Reach the Hochgern Summit! Scenic hike in the Chiemgau Alps – Infos, Tips and Map

Hike to Hochgern summit and enjoy a classic Bavarian alpine scenerey. Cute mountain huts, traditional food, beuatiful alpine meadow landscape and some a surpise at the peak. This moderately hard hiking trail is 14 kilometers long and can be covered in under 6 hours. See all infos for your hike in this blog: Map, Directions, local tips and our best photo spots.

Reaching the Hochgern summit, a beautiful peak in the Chiemgau Alps, is truly a memorable experience. The hiking trail is long but relatively easy, and the awards are the views of Loferer Steinberge, Kaiser Mountains, and Hohe Tauern National Park. To make it even better, in the middle of the Chiemgau Alps, the four alpine pastures invite you to take a culinary break.

A fantastic backdrop and Bavarian coziness on the Alm ensure an idyllic midsummer day.

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This moderately hard hiking trail is 14 kilometers long and can be covered in under 6 hours.

Directions! This is how your hiking route looks like on a map

The starting point of this tour is the Hochgern car park at Marquartstein Castle.

The start is on the road towards Hochgern, always follow these signs. First, we hike on a forest road over the Agerschwendt Alm and past the mountain rescue hut in the forest.

From the Enzian hut, we continue on the path to reach the Alpine pastures up to the Hochgern hut (1461m).

Here we now follow the signs to the Hochgern summit on a beautiful hiking trail. Always follow the signs to Hochgern. From here we don’t let go of the hiking trail to the Hochgern summit (1461m) and trust the signs that lead us to the summit!

For the descent, we turn right at the junction towards Staudacher Alm/Schnappenkirche. Now downhill in serpentines, over a small saddle to the Staudacher Alm. Via a cart path, we turn left again into a hiking trail and hike to the Schnappenkirche.

From here, several paths lead back to the starting point (always keep in the direction of Marquartstein).

At the second junction turn right downhill. Then another five minutes along the road downhill. Turn right again. After another ten minutes, you will reach the starting point Marquartstein Castle/Hochgern car park.

Photo tips that will make your Instagram pop! Panoramic views, Alpine pastures and miniature chapel

Wonderfully wide panoramic views await us on this hike. The photographic challenge here is to find individual sections with an exciting composition.

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In addition to the many small romantic Alpine pastures with a fantastic view, the Schnappenkirche with the Chiemsee as a background offers another attractive motif. We can achieve a photographic surprise effect with the miniature chapel – a person serves here as a size comparison.

More information about your trail – from arrival to the finish line

Arrival: A8 exit Bernau, via Grassau to Marquartstein, left uphill to the Hochgern car park at Marquartstein Castle.

Public transport: By train via Rosenheim to Prien am Chiemsee. Change to bus 9505 in the direction of Reit im Winkl and get off at the Marquartstein Rathaus stop. From here it is a 20-minute walk to Marquartsstein Castle.

Difficulty: medium

Duration: 5.5 hours

Distance: 14km

Ascent/descent: 1170hm/1170hm

Highest/lowest point: 1748m/640m

Refreshment stops: Agerschwendt- Alm, Enzian- Hütte , Moar- Alm , Hochgern Haus , Staudacher- Alm

Start/finish: Marquartstein Castle, Hochgern car park (coordinates: geogr. 47.754846, 12.472615)

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