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Alpi­ne crossing Tegern­see — Ster­zing Guided

Start­ing at 1,855 per person

  • Duration: 8 Days
  • Total distance: approx. 96 km
  • Altitude: (+) 2870 m
  • Altitude: (-) 3490 m
  • Difficulty:
The best-sel­ling tour, led by an expert moun­tain hiking gui­de in a small group (max. 13), includes: 3/4‑star inns/guesthouses/hotels – half-board – lug­ga­ge trans­port from hotel to hotel – all trans­fers, such as moun­tain rail rides, Schle­geis, and return trans­fer from Ster­zing to Tegern­see — Addi­tio­nal nights befo­re or after the tour can be boo­ked Tog­e­ther with an expe­ri­en­ced hiking gui­de, you and your group will set out on an impres­si­ve Alpi­ne crossing. Your jour­ney beg­ins at Lake Tegern­see and then takes you via Lake Achen­see and the Zil­ler­tal Val­ley to Ster­zing. During this tour, you’ll hike on modera­te­ly chal­len­ging trails while tra­ver­sing breath­ta­king and diver­se land­scapes. You’ll stay in careful­ly sel­ec­ted hotels, guest­hou­ses, and inns, whe­re you’ll have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to expe­ri­ence the rich histo­ry and uni­que cha­rac­te­ristics of this regi­on. This one-week trip is a true plea­su­re hike that takes you from tra­di­tio­nal Bava­ri­an cul­tu­re to warm Tyro­lean hos­pi­ta­li­ty and the delights of South Tyro­lean wine. The uni­que expe­ri­ence of crossing the Alps will remain in your memo­ry forever. 
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Day 1
Mee­ting point with the gui­de at 12:30 pm in Gmund at the train sta­ti­on, hike to Tegern­see, Bad Wies­see or Kreuth
Distanz: 7 km Höhe (+): 120m Höhe (-): 120m
Your Alpi­ne crossing adven­ture beg­ins on the day of your arri­val. At luncht­i­me, you will meet your gui­de who will accom­pa­ny you on your jour­ney. Your first half-day hike takes you along the Tegern­see High Trail, which stret­ches around 100 meters abo­ve the nor­t­hern shore to today’s desti­na­ti­on of Tegern­see. Fan­ta­stic views await you during this easy intro­duc­to­ry stage. So get your came­ra or smart­phone rea­dy to cap­tu­re the first pan­o­r­amic images. Final­ly, a visit to the bre­wery direct­ly on the lake awaits you. After­wards, take the boat to your over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on in Bad Wies­see or con­ti­nue on foot or by bus to Kreuth if you are stay­ing overnight. 
Day 2
Kreuth — Achenkirch
Distanz: 17 km Höhe (+): 820m Höhe (-): 770m
Our trans­fer to the start­ing point of your hike for the second stage to Kreuth-Sie­ben­hüt­ten beg­ins in the mor­ning. After wal­king just a few meters on a forest path, a well-main­tai­ned hiking trail leads you through a mixed forest and into the first alpi­ne pas­tu­re regi­on to the unma­na­ged Gaisalm. Fol­low the signs in the direc­tion of Schildenstein/Blaubergalm along a gent­le moun­tain ridge to final­ly reach the bor­der ridge bet­ween Bava­ria and Tyrol, which is cha­rac­te­ri­zed by the cha­rac­te­ristic moun­tain pine vege­ta­ti­on. During this hike, impres­si­ve pan­o­r­amic views open up, ran­ging from the Alpi­ne foot­hills of Lake Tegern­see to the Kar­wen­del and Zil­ler­tal Alps. After just over 3 hours of hiking, you can take a break at the rustic Blau­bergalm, which is the only refresh­ment stop on this enti­re stage. You then des­cend into the val­ley on easy paths through the for­mer hun­ting grounds of the Habs­burgs to final­ly reach Achen­wal or Achenkirch. 
Day 3
Achen­kirch — Fügen
Distanz: 14 km Höhe (+): 120m Höhe (-): 100m
Today’s stage on the wes­tern shore of Lake Achen­see is often descri­bed as the most beau­tiful hiking trail in Tyrol and will enchant you. From your hotel in Achen­kirch, you hike along a well-main­tai­ned path with easy ascents and des­cents, inclu­ding short sec­tions with steps and handrails. This path leads you to the Gaisalm, the only alpi­ne pas­tu­re in Tyrol that can only be rea­ched on foot or by boat. This trail is cha­rac­te­ri­zed by a fasci­na­ting varie­ty of land­scapes, inclu­ding water­falls, varied vege­ta­ti­on and morai­ne hills that rise almost abo­ve the Tyro­lean fjord. Alt­hough the­re are oppor­tu­ni­ties for swim­ming, you should bear in mind that Lake Achen­see, which lies at 1,000 meters abo­ve sea level, rare­ly rea­ches more than 18 degrees water tem­pe­ra­tu­re and can the­r­e­fo­re requi­re some effort. Via Per­tis­au and along the lake­si­de path, you final­ly reach the sou­thern end of the lake in Mau­rach, which also ser­ves as the start­ing point for the nost­al­gic Achen­see­bahn, a steam cog rail­road. After lea­ving the Achen­see regi­on, you con­ti­nue your jour­ney by train and bus and reach your stage desti­na­ti­on of Fügen in the Zillertal. 
