Bavarian alps traverse

Bad Reichenhall to Salzburg 🏃⛰️

2024-08-30 36 km 1997 m 7:17:30

Last piece of the eastward direction of the Bavarian alps traverse. So far the tour is 402km with 24118 hm.

https://maxcodebox.github.io/biketours/bavarian-alp-traverse.html

⛰️ Berchtesgadener Hochthron (1,972 m) • ⛰️ Hochalpkopf (1,886 m) • ⛰️ Großer Heubergkopf (1,820 m) • ⛰️ Salzburger Hochthron (1,853 m) • ⛰️ Geiereck (1,805 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Bad Reichenhall to Ruhpolding 🏃⛰️

2024-08-24 36 km 2463 m 9:19:24

Second to last part to Salzburg! Lots of climbing along the ridge, beautiful but almost no shaded areas.

⛰️ Fuderheustein (1,321 m) • ⛰️ Hochstaufen (1,771 m) • ⛰️ Mittelstaufen (1,657 m) • ⛰️ Hendelbergskopf (1,613 m) • ⛰️ Zennokopf (1,756 m) • ⛰️ Zwiesel (1,782 m) • ⛰️ Gamsknogel (1,750 m) • ⛰️ Zellerberg Hauptgipfel (1,065 m) • ⛰️ Zellerberg Nordgipfel (992 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Prien am Chiemsee to Ruhpolding 🏃⛰️

2024-06-08 51 km 2723 m 8:30:40

Last long run before CDH. Really warm day but still managed to stay strong. No snow anymore and large parts were very runnable! Tried out my megacap and it’s amazing!

⛰️ Roßkopf (1,156 m) • ⛰️ Hochgern (1,748 m) • ⛰️ Thoraukopf (1,481 m) • ⛰️ Hochfelln (1,674 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Aschau to Brannenburg 🏃⛰️

2024-05-24 28 km 1429 m 4:47:40

First some rain and mud and slippery climbs but it got better by the end. The plan was to continue to Bayerischzell but I cut it short to be sure I wouldn’t miss the last train back.

⛰️ Hammerstein (1,278 m) • ⛰️ Zellerhorn (1,360 m) • ⛰️ Jagerwand (1,396 m) • ⛰️ Zellerwand (1,415 m) • ⛰️ Hochries (1,569 m) • ⛰️ Karkopf (1,496 m) • ⛰️ Pölcher Schneid (1,390 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Brannenburg to Bayerischzell 🏃⛰️

2024-05-25 22 km 1833 m 5:09:22

Finished the last bit to Bayerischzell including as many peaks as possible.

⛰️ Kaserwand (1,690 m) • ⛰️ Wildalpjoch (1,720 m) • ⛰️ Seewandköpfl (1,664 m) • ⛰️ Lacherspitz (1,724 m) • ⛰️ Kesselwand (1,721 m) • ⛰️ Soinwand (1,756 m) • ⛰️ Zeller Scharte (1,611 m) • ⛰️ Wendelstein (1,838 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

To Tegernsee 🏃⛰️

2023-05-06 31 km 1638 m 4:46:30

⛰️ Taubensteinsattel (1,580 m) • ⛰️ Spitzingsattel (1,130 m) • ⛰️ Bodenschneid (1,669 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Halfway around Tegernsee 🏃⛰️

2024-05-28 17 km 1049 m 2:25:20

⛰️ Pfliegeleck (1,063 m) • ⛰️ Kleintegernseer Berg (1,106 m) • ⛰️ Ringspitz (1,293 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Romantic walk through the mountains 🏃⛰️

2023-06-24 21 km 1298 m 10:06:41

⛰️ Geierstein (1,491 m) • ⛰️ Fockenstein (1,564 m) • ⛰️ Zwergelberg (1,113 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Lenggries to Kochel 🏃⛰️

2023-08-05 24 km 1611 m 4:54:39

Fuel: 2x300g sugar in two bottles. Drank 1.5 -> 450g or 90g/hour. Very rainy.

⛰️ Stangeneck (1,646 m) • ⛰️ Vorderer Kirchstein (1,670 m) • ⛰️ Latschenkopf (1,712 m) • ⛰️ Achselköpfe (1,709 m) • ⛰️ Rotöhrsattel (1,665 m) • ⛰️ Benediktenwand (1,800 m) • ⛰️ Glaswandscharte (1,324 m) • ⛰️ Pessenbacher Schneid (1,270 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Kochel to Eschenlohe 🏃⛰️

2023-10-02 36 km 2330 m 7:09:14

Some more val d’aran training, approximately the same elevation gain per km as in the race (a lot)

This run: 2330hm/36.46km=63.9hm/km Val d’Aran: 10000hm/161km=62.1hm/km

So I just need to do this path 4.4 times

Fuel: 2x200g of sugar in 2x500ml water, plus 1.5 water water on my back. Filled up one soft flask once, would have needed more water.

