Ammergau and Plansee · part 3

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. 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

   Munich / Bavarian Alps is where the day begins. Next is Ammergau and Plansee checkpoint 8.

2. 2. Near Neuried

   Planning note

   Finish at Ammergau and Plansee checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Back to Ammergau.

3. 3. Back to Ammergau

   Irschenberg is the hill that every driver on the Munich to Salzburg motorway knows, the long ridge where the road crests and the whole Alpine front suddenly appears, a row of grey peaks across the green foreland. On a clear day, the view from the old church on the hill, the pilgrimage church that is the village landmark, takes in the Wendelstein, the Kaisergebirge and the faraway Zugspitze.

   Read the complete Ammergau 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 206 km.