CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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A proper escape from Munich with roads worth waking up for. Out of Rottach-Egern and back again: 738 km, roughly 9 h 59 in the saddle. On the way it passes Scenic stretch near Schwabmünchen, near Donauwörth and Johanniskirchen. The climb of the day is near Navis. It tops out at about 1,300 m. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 76 km this is German Alpine Road, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
At the southern end of the Tegernsee, Rottach-Egern sits where the lake meets the mountains, and it has long been one of the most comfortable addresses in Upper Bavaria. Painted houses, carved balconies and well-kept gardens line the shore, and in summer the lake is busy with sailors and swimmers. The Wallberg rises steeply behind the village, and on a clear day its summit looks close enough to touch.
Read the complete Fuel stop near Rottach-Egern write-up.
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Next is High point near Navis.
Navis lies in a long, quiet side valley that branches east from the Wipptal, the great Brenner corridor south of Innsbruck. Down on the main valley floor the motorway and the railway carry an endless stream of traffic towards Italy; turn off at Matrei or Steinach and climb into Navis, and within minutes the noise is gone. What remains is a scattered farming village strung along the valley for several kilometres, with steep meadows, wooden barns and a church that seems to keep watch from its slope.
Read the complete High point near Navis write-up.
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You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Scenic stretch near Schwabmünchen.
South of Augsburg the land flattens into the Lechfeld, a broad gravel plain shaped by the Lech river as it runs north from the Alps. Schwabmünchen is the market town of this stretch, a practical place with a long main street, a handful of churches, and all the shops and services a rider needs. It is not a postcard town, and it does not pretend to be, but it makes a reliable pause between Augsburg and the Allgäu.
Read the complete Scenic stretch near Schwabmünchen write-up.
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about 171 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch near Schwabmünchen. Next is Photo stop near Donauwörth.
Donauwörth stands where the Wörnitz flows into the Danube, a meeting of waters that made the town important for trade and crossings since the Middle Ages. Its main street, the Reichsstraße, is lined with colourful gabled houses, churches and the old town hall, and it was once part of an important trade route between Nuremberg and Augsburg. Today it is a stop on the Romantic Road, the tourist route that runs from Würzburg to Füssen.
Read the complete Photo stop near Donauwörth write-up.
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Photo stop near Donauwörth, about halfway. Next is Munich / Bavarian Alps return.
The Rottal, in Lower Bavaria, is a land of rolling hills, small woods and wide fields, with farmhouses scattered across the slopes and onion-domed church towers rising above the villages. It is far from the famous Alpine scenery of the south, and few tourists come here, but it has a quiet, pastoral beauty that many riders find refreshing. Johanniskirchen is a small village in the hills between the Vils and the Rott, on the way back towards Munich, and the lanes around it are as calm as any in Bavaria.
Read the complete Near Johanniskirchen, on the way back write-up.
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Munich / Bavarian Alps return sits at 397 km, about halfway. Next is Food stop near Arnstorf.
Arnstorf is a small market town in the Rottal, the gently rolling country of Lower Bavaria between the Isar and the Inn. It is farming country through and through: maize, wheat, hop gardens here and there, big Bavarian farmsteads and onion-domed churches on every rise. The Rottal is also famous for horse breeding, and you may see paddocks of the sturdy Rottaler horses along the lanes.
Read the complete Food stop near Arnstorf write-up.
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Food stop near Arnstorf is where this day stops to eat. Next is Allgäu High Roads checkpoint 8.
The end of a Bavarian lakes day usually means the Würm valley, and this finish lies on its edge, between Planegg, Krailling and Neuried, where Munich's south-western suburbs meet the forests. The Würm flows north out of Lake Starnberg through a gentle valley of meadows and villages, and the Forstenrieder Park, a large forest of beech and spruce, stretches to the east. It is a pleasant, green corner of the city's fringe.
Read the complete Near Planegg write-up.
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Allgäu High Roads checkpoint 8 closes the day. Next is Back to Allgäu High Roads.
Bad Wiessee lies on the western shore and Tegernsee town on the eastern side, with the mountains of the Mangfall range dropping steeply into the water behind them. It is a place where Munich's money goes for the weekend, and the villas and boat houses show it, but it is also a real valley with cows, hay meadows and a long history.
Read the complete Allgäu High Roads write-up.
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Back at Back to Allgäu High Roads. That is the ride.
This High point near Navis → Scenic stretch near Schwabmünchen stretch is for rhythm and scenery. Keep your head up, let the view breathe, and resist turning every open bend into a target. Stop once properly rather than half-stopping everywhere.
Scenic stretch near Schwabmünchen → Photo stop near Donauwörth is the technical section. Hairpins, gradients and mixed traffic can stack up quickly; use low drama inputs, stay wide of centre lines and expect buses or riders appearing exactly where optimism says they will not.
This Photo stop near Donauwörth → Near Johanniskirchen, on the way back stretch is for rhythm and scenery. Keep your head up, let the view breathe, and resist turning every open bend into a target. Stop once properly rather than half-stopping everywhere.
Food stop near Arnstorf → Near Planegg is the logistics leg. Watch junctions, villages and speed changes, then let the roadbook do its job: move you out of the clutter without spending your best attention too early.