Obersee and Röthbachfall

Photo: Alupus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

3.9km
Total Distance
204m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A 3.9 km walk from the Salet boat landing at the south end of the Königssee, reached by the Königssee boats, along the Obersee and past the Fischunkelalm to the head of the valley below the Röthbachfall, the highest waterfall in Germany, where the Röthbach drops almost vertically over the Röthwand in two main steps.

Route Map

Along the trail

  1. 1
    Shelter
    at the start
  2. 2
    Weg zum Obersee · 1km
    Viewpoint
Path grade (SAC)
T1 · T2 for 1.2km
Surface
natural ground 68%, gravel 32%
Marked route
AV Weg 424 (Röthsteig)

Difficulty

2/5 · Easy