Buchboden – Madonaalpe loop from Europaschutzgebiet Unter-Überlut

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Buchboden – Madonaalpe loop from Europaschutzgebiet Unter-Überlut

Hard

4.8

(51)

250

hikers

Buchboden – Madonaalpe loop from Europaschutzgebiet Unter-Überlut

05:46

15.6km

990m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 5, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

UNESCO-Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

19 m

Buchboden

Highlight • Settlement

Idyllic little village with a few hotels and restaurants far away from mass tourism.

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6.80 km

Wangspitze

Highlight • Summit

Great panoramic view! You can also look down to Buchboden.

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7.69 km

View of Wangspitze and Matonaalpe

Highlight • Viewpoint

11.9 km

Waterfall Near Gadenalpe

Highlight • Waterfall

Gadenalpe with a wonderful view

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12.7 km

Rothenbrunnen Spa

Highlight • Mountain Hut

A very nice restaurant with a great outdoor seating area, good food, and good drinks. Older, less mobile guests are picked up from the parking lot.

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12.8 km

Bad Rothenbrunnen Inn

Highlight • Restaurant

A large (4 floors with a cellar?), Very nice inn with a garden under 2 maple trees. And the drive back to Sunday is actually only downhill.
Information and opening hours at rothenbrunnen.at

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13.2 km

Waterfall in UNESCO Biosphere Park Großes Walsertal

Highlight • Waterfall

15.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.5 km

3.93 km

1.22 km

Surfaces

5.58 km

4.00 km

3.32 km

1.55 km

1.17 km

Elevation

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Highest point (1,820 m)

Lowest point (870 m)

Weather

Sunday 8 November

11°C

5°C

90 %

Additional weather tips

It’s set to rain on your activity. Pack a waterproof jacket.

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Comments

May 24, 2025,von Buchboden auf die Wangspitze, über Rinderalpe und Madonaalpe

A wonderful tour in perfect hiking weather. And... my first tour with 1,000 meters of elevation gain. I'm excited 😁
At the Wangsattel, the view opens up into the "Gadental" Biosphere Reserve core zone. From the Wangsattel, you reach the Wangspitze in about 15 minutes. At the 1,873-meter-high summit, you can enjoy a sensational panoramic view of the Großes Walsertal …

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September 25, 2023,Wangspitz Rundwanderung im Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal – 🍁Herbstwandern in Vorarlberg🍁

Amazing – Another wonderful day of hiking that the Großes Walsertal Biosphere Park is giving us today! When we set off on our circular hike in Buchboden in the morning, it was still pretty cold, so we were happy that the climb towards Wangspitze, which was about to begin, got our circulation going. We climb uphill in serpentines on asphalt …

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