the road, a forest path leads to the very beautiful Rickenbach Falls. We then continued up the Hirschberg and back to the starting point.

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April 9, 2025,Wanderung Wirtatobel Bregenz 🇦🇹

Today I did a very nice, strenuous hike in the Wirtatobel.

A rope is attached to the large waterfall as a safety feature for descending and re-ascending.

🔸️Wirtatobel
🔸️Seppeleskreuz
🔸️Hirschbergalpe
🔸️Hirschbergkapelle
🔸️Ahornach
🔸️Geserberg: From here, a paved road leads to the parking lot.
🔸️Stollen
The scenery is very beautiful, but unfortunately, there was no visibility. ☀️☀️🚶‍♀️

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