Day 4
Fügen — Spiel­joch — Hochfügen
Distanz: 14 km Höhe (+): 350m Höhe (-): 740m
After break­fast, head from your accom­mo­da­ti­on in Fügen, which is also known as the first vaca­ti­on regi­on in the Zil­ler­tal, to the Spiel­joch cable car. From the­re, you float effort­less­ly in the gon­do­la up to the Spiel­joch at an alti­tu­de of almost 1,850 meters and enjoy a breath­ta­king pan­o­r­amic view of the moun­ta­ins of the Zil­ler­tal, the Kar­wen­del and Rofan moun­ta­ins and even as far as the Kitz­bü­hel Alps and the Kai­ser Moun­ta­ins. A won­derful hiking trail leads you bet­ween moun­tain pines, alpi­ne roses, Swiss stone pine trees and gra­ni­te stones to the Gart Alm (whe­re we recom­mend the Kai­ser­schmar­ren) and then on to the Loas­sat­tel. From the­re, con­ti­nue to the Loas Alpi­ne inn. After a well-ear­ned rest and a refresh­ment stop, you con­ti­nue your hike on part­ly shady paths and final­ly reach today’s stage desti­na­ti­on of Hoch­fü­gen, which is known abo­ve all for its win­ter sports facilities. 
Day 5
Hoch­fü­gen — Melch­bo­den — Mayrhofen
Distanz: 11 km Höhe (+): 840m Höhe (-): 300m
Today, your hike takes you through an alpi­ne pas­tu­re regi­on that is the only one in the Alps still pre­ser­ved in its ori­gi­nal form, offe­ring fasci­na­ting insights into the histo­ry of alpi­ne far­ming. As you walk past rocks that have been shaped by the gla­cier sin­ce time imme­mo­ri­al, you’ll even­tual­ly reach the Sidan­joch. Near the Rast­ko­gel­hüt­te, an impres­si­ve pan­o­r­amic view opens up over the Inn Val­ley, the Kar­wen­del Moun­ta­ins, and the Tux Alps. After a short ascent to the Mit­ter­wands­kopf, fol­low a pic­tures­que trail that pas­ses gla­cial for­ma­ti­ons, small lakes, and along a moun­tain ridge until you final­ly reach the Melch­bo­den. From the­re, take the local bus down the Zil­ler­tal High Road. Then con­ti­nue on the Zil­ler­tal­bahn to Mayrhofen. 
Day 6
Mayr­ho­fen – Schle­geis – Pfitschtal
Distanz: 13 km Höhe (+): 480m Höhe (-): 820m
Today is the day on which you will cross the main Alpi­ne ridge — in fact the high­light of your crossing of the Alps. In the mor­ning, you will take a com­for­ta­ble bus ride along the toll road to the Schle­geis reser­voir at 1,800 meters abo­ve sea level, whe­re you will begin today’s stage. The impo­sing dam wall, which was built in the ear­ly 1970s, ser­ves as an ener­gy and water sup­p­ly and keeps one of Aus­tria’s lar­gest reser­voirs in check, which is fed by the gla­ciers behind it. During the mode­ra­te ascent along the well-main­tai­ned hiking trail to the Pfit­scher­joch, you are accom­pa­nied by rus­hing streams and impres­si­ve water­falls, and you cross scree fields and rocky morai­nes in this almost sur­re­al-loo­king land­scape. Befo­re rea­ching the Pfit­scher­joch hut, which is open to the public, you cross the bor­der to Ita­ly and South Tyrol and reach the hig­hest point of the day at 2,275 meters — the main Alpi­ne ridge has been crossed. Your path then leads you through gent­le alpi­ne pas­tu­res and later through shady mixed forest as you hike down the first sec­tion of the Pfitsch­tal val­ley. Final­ly you reach your accom­mo­da­ti­on in St. Jakob. 
Day 7
Pfitsch­tal — Sterzing
Distanz: 20 km Höhe (+): 140m Höhe (-): 640m
The last stage takes you along the val­ley flo­or of the Pfitsch Val­ley, on a gent­le, downhill path that is always accom­pa­nied by the rus­hing Pfitsch stream. Shady forest pas­sa­ges, green mea­dows next to pic­tures­que farm­hou­ses and his­to­ric stone churches await you during this stage. To round off this hike, a short climb awaits you in Flains, which then leads you direct­ly to the pic­tures­que cen­ter of Ster­zing. And then you’­ve done it — you’­ve finis­hed the crossing of the Alps from Tegern­see to Ster­zing. Con­gra­tu­la­ti­ons, we con­gra­tu­la­te you on this impres­si­ve achievement. 
Day 8
Return trans­fer to Tegernsee
Distanz: 0 km Höhe (+): 0m Höhe (-): 0m
Orga­ni­zed return trans­fer by shut­tle bus from Ster­zing to Tegern­see (par­king spaces, train station)

