Chiemgau Alps
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View from Rauschenberg to the Sonntagshorn
The Chiemgau Alps are a to 1961 m above sea level. NN high mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps in the Eastern Alps. Proportion have Germany with the Free State of Bavaria and to a lesser extent also Austria with the provinces of Tyrol and Salzburg.
Demarcation
After the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE ) of the Chiemgau Alps are bounded by the Alpine foothills of Rosenheim on the lake Chiemsee - Traunstein - Teisendorf to Bad Reichenhall - Saalachstrasse to Lofer - Strubtal ( Lofer Bach) - Waidring - Griesbach - Erpfendorf - Kössener Ache to Kossen - Weissbach - Walchsee - Durchholzen - Ash Taler Bach - Jennbach - Inn to Rosenheim.
Adjacent Mountain Ranges
The Chiemgau Alps border the following other mountain groups in the Alps:
- Berchtesgaden Alps (to the east )
- Lofer and Leogang Mountains ( in the southeast )
- Kaiser Mountains (southwest )
- Bavarian Alps ( in the west)
In the north of the Bavarian Alps bordering the foothills of the Alps.
Summit
The highest peaks of the Bavarian Alps is the Sonntagshorn (1961 m ) on the border between Bavaria and Salzburg south of Ruhpolding and north of toads.
In the central part between Prien and Traun south of Lake Chiemsee, the well established tourist view Kampenwand ( 1669m ), Geigelstein (1813 m), Hochgern (1748 m), Hochfelln ( 1674 m) and Rauschenberg rise (1645 m). In the far east of the Chiemgau Alps, north of Bad Reichenhall, there is the striking Hochstaufen (1771 m ), also a popular vantage summit, and (not to be confused with the town of Zwiesel in the Bavarian Forest ) by a rocky ridge with the slightly higher Zwiesel is connected to the Gamsknogel.
The peak shapes are usually not particularly rugged and offer something for walking tours. However, there are also two popular climbing mountains: the Kamp wall and the Hörndlwand (1684 m). Also at the stone slab (1869 m), located in the southern Bavarian Alps on the border triangle between Bavaria, Tyrol and Salzburg, there are numerous climbing routes. On mountain railways, there is the Hochriesbahn that Kampenwandbahn that Hochfellnhaus web Geigelsteinbahn that Hochplattenbahn and Rauschenberg and Untersbergbahn. Largest ski area is the ski resort Winklmoos stone slab in the Bavarian- Tyrolean border area. There are in addition a number of smaller ski lifts. Most peaks of the Bavarian Alps in winter can also climb with snowshoes or touring skis (especially popular are Spitzstein, Hochgern, Sonntagshorn or Geigelstein among others).
The most original mountains of the Chiemgau Alps with a saddle height over 600 meters are:
Situated between Inzell, Victory Village and Teisendorf Teisenberg is at 1333 m above sea level. NN is the northernmost mountain in the German part of the Alps.
- Frasdorfer Hut ( 1,100 m, Private)
- Hochfellnhaus ( 1,674 m, private, highest inn in the Chiemgau)
- Hochgernhaus ( 1,510 m, Private)
- Hochries Hut ( 1,570 m, alpine club )
- Klaus Hut ( 1,510 m, Private)
- Paul Gruber - house (950 m, Friends of Nature )
- Priener Hut ( 1,415 m, alpine club )
- Reichenhaller House ( 1,750 m, alpine club )
- Riesenhütte ( 1,345 m, alpine club )
- Spitzsteinhaus ( 1,265 m, alpine club )
- Stone slab house ( 1,375 m, Private)
- Straubingerhaus (1,600 m, alpine club )
- Taubenseehutte ( altitude of 1165 m, private)
- Traunstein hut ( 1,165 m, alpine club )
- Triesdorfer Hut ( 1,100 m, Private)
- Unternbergalm ( 1,350 m, Private)
- Wall Berghaus ( 1,350 m, Private)
- Zwieselalm ( 1,390 m, Private)
Remote / distance trails
The Via Alpina, a cross-border long-distance trail with five sub- paths through the whole Alps, also passes through the Chiemgau Alps.
The Purple Trail Via Alpina runs with six stages through the Chiemgau Alps as follows:
- Stage A45 runs from toads in Saalachtal to Ruhpolding
- Stage A46 runs from Ruhpolding to Marquartstein
- Stage A47 runs from Marquartstein the Kampenwand mountain station
- Stage A48 runs from the mountain station to the wall Kamp Priener Hut
- Stage A49 runs from the hut to Priener Spitzsteinhaus
- Stage A50 runs from Spitzsteinhaus to Oberau village in the Inn Valley