Why this ride
A 289 km round trip from Bad Tölz - roughly 3 h 42 in the saddle. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
German Alpine Road · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 289 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 42
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Bad Tolz
Bad Tolz grows from the Isar, the river that rushes down from the Alps toward Munich, and the town's main street, the Marktstrasse, climbs a steep slope above the water, lined with painted houses with gabled fronts and carved signs. At the top stands the Kalvarienberg, a hill with a baroque chapel and a view across the roofs to the Alps. The name Bad means spa, and it was the tapping of iodine-rich springs in the nineteenth century that gave the town its status, though the mountains and the old town are the real draw.
Read the complete Bad Tolz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Bad Tolz is where the day begins. Next is Berchtesgaden.
2. Berchtesgaden
Berchtesgaden sits in the far southeast corner of Germany, in a pocket of Bavaria that pokes into Austria, and the mountains here do not bother to be modest. The Watzmann, at 2,713 metres Germany's second highest mountain, stands above the valley in a long ridge, with the pale wall of the Hochkalter opposite. The town is the end of the German Alpine Road, which runs from Lake Constance, and it feels like the end of the line, with the peaks closing in on all sides. For centuries the local economy rested on salt, and the salt mine, worked since the sixteenth century, is open to visitors who put on miners' clothes and slide down the wooden chutes.
Read the complete Berchtesgaden write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Berchtesgaden comes up about 145 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Bad Tolz.
3. back through Bad Tolz
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bad Tolz 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 289 km.
Leg by leg
Bad Tolz to Berchtesgaden
Bad Tolz → Berchtesgaden is 145 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Berchtesgaden to back through Bad Tolz
Berchtesgaden → back through Bad Tolz is 144 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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