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Booking code: AU-TEG-STERZ-GEF

Mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts: 8 persons

Season

June 3, 2027 – Sep­tem­ber 16, 2027 (Arri­val: Thursday)

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Single room

EUR 2.155,00

Double room*

EUR 1.855,00
*Prices are per person.

Additional nights BEFORE the tour

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Gmund am Tegern­see in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Tegern­seer Hof) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Gmund am Tegern­see in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Tegern­seer Hof) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Gmund am Tegern­see in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Tegern­seer Hof) 

Price per person/night

EUR 165,00
EUR 165,00
EUR 110,00

Additional nights AFTER the tour

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Vipi­te­no in a sin­gle room incl. half board / (Hotel Rosskopf) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Vipi­te­no in a sin­gle room incl. half board / (Hotel Rosskopf) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Vipi­te­no in a dou­ble room incl. half board / (Hotel Rosskopf) 

Price per person/night

EUR 123,00
EUR 128,00
EUR 103,00

Services

Included services
  • Gui­ded group tour (Ger­man-spea­king guide)
  • 7 x over­night stays in sel­ec­ted accom­mo­da­ti­on in the 3*-4* category
  • Rooms with a show­er or a bath­tub and toilet
  • 7 x breakfast
  • 6 x din­ner (at Tegern­see only breakfast)
  • Lug­ga­ge trans­port from one accom­mo­da­ti­on to ano­ther (1 suit­ca­se per per­son, max. 20 kg)
  • Boat trip on day 1 from Tegern­see to Bad Wiessee
  • Trans­fer on day 2 from Bad Wies­see to the start­ing point behind Wild­bad Kreuth
  • Trans­fer on day 6 from Mayr­ho­fen to the Schle­geis reservoir
  • 1 x cable car ride up the Spieljoch
  • City tour in Sterzing
  • Return trans­fer from Vipi­te­no to Lake Tegern­see by shut­tle bus
  • Detail­ed tra­vel docu­ments with important infor­ma­ti­on about the itin­era­ry (1 copy per room) 
  • Prac­ti­cal felt bag for your tra­vel docu­ments (1x per room) 
  • Stamp book­let for crossing the Alps
  • Cer­ti­fi­ca­te for suc­cessful­ly com­ple­ting the crossing of the Alps
  • Feu­er und Eis Alpi­ne Crosser Pin
  • Feu­er und Eis Alpi­ne Crosser cell pho­ne sticker
  • Crossing the Alps postcards
  • Dona­ti­on Sus­taina­bi­li­ty Initia­ti­ve Berg­wald­pro­jekt e.V.
  • 7‑Day Hass­le-Free Ser­vice Hot­line (dai­ly from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
  • Feu­er und Eis Tra­vel Insurance 
Excluded services
  • Tra­vel to and from the tour, as well as par­king fees
  • Spa/local taxes (approx. 1–4 EUR per per­son per night), to be paid at the accommodations
  • If appli­ca­ble, over­night fees for regis­tered dogs are to be paid at the accommodations
  • Meals and bever­a­ges, unless other­wi­se specified
  • Tips, sight­see­ing, and other per­so­nal expenses
  • Bus and train tra­vel, trans­fers unless express­ly included in the itinerary
  • Tra­vel Insu­rance (We’d be hap­py to book tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on and trip inter­rup­ti­on insu­rance for you)

