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Rachelsteig – Großer Rachel Summit loop from Oberfrauenau

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Lower Bavaria
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Frauenau

Rachelsteig – Großer Rachel Summit loop from Oberfrauenau

Moderate

4.7

(146)

608

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Rachelsteig – Großer Rachel Summit loop from Oberfrauenau

04:47

14.6km

690m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald

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2.16 km

Rachelsteig

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Impressive landscape with a sea of flowers in summer

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6.32 km

Lots of dead wood - spruce trees are slowly growing again

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6.70 km

Waldschmidthaus (1,360 m)

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The Waldschmidthaus is located just below the summit of the Großer Rachel mountain. This mountain refuge owes its name to Maximilian Schmidt, also known as Waldschmidt. The writer from Eschlkam …

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6.80 km

View of Rachelsee

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The Rachelsee, a beautiful panorama! 👌 Very nice location.

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7.11 km

Großer Rachel Summit

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In a ZDF survey on the most popular excursion destinations in Germany, the Great Rachel was number 1 in the mountain category at 1,453 meters! The highest mountain in the …

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7.50 km

Rachelsteig Trail

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A breathtaking landscape with magnificent views. The climb is very easy to walk, but I recommend sturdy shoes. If it goes to Rachel, I would definitely take this route.

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14.6 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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10.9 km

3.57 km

< 100 m

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Surfaces

9.68 km

3.58 km

1.30 km

< 100 m

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September 13, 2021,Oberfrauenau, Frauenau nach Kleiner Rachel, Frauenau
Super beautiful, little and big Rachel, the time is not right, which komoot counts together

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