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Almbachklamm – Low Tunnel in Almbach Gorge loop from Wallfahrtskirche Ettenberg

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Almbachklamm – Low Tunnel in Almbach Gorge loop from Wallfahrtskirche Ettenberg

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Almbachklamm – Low Tunnel in Almbach Gorge loop from Wallfahrtskirche Ettenberg

03:38

8.51km

480m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 23, 2026

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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 3.61 km for 515 m

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585 m

Untersberg Marble Ball Mill

Highlight • Monument

This is where Germany's last operational marble mill is located. It explains in an extremely informative way how the marble balls are made using the power of water:

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1.22 km

Natural Pool with Waterfall

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Beautiful natural pool with little water.

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1.22 km

Almbachklamm

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The hike through the Almbachklamm leads you over walkways and bridges: 29 bridges and walkways, 320 steps, and a tunnel blasted into the rock make the path through the deep …

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1.92 km

Low Tunnel in Almbach Gorge

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Hewn through the rock in just 4 weeks in 1894 by 250 men of the 1st Ingolstadt Engineer Battalion. Very low and ducking your head is recommended! 😊

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2.30 km

Sulzer Waterfall in the Almbach Gorge

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The Sulzer Wasserfall is a waterfall of the Sulzbach, which flows into the Almbach on the left side on the Untersberg in the Berchtesgaden Alps. With a drop of 114 …

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3.53 km

Theresienklause Dam in the Almbach Gorge

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The Theresienklause is a dam and was used to transport timber.

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5.75 km

View of the Watzmann

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Above the peaks of the trees, the striking summit chain of the Watzmann massif looks up and towards the west, the Unterberg massif towers steeply above the alpine pastures into the sky.

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7.54 km

View of the Almbach Valley

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Valley view on the descent from Ettenberg to the ball mill!

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8.51 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.50 km

2.81 km

161 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.92 km

2.30 km

1.66 km

941 m

337 m

287 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (830 m)

Lowest point (490 m)

Weather

Thursday 23 July

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Comments

June 18, 2024,Berchtesgadener Land - Almbachklamm mit Ettenberg

First a tourist tour.
Then a really great hike with my sweetheart.

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July 21, 2023,Wanderung Almbachklamm

Today we went through the Almbach Gorge on narrow and interesting paths. The path led via the Theresienklause and Ettenberg back to the Kugelmühle car park.
Tip: lentil soup at the Mesnerwirt in Ettenberg and a visit to the pilgrimage church.
The water-powered ball mill at the entrance to the gorge is the only one in Germany.

Very nice tour

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May 21, 2023,Almbachklamm

Where the Almbach has been making its way through solid rock for thousands of years, we are now going uphill on well-developed and secured paths. The gorge can be hiked by everyone thanks to steps, bridges and fixed ropes. Only on the deviating way back (in our case via Ettenberg) does it get a bit more rustic. The descent via …

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July 8, 2024,Durch die Hammerstielwand nach Ettenberg und Almbachklamm

Start at the Kugelmühle car park. Enter the Hammerstielwand to Ettenberg. Narrow path. In Ettenberg past the church towards Theresienklause. Then the alpine path through the Almbachklamm. The path there is already narrow. Hikers have suddenly turned around because of the path (at that point, surefootedness and a head for heights were gone). The Almbachklamm is an absolute nature experience.

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May 11, 2025,Almbachklamm

A great half-day hike through a very impressive gorge, then through forest and wide meadows with views of the Untersberg. Read more in the Gipfelglück blog: gipfel-glueck.de/fruehling-in-berchtesgaden

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June 8, 2022,🇩🇪Berchtesgadener Land /Klammweg – Almbachklamm Runde von Marktschellenberg

Parked parking lot at the entrance to Almbachklamm, kugelmühlweg 18 Marktschellenberg
Admission 6 € pp which is worth it. Sure-footedness, to be mastered with good shoes. You should also be free from vertigo, as you walk over Gutterrostbrücken and the mighty Almbach gushes under one. Dogs are allowed in, only have to be kept on a leash. Good leash guidance …

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July 24, 2023,Almbachklamm bei Berchtesgaden

Was actually planned the other way around, but still went well. In retrospect almost even better.

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July 19, 2022,🇩🇪 BY, Alpen, Wandern durch die Almbachklamm

The Almbachklamm is a gorge between Ettenberg and Maria Gern in the Berchtesgaden Alps, through which the Almbach flows.
The history of the Almbachklamm begins with the melting of the glaciers during the last ice age around 15,000 years ago. The meltwater and later the rainwater cut into the once contiguous old land surfaces of Ettenberg and Maria Gern and …

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Almbachklamm – Low Tunnel in Almbach Gorge loop from Wallfahrtskirche Ettenberg

Untersberg Marble Ball Mill

Natural Pool with Waterfall

Almbachklamm

Low Tunnel in Almbach Gorge

Sulzer Waterfall in the Almbach Gorge

Theresienklause Dam in the Almbach Gorge

View of the Watzmann

View of the Almbach Valley

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