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Himmelseck

Himmelseck (Allgäu)

The Himmelseck is located on the southern ridge of the Alpsee in the Allgäu and can be combined with a good tour around the famous lake.

Description

The tour starts in Immenstadt in the heart of the Allgäu and is challenging right at the beginning with a demanding climb. From the start, the route climbs steeply uphill on a road to Seifenmoos. This is followed by an intermediate descent on a gravel road to the lower Eck-Alpe. From there, the route continues uphill past the upper Eck-Alpe to Himmelseck. Once you reach the ridge, there is a single trail that follows the course of the mountain westwards. This trail offers a constant up and down with a great panorama of the Allgäu Alps and the Alpsee lake.

A charming serpentine trail finally leads down to the Weißach valley floor. Here the surface changes to a steep gravel road, which serves as the basis for the ascent to the Hündlekopf. A rooty path awaits on the back of the Hündlekopf, which rides down to Hinterstaufen.

From Hinterstaufen, the tour rolls along the northern shore of the Alpsee to Bühl. The last section leads back to Immenstadt on cycle paths. This section could be spruced up with a climb to Salmaser Höhe and a passage along trails on the ridge towards Bühl. This variant is described in the tour "Konstanzer Tal".

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46 km

1460 m

1460 m

725 above sea level

1469 above sea level

1 day

Immenstadt

Immenstadt

2989

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Alternative routes

Konstanzer Tal

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Portrait Thomas Giger

About the author: Thomas Giger

Thomas Giger has been the editor of Ride MTB since 2002 and is a regular online and print author. Over the years, he has specialized in tourism topics and is particularly well known for his blog-style columns. He is also one of Ride MTB's active tour authors.

Thomas Giger has been the editor of Ride MTB since 2002 and has had a significant influence on the tour database. His focus is on single trail tours. There are few who know the trails in Switzerland as well as he does. However, his areas of expertise also include Aosta, the French Western Alps, and the whole of South Tyrol.

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