Grenzlandrunde near Jungholz
On this tour we cross the border to Austria four times. We mainly cycle on wide gravel roads that are easy to ride on.
difficult
Distance 14.2 km
We start our tour in front of the tourist information office, opposite is the valley station of the Jungholz lift, and drive to the Maria Namen church. At the church, we turn right, up to the district of Langenschwand and cross the village on the asphalted main road. When the road turns left after about 400 m, we keep straight on (signposted "Pfronten-Ried 7 km") and come to an unpaved, wide path. Let's not forget to enjoy the view during the rapid descent! Shortly afterwards, the trail descends in steep serpentines to the Scheidbach stream. The only indication that we are crossing the border is a red and white barrier and an inconspicuous sign "Landesgrenze". Behind this sign, we follow the wide path to the right, always further down to the valley of the Vils. When we leave the forest, the valley opens up and gives a view to the south of the Kühgundkopf and Iseler. We follow the path down into the valley, at the Vils we turn right towards "Rehbach". Now the wide path winds up the valley right next to the Vils (signposted "Rehbach R3 1½ h"). On the left we see the rock face of the Feuerschrofen. If we drive along here in the late afternoon, we understand the name, because then the red evening light bathes the imposing rock massif in fiery red light. We always stay on the path to the right of the Vils. Again, almost unnoticed, we leave the German border behind us, the Kälberhof-Alpe already belongs to Austria again. We pass the barriers for the cattle and cross the Vils over a concrete bridge behind the house, cross a beautiful meadow and meet a signpost at its end. We look out for the signpost "Rehbach" with a red cross, turn right and 100 m beyond that turn left into the forest (marking: red dot). At the next fork, there are four directions to choose from. Hidden behind a spruce we find the signpost "Rehbach". Behind the two steel bridges, the path now goes so steeply uphill that most bikers have to push. At the top, at the "Alpenrose" inn, there is a good opportunity to take a break. If you don't want to take a break, ride past the inn onto the asphalted road, where you come out of the forest behind the bend and reach an information board and a signpost. Unterjoch/Zehrweiler" is marked on the right. Once again we have to push our bikes. But only for a short distance, then it's downhill again, towards an asphalt road. A descent to enjoy: We cycle on the asphalt to Unterjoch, directly to the church in the village. There we turn right, following the signs to the "Vordere Sorgalpe ¾ h" along the little stream. We cycle through the wide valley of the Wertach, first on a wide dirt road, then on a path. We cross small bridges again and again, orientating ourselves by the signs "Vordere Sorgalpe". Then we come to an asphalted path that leads us to the Sorg-Alpe. We go around it on the left. Now we go uphill on forest paths to Jungholz (blue rectangle). We reach the first houses of Jungholz. On the main road we get directly to our starting point of the tour.

Author
User Alpstein
Update: April 14, 2022
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Highest point
1,131 m
Lowest point
935 m
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Track types
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0.5 km
Forested/wild trail
13.6 km
Path
0.1 km
Tips and hints
Jungholz, the mountain and ski resort, is part of the municipality of Reutte in Tyrol and belongs to the state of Austria. The small area is completely surrounded by Germany, the almost enclave is only connected to the heartland via a point on the Sorgschrofen. Jungholz is said to owe its exceptional location to a purchase agreement from the 14th century, through which the area became part of Tyrol and has remained so to this day. Right at the beginning of the tour, we pass the Maria Namen church, which is well worth seeing: It was renovated in 1995 and has a ceiling fresco that is more than 200 years old, showing Mary as the giver of grace. With a view of the Kühgundkopf and the Iseler, we enjoy rapid descents, switching back and forth between Germany and Austria.Start
In Jungholz in front of the tourist information office and the ski lift. (1,056 m)
Coordinates:
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47.572785, 10.447521
DMS
47°34'22.0"N 10°26'51.1"E
UTM
32T 608866 5269834
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Getting there
B310, 4 km south of Wertach continue to JungholzParking
In Jungholz in front of the tourist information office and the ski lift.Coordinates
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47.572785, 10.447521
DMS
47°34'22.0"N 10°26'51.1"E
UTM
32T 608866 5269834
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Difficulty
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Distance
14.2 km
Duration
2:00 h
Ascent
321 m
Descent
321 m
Highest point
1,131 m
Lowest point
935 m
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