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Lower Gaisalp Lake – Rubihorn Summit loop from Allgäu Alps

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Lower Gaisalp Lake – Rubihorn Summit loop from Allgäu Alps

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Lower Gaisalp Lake – Rubihorn Summit loop from Allgäu Alps

06:39

13.6km

1,110m

Hiking

Hard hike. 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: June 12, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 2.91 km for 14 m

After 3.00 km for 32 m

After 4.06 km for 2.17 km

After 7.01 km for 5 m

After 9.86 km for 32 m

After 9.96 km for 14 m

Waypoints

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Parking

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3.64 km

View of the Gaisalpsee waterfall

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Beautiful spectacle of nature

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3.67 km

View of Gaisalpsee

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Good hike in Obertsdorf. Worth visiting each year

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3.75 km

Lower Gaisalp Lake

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The idyllic Gaisalpsee invites you to thoroughly enjoy the mountain world up here before the descent into the valley begins.

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3.81 km

View of the Rubihorn summit cross from the Unterer Gaisalpsee

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The effort was worth it. There is a peaceful silence up here, an ideal place to rest and enjoy. From here you can continue up to the Rubi summit 🏔

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4.14 km

The Lower Gaisalpsee is a high mountain lake at an altitude of 1,508 meters in the Allgäu Alps, northeast below the Rubihorn. The three and a half hectare lake drains through the Gaisalpbach to the Iller.
The lake is on the hiking trail from Reichenbach to Nebelhorn over the Gaisalpe, Lower and Upper Gaisalpsee, Gaisfußsattel, Großer Gund and Edmund-Probst-Haus.

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5.34 km

Rubihorn Summit

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The hike to the Rubihorn is well signposted and marked, but requires surefootedness and a head for heights, especially from Gaisalpsee, where the trail becomes increasingly steep and exposed in places. Some sections are secured with wire ropes.

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5.98 km

Gaisalphorn

Peak

6.75 km

Geißfuß

Peak

7.84 km

View of the Lower Gaisalpsee

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Another panoramic view from the Upper Gaisalpsee to the Lower Gaisalpsee and over the Illertal.

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8.94 km

Gaisalpbach Waterfall at the Lower Gaisalp Lake

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Breathtakingly beautiful waterfall from the lower Gaisalpsee

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13.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.07 km

4.15 km

1.14 km

113 m

107 m

Surfaces

5.13 km

4.67 km

2.79 km

659 m

262 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 17 June

24°C

8°C

12 %

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Comments

August 16, 2022,Allgäu: Rubihorn (1957 m), Gaisalphorn (1953 m), Gaisfuß (1980 m), Gaisalpseen

According to the Rother hiking guide, a "top" tour was on the agenda today. However, we improved Roth's suggestion significantly by including two more peaks (Gaisalphorn at 1953 m, Gaisfuss at 1980 m) and a ridge path, so that this tour mutated into a summit circular route.

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October 13, 2022,3 Gipfelrunde über den Rubihornsteig... Rubihorn, Gaisalphorn, Gaisfuss 13.10.22

Today we started directly from the apartment, along the Gaisalpbach, still nice in the fog up to the lower Gaisalpsee, from there up to the Rubihorn and over the Rubihornsteig, after a refreshment on the Gaisalpe we went back, all in all very worthwhile, with the best autumn weather 👍🏼

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August 24, 2022,Unterer Gaisalpsee - Rubihorn - Gaisalphorn - Gaisfuss- oberer Gaisalpsee

From Reichenbach we are first to the upper Gaisalpsee. Then ascent to the Rubihorn. Instead of descending again, from there over the narrow ridge to the Gaisalphorn. An absolutely breathtaking section of the trail. Some climbing just before the summit, so you should be sure-footed and not afraid of heights. Then another tour extension to the foot of the Gais. …

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August 20, 2022,Gaisalpbachwasserfall – Unterer Gaisalpsee Runde von Rubi

Beautiful tour with a great view you should already have experience on the mountain
Please put on mountain shoes because there are always people with low shoes on the ⛰️

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September 12, 2022,Hauptmann - Gaisalphorn & Rubihorn

This beautiful round is highly recommended. A little climbing experience can't hurt, but it doesn't have to be. Alternatively, start the round at 8 a.m. and take the foghorn with you 👍

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September 10, 2023,Unterer Gaisalpsee – Der Gaisalpsee Runde von Rubi

From the Rubihorn over the Gaißalpsattel to the Gaißalphorn only those who are absolutely sure-footed...

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October 23, 2022,Reichenbach - Rubihorn - Gaisalphorn - Reichenbach

Great tour. A head for heights and sure-footedness is a must. Not suitable for dogs.

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May 14, 2023,Gaisalphorn Gipfel 🏔💧🪻

You should have Super Tour Alpine experience, a head for heights and sure-footedness is a must... very beautiful and varied hike with small climbing passages

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Lower Gaisalp Lake – Rubihorn Summit loop from Allgäu Alps

View of the Gaisalpsee waterfall

View of Gaisalpsee

Lower Gaisalp Lake

View of the Rubihorn summit cross from the Unterer Gaisalpsee

View of the Lower Gaisalpsee

Rubihorn Summit

View of the Lower Gaisalpsee

Gaisalpbach Waterfall at the Lower Gaisalp Lake

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