Additional information

Get­ting There
By TRAIN: For reasons of sus­taina­bi­li­ty, we recom­mend tra­ve­ling by train to the desti­na­ti­on sta­ti­on Gmund (lug­ga­ge drop-off the­re unless you have boo­ked an extra night), with hour­ly con­nec­tions from Munich main sta­ti­on to Tegern­see. If you have boo­ked an extra night, con­ti­nue on foot or by bus from Gmund sta­ti­on with your lug­ga­ge to your hotel. By car: Coming from the north on the A8, exit Holz­kir­chen, coming from the south on the A8, exit Irschen­berg or A12 Inn­tal­au­to­bahn, exit Achensee/Zillertal via Achensee. 
Return trans­fer
Our Alpi­ne Crossing shut­tle bus will take you com­for­ta­b­ly from Ster­zing back to Tegern­see (train sta­ti­on, par­king lot, or, if appli­ca­ble, your exten­si­on hotel) in the mor­ning. Depen­ding on traf­fic con­di­ti­ons, arri­val at Tegern­see is sche­du­led for around 12:00 p.m. Plea­se allow ple­nty of extra time for your onward jour­ney due to the risk of traf­fic jams. 
Par­king
For cus­to­mers arri­ving by car, our exclu­si­ve long-term par­king lot is available. Reser­va­tions are at your own expen­se through our par­king part­ner; you’ll recei­ve all the details with your tra­vel docu­ments. To ensu­re you can start your first leg of the trip right away on the day of arri­val, you can store your che­cked lug­ga­ge in the Feu­er und Eis lug­ga­ge con­tai­ner at the par­king lot—we’ll deli­ver your suit­ca­se to your first hotel on Lake Tegernsee. 
Shut­tle bus Mayr­ho­fen — Schleggeisspeicher
On the mor­ning of the 6th day, our “Feu­er und Eis” shut­tle bus will take you from your hotel in Mayr­ho­fen to the Schle­geis Reser­voir. Short­ly after pas­sing the impo­sing dam, you’ll set off toward the Pfit­scher­joch and cross the main Alpi­ne ridge. If, in our assess­ment, the crossing is not pos­si­ble due to wea­ther con­di­ti­ons (e.g., seve­re wea­ther war­nings, sud­den onset of win­ter), our free bus trans­fer will take you from Mayr­ho­fen to the nea­rest stage hotel in the Pfitsch­tal or Sterzing. 
Mee­ting point
Plea­se note that the mee­ting point for the gui­ded Alpi­ne crossing Tegern­see-Ster­zing is at 12:30 pm at Gmund sta­ti­on. The­r­e­fo­re, plea­se plan your arri­val in good time. For a rela­xed start to your Alpi­ne crossing adven­ture or in the event of a long jour­ney, we recom­mend boo­king an over­night stay at Lake Tegern­see in advance. 
Natu­re of the Tour
The tour is of mode­ra­te dif­fi­cul­ty and requi­res good basic phy­si­cal fit­ness as well as sure-foo­ted­ness. It fol­lows well-main­tai­ned hiking trails, forest roads, and paths. The­re are no clim­bing sec­tions or high­ly expo­sed are­as. Nevert­hel­ess, it helps if you have a reasonable head for heights, for exam­p­le, for the trail along Lake Achen on Day 3. For this gui­ded hiking tour, you should be accus­to­med to moun­tain hikes and be able to hike for about 5 hours a day with ele­va­ti­on gain wit­hout any pro­blems. If you’re not enti­re­ly sure whe­ther you’re fit enough for the tour, plea­se call our tra­vel experts in advan­ce for advice. You’re also wel­co­me to get addi­tio­nal infor­ma­ti­on from the DAV: www.alpenverein.de/thema/bergwandercheck
Other Infor­ma­ti­on
