Pfanngraben Waterfalls – Rotwand summit loop from Spitzingsee

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Pfanngraben Waterfalls – Rotwand summit loop from Spitzingsee

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Pfanngraben Waterfalls – Rotwand summit loop from Spitzingsee

08:25

22.1km

1,060m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 11.2 km for 37 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

85 m

St. Bernhard Church (Spitzingsee)

Highlight • Religious Site

The church is in Spitzingsee right next to the fee-based (5€/day) hiking car park.

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631 m

Pfanngraben Waterfalls

Highlight • Waterfall

A dream of a mountain hiking trail! Around every bend there is a new picture. Because this is not the direct route to the Croda Rossa area, it is also …

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11.2 km

Rotwand summit

Highlight • Summit

Beautiful view
Walk well, even with children, only the last end a bit impractical

Food optimal at the Rotwandhaus below, great kitchen

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22.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.0 km

5.84 km

5.01 km

997 m

263 m

Surfaces

10.7 km

9.94 km

838 m

528 m

151 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,820 m)

Lowest point (950 m)

Weather

Wednesday 14 October

16°C

5°C

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

June 22, 2024,Hüttentour * Über Taubenstein 1693m 🦌 & Rotwand 1884m 🦅

Picture-book tour in the Mangfall Mountains / the pictures speak volumes, but a brief description:

We climbed the Taubenstein on all fours 🐐 (surefootedness and a head for heights are absolutely essential, as it is only a small, exposed summit plateau) and then came to the Rotwand via a wonderful panoramic path. The summit climb here also provided an incredible …

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September 26, 2024,AV Rotwand über Pfanngraben

With the Alpine Club to the Rotwand. From Spitzingsee down towards Valepp, at the Waitzinger Alm the beautiful "Pfanngraben" trail begins, always along a stream until it branches off towards Kümpflingscharte.
The Rotwandhaus can soon be seen. We first have a snack on the summit.
Descent past the Lämpersberg to the Taubenstein, which we pay a visit to.
Refreshment at …

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August 7, 2022,Mystische Rotwand 🌫😶‍🌫️⛰️

A wonderful tour 🥾🥾🎒 to the Croda Rossa ⛰️ made this Sunday a wonderful day of adventure again. Thanks for that @Ivonneproppen 🤗😍. Started at Spitzingsee, which was still covered in rising fog early in the morning, we went over the Pfanngraben in the direction of Croda Rossa. On the way, a look to the top left ↖️ was enough, …

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July 15, 2022,Vom Spitzingsee durch den Pfanngraben auf die Rotwand

Initially on a wide forest road, this soon becomes a wonderful hiking trail that meanders alongside the rushing Pfanngraben with its many small waterfalls. Continue over alpine meadows up to the Rotwandhaus. From here it is about 20 minutes to the summit. Back at the Rotwandhaus, the descent is still on a beautiful path, which soon leads as a wide …

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June 17, 2023,Bergtour Neuhaus Spitzingsee Rotwandhaus 17.06.2023

FIRST part of a DAV group tour of the Schwabmünchen section with 4 participants to Schliersee-Neuhaus and further in the Spitzingsee area.
The arrival (and return journey) took place with public transport + D-Ticket the day before, with 2 nights in the youth hostel in Schliersee-Neuhaus (Josefsthal).
The ascent was first over the Josefstaler waterfalls - a great natural spectacle! …

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October 10, 2025,Drei Seen Tour: 2. Etappe_Schönfeldhütte, Taubenstein, Lämpersberg, Rotwand, Albert-Link-Hütte

Route:
Schönfeldhütte - Taubensteinsattel - Taubensteinbergbahn - Taubensteingipfel - Lämbersberg - Rotwandgipfel - Rotwandhaus - Kümpflscharte - Kümpflalm - Pfanngraben - Albert-Link-Hütte

After a hearty breakfast at the hut, we set off for the Taubensteinsattel. On this following day, the trail once again led us through a forest, which was difficult to walk in places due to boulders and heavily …

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