Why this ride
471 km one way from Bad Aibling - plan on about 6 h 37 of riding. The stops in between: Scenic stretch in Peißenberg, near Dinkelscherben and near Schierling. near Kochel is the high point. It tops out at about 1,300 m.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ammergau and Plansee · short arc
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 471 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 37
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
German Alpine Road
Slow enough to look. The surface follows the shoreline, so the corners arrive where the water decided, not where an engineer did. Water arrives beside the road and stays for 80 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 80 km
- Named road
- German Alpine Road
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fuel stop near Bad Aibling
Planning note
Ammergau and Plansee is where the day begins. Next is High point near Kochel.
2. High point near Kochel
Planning note
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Scenic stretch in Peißenberg.
3. Scenic stretch in Peißenberg
Peißenberg owes its existence to coal. For more than a century a deep mine worked the seams of pitch coal under the town, and when it closed in 1971 the place had to reinvent itself. You can still see traces of the mining past in the old shaft buildings and a small museum, but the modern town is a pleasant, unpretentious market centre in the rolling foothills between the Ammersee and the Alps.
Read the complete Photo stop in Peißenberg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 161 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch in Peißenberg. Next is Photo stop near Dinkelscherben.
4. Photo stop near Dinkelscherben
West of Augsburg, the land rises into a quiet country of wooded hills and valleys, protected as the Augsburg Western Forests nature park. Dinkelscherben is a small market town in the valley of the Zusam, with a church, a few shops and inns, and it makes a peaceful stop on a ride through the Swabian countryside, far from the busy roads around the city.
Read the complete Photo stop near Dinkelscherben write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Photo stop near Dinkelscherben, about halfway. Next is Food stop near Schierling.
5. Food stop near Schierling
Planning note
Food at 411 km, roughly 8 hours into the riding. Next is Munich / Bavarian Alps.
6. Munich / Bavarian Alps
Straubing lies a little to the northeast, and this stop sits in the great grain country around it, the Gäuboden. It is some of the most fertile land in Bavaria, a broad plain between the Danube and the Bavarian Forest covered in deep loess soil laid down by wind in the ice age, and the locals call it the breadbasket of the state. The villages of Leiblfing, Mengkofen and Geiselhöring each have a church with an onion dome and a ring of large farms. In summer the fields stand tall and golden, and the whole area smells of dust and warm straw.
Read the complete Munich / Bavarian Alps write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 471 km.
Leg by leg
Fuel stop near Bad Aibling to High point near Kochel
Fuel stop near Bad Aibling → High point near Kochel is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
High point near Kochel to Scenic stretch in Peißenberg
High point near Kochel → Scenic stretch in Peißenberg is 81 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Scenic stretch in Peißenberg to Photo stop near Dinkelscherben
Scenic stretch in Peißenberg → Photo stop near Dinkelscherben is 102 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Photo stop near Dinkelscherben to Food stop near Schierling
Photo stop near Dinkelscherben → Food stop near Schierling is 171 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop near Schierling to Munich / Bavarian Alps
Food stop near Schierling → Munich / Bavarian Alps return is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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