To ensu­re a stress-free start to your trip, we gene­ral­ly recom­mend arri­ving at the start­ing point by ear­ly evening. Some tours begin as ear­ly as noon; in tho­se cases, we recom­mend arri­ving the day befo­re. We’d be hap­py to book an extra night for you right away. Your indi­vi­du­al return trip takes place on the last day of the trip. The distances lis­ted are appro­xi­ma­te and may dif­fer from the actu­al distances tra­ve­led. This trip is not sui­ta­ble for peo­p­le with limi­t­ed mobility. 
Mini­mum num­ber of participants
If a mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts is requi­red for the tour to take place, this is sta­ted under Pri­ces and ser­vices. If the mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts is not rea­ched, we reser­ve the right to can­cel the trip up to four weeks befo­re the date of arri­val. We recom­mend that you do not orga­ni­ze your arri­val and depar­tu­re until after this dead­line has passed.
Insu­rance
Tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on insu­rance inclu­ding trip inter­rup­ti­on insu­rance is high­ly recom­men­ded. You can find infor­ma­ti­on at: https://www.feuer-eis-touristik.de/reiseversicherung
7‑Day Hass­le-Free Hotline
No mat­ter how well you plan a trip, unex­pec­ted things can hap­pen on rare occa­si­ons. In moments like the­se, it’s nice to have someone the­re you can count on. For this reason, on our cus­to­mi­zed acti­ve tours, you’ll have a local cont­act per­son who will be hap­py to pro­vi­de you with infor­ma­ti­on and, as indi­ca­ted in your tra­vel docu­ments, will be available to assist you in case of an emergency.
Important Note About the Gui­ded Tour
Should it beco­me appa­rent during the tour that a par­ti­ci­pant is not sui­ta­ble for the tour, e.g. due to a lack of fit­ness, the gui­de reser­ves the right to exclude them from the hikes in order to ensu­re a safe tour for the group. Excluded par­ti­ci­pan­ts can tra­vel to the boo­ked hotels at their own expen­se and use the over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on and any boo­ked trans­fers. The­re will be no refund of the tour pri­ce. Plea­se find out in advan­ce whe­ther the tour is sui­ta­ble for you. Plea­se feel free to call us for a per­so­nal con­sul­ta­ti­on. You’re also wel­co­me to cont­act the DAV for more infor­ma­ti­on: www.alpenverein.de/thema/bergwandercheck
Important note
The­re may be chan­ges to the tour at any time due to wea­ther conditions!

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As a tour operator specializing in active nature travel, the protection and enhancement of the regions we visit are particularly important to us. That is why we ensure that the planning and execution of our trips are carried out in a way that adds value and is environmentally responsible. Specifically, this means: We work closely with local partners to strengthen the regional economy and preserve cultural heritage. In addition, we support the protection and conservation of forests in our home region of Tegernsee-Schliersee by donating five euros per booking to Bergwaldprojekt e.V.

These are our goals:

  • to bring people closer to nature in an authentic way
  • to work closely with regional partners and hosts
  • to create added value for the region and at the same time create added value for the guests

We need your help to make this happen! During your trip, please treat nature with respect and follow general rules of conduct.