⛰️ Kienstein (968 m) • ⛰️ Sonnenspitz (1,269 m) • ⛰️ Jochberg (1,565 m) • ⛰️ Kesselberg (858 m) • ⛰️ Martinskopf (1,676 m) • ⛰️ Herzogstand (1,731 m) • ⛰️ Heimgarten (1,791 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Snowy hike to Garmisch 🏃⛰️

2024-04-12 29 km 2050 m 7:05:12

Much steeper and snowier than expected.

⛰️ Hohe Kisten (1,922 m) • ⛰️ Wank (1,780 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Füssen to Garmisch 🏃⛰️🇩🇪

2024-05-10 56 km 3156 m 12:20:44

⛰️ Nierderstraußbergsattel (1,615 m) • ⛰️ Gabelschrofensattel (1,911 m) • ⛰️ Gabelschrofen (1,989 m) • ⛰️ Hirschwang (1,868 m) • ⛰️ Feigenkopf (1,866 m) • ⛰️ Große Klammspitz (1,924 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Pfronten to Füssen 🏃⛰️🇩🇪🇦🇹

2024-05-09 14 km 541 m 1:51:40

⛰️ Salober (1,288 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Pfronten to Sonthofen 🏃⛰️

2025-07-20 35 km 2121 m 6:58:00

Been a while since I added anything to the trans Bavarian alps project. With this run I’ve covered everything from Salzburg to Sonthofen (437km with 26200 hm). Just 60 km remaining to Bodensee now!

⛰️ Bürstling (1,466 m) • ⛰️ Sorgschrofen (1,636 m) • ⛰️ Zinken (1,613 m) • ⛰️ Jochschrofen (1,625 m) • ⛰️ Steinpasssattel (1,557 m) • ⛰️ Hirschberg (1,644 m) • ⛰️ Spieser (1,651 m) • ⛰️ Tiefenbacher Eck (1,527 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Sonthofen to Oberstaufen 🏃⛰️

2025-09-20 35 km 2297 m 6:55:37

Very sweaty day (drank 4.5l but needed more) and I was definitely missing the heat acclimation from Lebanon. Now the Bavarian alps project is almost done, just one more run remaining until the finish in Lindau.

⛰️ Steineberg Vorgipfel (1,660 m) • ⛰️ Steineberg (1,683 m) • ⛰️ Steinköpfle (1,665 m) • ⛰️ Stuiben (1,749 m) • ⛰️ Auf dem Sattel (1,677 m) • ⛰️ Sedererstuiben (1,737 m) • ⛰️ Gatterscharte (1,575 m) • ⛰️ Buralpkopf (1,772 m) • ⛰️ Gündleskopf (1,748 m) • ⛰️ Gündlesscharte (1,543 m) • ⛰️ Rindalphorn (1,821 m) • ⛰️ Gelchenwanger Kopf (1,812 m) • ⛰️ Brunnenauscharte (1,628 m) • ⛰️ Hochgrat (1,834 m) • ⛰️ Seelekopf (1,663 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com

Finish of the Bavarian alps traverse! 🏃⛰️

2025-10-04 39 km 1278 m 4:50:56

It took a few years, but I finally arrived in Lindau after piecing together each section from Salzburg, total about 500km and 30000hm!

Bad Reichenhall to Salzburg 🏃⛰️, distance: 35.7 km, elevation gain: 1997 m Bad Reichenhall to Ruhpolding 🏃⛰️, distance: 35.6 km, elevation gain: 2463 m Prien am Chiemsee to Ruhpolding 🏃⛰️, distance: 51.5 km, elevation gain: 2723 m Aschau to Brannenburg 🏃⛰️, distance: 27.5 km, elevation gain: 1429 m Brannenburg to Bayerischzell 🏃⛰️, distance: 22.4 km, elevation gain: 1833 m To Tegernsee 🏃⛰️, distance: 31.2 km, elevation gain: 1638 m Halfway around Tegernsee 🏃⛰️, distance: 17.1 km, elevation gain: 1049 m Romantic walk through the mountains 🏃⛰️, distance: 21.5 km, elevation gain: 1298 m Lenggries to Kochel 🏃⛰️, distance: 24.0 km, elevation gain: 1611 m Kochel to Eschenlohe 🏃⛰️, distance: 36.5 km, elevation gain: 2330 m Snowy hike to Garmisch 🏃⛰️, distance: 28.7 km, elevation gain: 2050 m Füssen to Garmisch 🏃⛰️🇩🇪, distance: 56.4 km, elevation gain: 3156 m Pfronten to Füssen 🏃⛰️🇩🇪🇦🇹, distance: 13.7 km, elevation gain: 541 m Pfronten to Sonthofen 🏃⛰️, distance: 35.1 km, elevation gain: 2121 m Sonthofen to Oberstaufen 🏃⛰️, distance: 35.3 km, elevation gain: 2297 m Finish of the Bavarian alps traverse! 🏃⛰️, distance: 38.9 km, elevation gain: 1278 m

⛰️ Hirschberg (1,095 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com