View of Wendelstein – Wendelstein Panorama Trail loop from Bayrischzell

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View of Wendelstein – Wendelstein Panorama Trail loop from Bayrischzell

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View of Wendelstein – Wendelstein Panorama Trail loop from Bayrischzell

04:40

11.3km

680m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly walkable paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 28, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.35 km

View of Wendelstein

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Beautiful above

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4.37 km

Trail to the Wendelsteinhaus

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Exhausting but beautiful. Don't forget to drink enough.

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4.47 km

Wendelstein Summit

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Although the Wendelstein is built so mercilessly, it is somehow a fascinating mountain. Even in snow, a hike is highly recommended.

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5.58 km

View of the Wendelstein Observatory and the transmission mast

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Until 2012, the summit of the Wendelstein housed a 24-hour weather station of the German Weather Service, and to this day, an observatory of the Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics …

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5.71 km

Wendelstein Panorama Trail

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Even if you arrive exhausted at the summit, the summit loop is an absolute must and far less exhausting than the ascent.

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6.50 km

Wendelstein Railway

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The Wendelstein cog railway is the slower, but also somewhat more expensive, option to get to the Wendelstein mountain compared to the cable car, if you don't want to hike up.

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6.56 km

View of the Wendelstein

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It is wonderful there, we were very excited

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10.1 km

View of Wendelstein

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Bus stop youth hostel (Sudelfeld) -Wendelstein

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11.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.81 km

2.96 km

974 m

506 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.20 km

4.13 km

1.31 km

1.23 km

309 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 1 November

2°C

-2°C

13 %

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It’s going to be cold. Wrap up warm and watch out for ice.

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Comments

July 30, 2022,Wendelstein Wanderung

Today I went with an old friend to the Wendelstein, my second mountain that I have planned for my personal “first ascent” this year!
It was nice, great impressions and friendly conversations 🙏

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October 3, 2025,rund um den Wendelstein

We started at the parking lot in Sudelfeld and passed the youth hostel into the forest. Beautiful views of the sea of fog awaited us. Soon we reached the turnoff into the forest. Beautiful, rooty, and rocky paths led to the next sign. Then we went up the Maximillianweg and counterclockwise to the gap. A steep and rocky climb to …

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March 2, 2025,Frühfrühlingswanderung zum Wendelstein

Because there was not enough snow, it was planned as a snowshoe tour but instead it became a hiking tour through snow and mud to the summit of the Wendelstein.
With lovely weather and a great view and a few chamois, it was a very successful day.
Not all paths are open at the summit yet.

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April 22, 2025,Wendelstein Enzian

Even if everything appears snow-free from the valley floor or on the weather cams, there may still be snow in the shadowy areas in April or May. The panoramic trail at the summit is closed at that time, but the standard ascent to the summit (on the south side) quickly clears.

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June 10, 2023,Aufstieg zum Wendelstein 🗻

The tour was planned from the parking lot "Unteres Sudelfeld" at the youth hostel.. you also save the parking costs 😉.... but the joy of a new mountain was probably too big 🤭.
And so it was still possible to walk comfortably over fields and meadows, before it was quite difficult over roots, very large stones, rubble and branches. Surefootedness …

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March 4, 2025,Wendelstein nach der Arbeit und letzten Bahn

Unfortunately only as far as the mountain station, the summit path was closed. But on the way back down there was a beautiful sunset.
Crampons are recommended for the ascent/descent through Zellerscharte. Then I went down via the Bockstein Scharte.

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July 2, 2022,Wanderung auf den Wendelstein 🥾👍☀️

Komoot left work too early. It was a total of 15 km and 1020 meters in altitude.

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June 5, 2024,Wendelstein nach der letzten Bahn FAR

This morning the Wendelstein was still covered in clouds and rain. But it was still nice and pleasant, which meant I could get going after work. I was completely alone at the summit. I hardly met anyone on the way up, and then no one on the way down. Apart from lots of chamois, but I avoided them and left …

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