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

06:47

13.9km

1,120m

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: September 10, 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 2.50 km

After 7.34 km for 5 m

After 10.2 km for 32 m

After 10.3 km for 14 m

Waypoints

Start point

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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The Untere Gaisalpsee is a high mountain lake at an altitude of 1508 meters in the Allgäu Alps, northeast below the Rubihorn, and is part of the Allgäuer Hochalpen nature reserve.

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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

View of the Lower Gaisalpsee

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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 …

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5.50 km

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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6.31 km

Gaisalphorn

Peak

7.08 km

Geißfuß

Peak

8.17 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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9.27 km

Gaisalpbach Waterfall at the Lower Gaisalp Lake

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Breathtakingly beautiful waterfall from the lower Gaisalpsee

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13.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.40 km

4.15 km

1.14 km

113 m

107 m

Surfaces

5.46 km

4.67 km

2.79 km

659 m

262 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

12°C

3°C

99 %

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Comments

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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July 13, 2025,Gaisalpbachwasserfall – Unterer Gaisalpsee Runde von Reichenbach

A beautifully varied tour with a few climbing sections and a nice dip in the lake at the end. We hiked the route the other way around, going against the flow of tourists who first head up the Rubihorn. I found the tour quite difficult, so we only did the Gaisalphorn summit (there's no other option; the path only leads …

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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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September 17, 2023,Von Rubi zum unteren Gaisalpsee über das Gaisalphorn zum oberen Gaisalpsee und zurück

A really great and challenging tour! You should be fairly free from giddiness because there are some pretty exposed climbing areas to overcome a ladder - at the end of which you land on a place that breaks off on both sides. I would definitely not recommend the tour if the ground is damp, as the ground then becomes very …

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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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August 20, 2023,Rubinhorn, Gaisalphorn - Runde ab Reichenbach 🌞🦋⛰️😅💪🏼😎

Unfortunately, a large piece of recording is missing again today 🥴🤷 ♀️🤔
Therefore, the walking time and the km information is absolutely not correct. (was "added" using GPS) The total time is correct with 7 hours 36 minutes.

Highly recommended tour, only for experienced, sure-footed hikers. 💪🏼⛰️😎🌞⛰️

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