Trail Running
Warth | From Warth to the southernmost point in Germany
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Höhenprofil
The trail running route starts at the village square in Warth. From there, follow the road toward the ski lift. After passing the church, turn right. From there, follow the Lechweg. The Lechweg trail winds gently up and down until you reach Lechleiten. Just before you reach Lechleiten, shortly before crossing the stream, turn left. Once you arrive at the Schrofen Pass, you can take a short break and enjoy the natural surroundings.
You’ll then cross the border into Germany. The trail continues to the Mindelheimer Hütte and toward the Geißhorn.
Tip for summit enthusiasts: Geißhorn—If you still have energy to spare, you can climb to the summit (an additional 245 meters of elevation gain) of the Geißhorn. The descent then follows the same route you took on the ascent. The return trip follows the same path back to the main route.
This is followed by the crossing over the Koblat Pass. There, you’ll circle around the Haldenwanger Eck.
Another option here: The Haldenwanger Eck can be reached via a short detour (approx. 50 additional meters in elevation). Back on the main route, the trail continues to the Obere Hirschgehrenalp.
This is followed by the ascent to the Gemstel Pass and the crossing to the Widdersteinhütte. Via a scenic trail above the hut, the route runs beneath the Widderstein and past the Hochalpsee, descending into the valley to the Hotel Adler. Behind the hotel, the trail leads onto the “Alte Salzstraße,” past the Hotel Jägeralpe, and continues toward Wolfegg. After crossing the Hämmbach, you’ll reach the farm road. Follow it downhill and turn right at the intersection onto the village path, which leads past the Huber Alpe back to the starting point at the village square in Warth.
Tip: Follow the trail running signs with the purple dot.
– Distance: 26.7 km
– Duration: 5:55 h
– Ascent 1.349 hm
– Descent 1,346 m
– Highest point: 2,180 m
– Lowest point: 1,438 m elevation gain
– Asphalt share <5 %
– Partly high alpine terrain
Refreshments / refreshment stops:MindelheimerhütteWidderstein hut
Presented by: Warth-Schröcken Tourismus
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Difficulty: schwer Condition: Experience: Landscape: Altitude: Best season: JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC -
Directions
The tour starts at the village square in Warth. It goes under the Warther Hof onto the hiking trail (Lechweg). You cross the Krumbach and follow the Lechweg to Lechleiten. Once in Lechleiten, leave the Lechweg at house number 6 and walk left towards Mansguntenalpe along a path steeply uphill to the Schrofenpass. The route continues along the hiking trail to the Mindelheimerhütte and then towards the Geißhorn. Watch out for summit luck: if you still have enough energy, you should definitely take the short ascent (an additional 245 m ascent) to the Geißhorn (you can return the same way). Continue over the Koblat Pass and then round the Haldenwanger Eck. Watch out for summit luck: from here you also have the option of taking the summit of the Haldenwanger Eck with you (additional 50 m ascent). From the summit, take the same path back to the route, continue to the Obere Hirschgehrenalpe, up to the Gemstelpass and on to the Widdersteinhütte. Follow the path above the hut under the Widderstein and past the Hochalpsee lake down to the Hotel Adler. Behind the Hotel Adler, the “Alte Salzstraße” hiking trail leads past the Jägeralpe to Wolfegg and over the Hämmabach stream to the goods trail under the Steffisalp-Express. Shortly before reaching the valley station, the path of the village circular trail leads to the right past the Huber Alpe back to Warth village square.
Waypoints
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Public transportation:
Bus nr. 852 – Warth, Dorfplatz
All information about the buses can be found here.
Park:
All information about parking spaces can be found here