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Tour rating

Crossing the Alps July/August 2025
We made an unfor­gett­ab­ly gre­at crossing of the Alps. A very nice expe­ri­ence with lots of impres­si­ons­It was a super nice and love­ly group of hikers who did an excel­lent job. A very well orga­ni­zed tour. Our gui­de Mar­tin is a very pro­fes­sio­nal gui­de, we would glad­ly go with him again. All the accom­mo­da­ti­on was gre­at, clean, good food and fri­end­ly staff.
Rein­hard
2025-08-08
An excel­lent­ly gui­ded tour with heart, mind and gre­at atten­ti­on to detail ? abso­lut­e­ly recommendable! 
Our Alpi­ne crossing from Tegern­see to Ster­zing was an unfor­gettable expe­ri­ence ? not least thanks to the per­fect lea­der­ship of Sis­si von Prey­sing. Sis­si is a pas­sio­na­te, always good-humo­red hiking gui­de who knew how to con­vey a strong sen­se of com­mu­ni­ty to the group from the very first moment. At the same time, she pro­vi­ded struc­tu­re and safe­ty on the tour with clear rules and a keen instinct, lea­ding us through varied land­scapes, past breath­ta­king views, hid­den gems and impres­si­ve natu­ral expe­ri­en­ces with gre­at care, impres­si­ve detail­ed know­ledge and per­fect dai­ly plan­ning. Sis­si always knew how to draw our atten­ti­on to the spe­cial beau­ties along the way and to give each day its very own high­lights. The orga­niza­ti­on, sche­du­le, stage length and breaks were per­fect­ly coor­di­na­ted. Not only were we able to cover the impres­si­ve rou­te safe­ly and in good shape, but we were also able to enjoy it to the full, and we also enjoy­ed the con­sis­t­ent­ly good to very good accom­mo­da­ti­on, which spoi­led us with excel­lent cui­sine, fri­end­ly ser­vice and plea­sant faci­li­ties ? a well-deser­ved reward after the dai­ly hiking stages.we are gra­teful to have under­ta­ken this spe­cial jour­ney with Sis­si, and we all rea­ched our desti­na­ti­on in Ster­zing safe and sound, ful­fil­led and hap­py. This crossing of the Alps will be remem­be­red as an all-round suc­cessful, enri­ching experience.conclusion: An excel­lent­ly gui­ded tour with heart, mind and a lot of atten­ti­on to detail ? abso­lut­e­ly recommendable! 
Reindl Maria Anna and Thomas
2025-07-19
An excel­lent­ly gui­ded tour with heart, mind and gre­at atten­ti­on to detail ? abso­lut­e­ly recommendable! 
Our Alpi­ne crossing from Tegern­see to Ster­zing was an unfor­gettable expe­ri­ence ? not least thanks to the per­fect lea­der­ship of Sis­si von Prey­sing. Sis­si is a pas­sio­na­te, always good-humo­red hiking gui­de who knew how to con­vey a strong sen­se of com­mu­ni­ty to the group from the very first moment. At the same time, she pro­vi­ded struc­tu­re and safe­ty on the tour with clear rules and a keen instinct, lea­ding us through varied land­scapes, past breath­ta­king views, hid­den gems and impres­si­ve natu­ral expe­ri­en­ces with gre­at care, impres­si­ve detail­ed know­ledge and per­fect dai­ly plan­ning. Sis­si always knew how to draw our atten­ti­on to the spe­cial beau­ties along the way and to give each day its very own high­lights. The orga­niza­ti­on, sche­du­le, stage length and breaks were per­fect­ly coor­di­na­ted. Not only were we able to cover the impres­si­ve rou­te safe­ly and in good shape, but we were also able to enjoy it to the full, and we also enjoy­ed the con­sis­t­ent­ly good to very good accom­mo­da­ti­on, which spoi­led us with excel­lent cui­sine, fri­end­ly ser­vice and plea­sant faci­li­ties ? a well-deser­ved reward after the dai­ly hiking stages.we are gra­teful to have under­ta­ken this spe­cial jour­ney with Sis­si, and we all rea­ched our desti­na­ti­on in Ster­zing safe and sound, ful­fil­led and hap­py. This crossing of the Alps will be remem­be­red as an all-round suc­cessful, enri­ching experience.conclusion: An excel­lent­ly gui­ded tour with heart, mind and a lot of atten­ti­on to detail ? abso­lut­e­ly recommendable! 
