Tour to Gotzenalm – Hiking in Berchtesgaden National Park

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Germany

Bavaria

Upper Bavaria

Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land

Schönau a. Königssee

Tour to Gotzenalm – Hiking in Berchtesgaden National Park

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Tour to Gotzenalm – Hiking in Berchtesgaden National Park

08:42

22.8km

1,350m

Hiking

From the Königssee car park, you go past the valley station of the Jennerbahn along the road until, at the last houses, the turn-off to the right leads to the Hochbahnweg (No. 493).

This shady forest path leads up to the forest road, which you follow to the right to…

by Nationalpark Berchtesgaden

Last updated: August 15, 2024

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Waypoints

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4.67 km

Königsbachalm

Highlight • Mountain Hut

There is a very good pea soup with homemade bread on the Königsbachalm. Especially in autumn - when you come up from the summit - it is a very recommendable hut to warm up.
The hut closes around mid-October.

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6.14 km

View of Watzmann

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If you're lucky and it's quiet and there aren't many hikers around that day, you can see marmots. Time flies very quickly when you're watching these cute little animals. Especially …

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10.9 km

Gotzenalm

Highlight • Mountain Hut

It's just wonderful here. There is also a good snack and the view from the high crockery is just great, even when the weather is not that tingling.

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11.4 km

View of Königssee, St. Bartholomä, and Watzmann from Feuerpalfen

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Anyone visiting the Gotzenalm should accept the 10-minute walk to the Feuerpalfen. The view is breathtaking.

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22.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.3 km

8.23 km

1.97 km

248 m

Surfaces

14.2 km

5.50 km

1.94 km

844 m

251 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 10 October

13°C

5°C

33 %

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Comments

August 10, 2023,Jenner Wanderung

Great views and nice tour on the first afternoon. With a view of the Königssee, Steinerne Meer, the Watzmann, the clouds had cleared towards evening and the sleeping witch in the evening mood.

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September 25, 2022,Wanderung Gotzenalm - Schönau am Königssee

Tour with the Heimatfreunde Kirchehrenbach to the Gotzenalm

After spending the night on the Gotzenalm, where the night's sleep was rudely broken by a wrongly set alarm clock shortly before 5 am, we went to the Feuerpalfen after breakfast. The view from this 1000m high cliff on the Königssee with St. Bartholomä and the Watzmann Group is fantastic.

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June 1, 2022,Berchtesgaden- Ab Kessel zur Gotzenalm/Feuerpalfen und zurück zum Königsee

The Kesselsteig itself is not spectacular, but the view of the Watzmannstock is very nice. The ascent to the Gotzenalm seems long and steep, but the view there was worth it as well as the food and drink. Many eBikers are out there. My pure walking time 5 hours 46 minutes.

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July 12, 2022,Wanderung zur Gotzenalm und Feuerpalfen⛰

Start in the morning from the Hinterbrand car park, super exhausting, but very worthwhile. Kaiserschmarren😋, 🍺 and a great view of the Königsee and the Watzmann east face.

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June 17, 2025,Wanderung zur Gotzenalm

What an incredibly beautiful hike, I was absolutely thrilled.
The view was breathtaking, actually, I can only rave about it.
The rest at the alpine pasture, far away from everyday life and the hustle and bustle, was simply indescribably beautiful.
And always when things are at their best, we head home again.
Have a lovely evening.

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September 6, 2022,Jenner Mittelstation-Priesbergalm-Gotzenalm-Parkplatz Königsee

The stretch from the Priesbergalm to the road to the Gotzenalm is not easy to walk, very sure-footedness is required.
All in all a very nice and varied tour

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October 11, 2021

From the Königssee car park, you go past the valley station of the Jennerbahn along the road until, at the last houses, the turn-off to the right leads to the Hochbahnweg (No. 493).
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This shady forest path leads up to the forest road, which you follow to the right to the Königsbachalm (open in summer

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