The Best Backcountry Skiing Routes in Bayern
Explore Backcountry Skiing RoutesTop 9 backcountry skiing routes in Bayern
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Grünten Ski Tour, Allgäu
One of the many ski-touring options up to the summit of Grünten - a classic peak in the Allgäu with great views over the town of Sonthofen towards Kleinwalsertal.
This tour starts on the north side of the mountain at the Kammerwegger Weg parking....
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Wertache Hörnle Ski Tour
This is a classic and popular ski tour up Wertache Hörnle from the parking area at the bottom.
When there's good snow conditions, you'll have to be up early to get first tracks here - this has long been a local classic and is a popular choice immediately after snowfall....
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Blösse Ski Tour
An easy tour that will take you 550m up from the road to the top of Blesse, with views over Wertach in the North and the Allgäu Alps to the South....
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Gatterl
Take the Wetterwandeck lift up and exit to the left and ski down the Super G piste, keeping right on the ridge towards the Reintal (the valley which leads from Garmisch to the Zugspitze)....
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Klein Kanada
Take the Wetterwandeck lift up and start traversing/walking east. Ski into the big bowl and leave it traversing left to reach the Brunntal lift. (Make sure the Brunntal lift is open....
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Alpsitze East Shoulder
Climb up the via ferrata through the north face of the Alpspitze (about 600 vertical meters). The first part can be done with skins but it soon gets too steep. Crampons and an ice axe are sometimes useful for the latter part of the ascent....
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Stopselzieher Freeride
Leave the summit station of the Zugspitze towards Austria and start walking/skiing the ridge until a mellow col right after the abandoned 'Grathotel' on the right. Start skiing the steep northwest side keeping slightly right, always following small couloirs....
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Neue Welt
Take the Schneefernerkopf lift and start walking/skinning up the steep south-east side of the Schneefernerkopf (2836m). After about 200 vertical meters you will reach the abandoned top station of the old Neue Welt Lift....
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Ski Transalp from Lake Garda to Staffelsee
An epic 17-day ski tour from just north of Lake Garda (Campi, Italy) to Lake Staffelsee (Bad Kohlgrub, Germany). It’s one of the lesser-known multi-day ski tours of the Alps, taking you through over 320km of fantastic alpine vistas....