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Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen

Jachenau

Walchensee – View of Walchensee loop from Niedernach

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Germany

Bavaria

Upper Bavaria

Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen

Jachenau

Walchensee – View of Walchensee loop from Niedernach

Moderate

4.7

(156)

575

hikers

Walchensee – View of Walchensee loop from Niedernach

04:01

14.7km

210m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 6, 2026

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Walchensee

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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148 m

Rissbachstollen inlet to Walchensee

Highlight • Monument

The Rissbach tunnel has a length of almost 7 km and is carried out under the Isar in the direction of Walchensee by means of a culvert.
The natural drainage of the Walchensee via the Niedernach and the Jachen into the Isar was blocked. Instead, the water of the Walchensee is transferred via a tunnel to the Walchensee power plant and fed into the Loisach via the Kochelsee.
On the stretch between Kochelsee and Wolfratshausen, where the Loisach flows into the Isar, the river bed of the Loisach had to be expanded extensively in order to be able to absorb the additional water volumes from the Isar drainage.
The Walchensee power plant only works in the interaction of a large number of interventions in river and lake landscapes, the Walchensee power plant system.

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312 m

Walchensee - East Swimming Beach

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The Walchensee is great. When the weather is nice, it gets quite crowded despite Corona.
In the evening you don't have to pay an "entrance fee" (ie toll).

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1.17 km

Walchensee

Highlight • Lake

There is a wonderful view of the lake here

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3.50 km

Eastern Shore Trail, Walchensee

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beautiful, narrow path directly along the lake with opportunities to rest or swim directly on the water. A fantastic view of the lake, the Herzogstand opposite and, weather permitting, the Zugspitze.

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4.35 km

View of Walchensee

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful here at the lake.

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4.58 km

View of Walchensee

Highlight • Viewpoint

Magical view with rest bench on the Walchensee

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4.84 km

Swimming bay on the eastern shore of Lake Walchen

Highlight • Beach

beautiful place to take a break and enjoy the lake

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5.01 km

Walchensee East Shore

Highlight • Lake

The absolutely most beautiful and quietest part is the traffic-free east bank between Urfeld and Niedernach, on the other sides there is unfortunately moderate to heavy traffic.

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14.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.37 km

3.86 km

2.96 km

496 m

Surfaces

6.50 km

4.04 km

2.55 km

1.33 km

269 m

Elevation

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Highest point (880 m)

Lowest point (770 m)

Weather

Tuesday 7 July

22°C

18°C

86 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

December 30, 2024,Jachenau - Walchensee Runde über Sachenbach und Niedernach

After the tours of the last few days, there was no motivation to tackle many meters of altitude today. It's good that this relaxed route just forced itself on us 😜. The lake, the weather, the water, sometimes as smooth as glass, extremely photogenic, and nature's ice crystal art, fantastically beautiful.
☝️Goal achieved in 2024, 75 km of altitude achieved!

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February 27, 2022,Jachenau-Walchensee Spatzi-Spaziergang

Whether on the bike or on foot... what a great landscape. And as an encore in the best weather. .... that's how you can endure it 😁

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February 3, 2024,Schöner Wandern 🥾: von der Jachenau zum Walchensee und retour

So there's not much to say today! Just 👀 watch and 🤩 enjoy!

Just this much: the altitude difference is not correct, it was probably only around 200.

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January 25, 2025,Von der Jachenau zum Walchensee (Bus-Jachenau-Post - Bus-Jachenau-Post)

Tour 23 from Outdoor Regional Tölzer Land
This weekend I wanted to do something different than usual and checked all the train connections to Munich. So I picked this tour and took the ICE to Munich at 7 and then continued on to Lenggries with a delay. The bus to Jachenau only runs once a day and picks you up …

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January 25, 2025,Rundwanderung Jachenau, Walchensee, Sachenbach

Very nice circuit, if there is snow I recommend starting from Jachenau Berg Grödel, the path to the parking lot is in the shade and it was very slippery this year

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March 30, 2025,Der Walchensee 💦💧ein karibisches Natur-💎

Walchensee
"Zapfig" means very cold here, and Lake Walchensee can be just as cold. After all, it's almost 200 meters deep and one of the largest lakes in Bavaria. Nestled in the mountains, it attracts water sports enthusiasts from all over Upper Bavaria. When the weather's nice, the thermals create strong winds. But the long lakeshore is also popular for …

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March 6, 2025,Jachenau Walchensee Runde

This tour leads from Jachenau to Lake Walchen, along the quiet side of the lake and back again. The route is easy and not very strenuous. The highlight is the section on the shore of Lake Walchen.
The lake is currently extremely low in water, which affects the appearance. Nevertheless, I found a beautiful, lonely bench in the wonderfully warm …

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April 18, 2022,Walchensee Runde🥾von Jachenau zum Walchensee und zurück🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏼

Let's go... started at the Schützenhaus in Jachenau via field and meadow paths the forest trail to Dingebach am Walchensee, amazing panorama with a view of the Herzogstand 🏔 long distance along the lake to Niedernach, then through the forest back to Jachenau 🙋🏼‍♂️🥾

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Walchensee – View of Walchensee loop from Niedernach

Rissbachstollen inlet to Walchensee

Walchensee - East Swimming Beach

Walchensee

Eastern Shore Trail, Walchensee

View of Walchensee

View of Walchensee

Swimming bay on the eastern shore of Lake Walchen

Walchensee East Shore

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