Reindl Maria Anna and Thomas
2025-07-18
An excel­lent­ly gui­ded tour with heart, mind and gre­at atten­ti­on to detail ? abso­lut­e­ly recommendable! 
Our Alpi­ne crossing from Tegern­see to Ster­zing was an unfor­gettable expe­ri­ence ? not least thanks to the per­fect lea­der­ship of Sis­si von Prey­sing. Sis­si is a pas­sio­na­te, always good-humo­red hiking gui­de who knew how to con­vey a strong sen­se of com­mu­ni­ty to the group from the very first moment. At the same time, she pro­vi­ded struc­tu­re and safe­ty on the tour with clear rules and a keen instinct, lea­ding us through varied land­scapes, past breath­ta­king views, hid­den gems and impres­si­ve natu­ral expe­ri­en­ces with gre­at care, impres­si­ve detail­ed know­ledge and per­fect dai­ly plan­ning. Sis­si always knew how to draw our atten­ti­on to the spe­cial beau­ties along the way and to give each day its very own high­lights. The orga­niza­ti­on, sche­du­le, stage length and breaks were per­fect­ly coor­di­na­ted. Not only were we able to cover the impres­si­ve rou­te safe­ly and in good shape, but we were also able to enjoy it to the full, and we also enjoy­ed the con­sis­t­ent­ly good to very good accom­mo­da­ti­on, which spoi­led us with excel­lent cui­sine, fri­end­ly ser­vice and plea­sant faci­li­ties ? a well-deser­ved reward after the dai­ly hiking stages.we are gra­teful to have under­ta­ken this spe­cial jour­ney with Sis­si, and we all rea­ched our desti­na­ti­on in Ster­zing safe and sound, ful­fil­led and hap­py. This crossing of the Alps will be remem­be­red as an all-round suc­cessful, enri­ching experience.conclusion: An excel­lent­ly gui­ded tour with heart, mind and a lot of atten­ti­on to detail ? abso­lut­e­ly recommendable! 
Reindl Maria Anna and Thomas
2025-07-18
An unfor­gettable tour
A big THANK YOU to Feu­er und Eis for being able to win over ?ERSATZMANN? Johan­nes Hin­ter­seer as our gui­de. What a stro­ke of luck, a gui­de with so much pas­si­on for the moun­ta­ins and natu­re, a moti­va­tor for all par­ti­ci­pan­ts, who did­n’t let anyo­ne down and always had a plan ‘B’ in his pocket if neces­sa­ry. The tour was excel­lent­ly plan­ned and top orga­ni­zed, super accom­mo­da­ti­on with suf­fi­ci­ent break­fast / half board. The­re was one small fly in the oint­ment, but it was not due to the orga­niza­ti­on . It was a dri­ver from the shut­tle bus who was unfa­mi­li­ar with the area and was despera­te­ly sear­ching for the boar­ding point and later Kreuth. A hike / gui­ded tour with ?HANNES? again immediately.Brigitte and Christian
Bri­git­te and Christian
2025-07-07
An extra­or­di­na­ry experience!
Hel­lo, I did the crossing of the Alps from Tegern­see to Ster­zing with the gui­de Mar­kus Block and I am total­ly thril­led! Ever­y­thing was excel­lent­ly orga­ni­zed and ever­y­thing work­ed out gre­at (lug­ga­ge trans­port, trans­fers etc.). We were par­ti­cu­lar­ly lucky on this trip that we were also a very small group (5 peo­p­le + gui­de), which we all found very plea­sant. note: Per­haps con­sider offe­ring smal­ler groups for an extra char­ge… Mar­kus Block was a gre­at gui­de, very fri­end­ly, well infor­med and crea­ted a good atmo­sphe­re. We got on very well with him and always felt safe and respec­ted. He respon­ded pro­fes­sio­nal­ly to all our comm­ents and ensu­red that we had a gre­at expe­ri­ence, and some of the hotels were excel­lent (the two VAYAs) or very good to good. Unfort­u­na­te­ly, the excep­ti­on was the Gast­hof zur Post in Kreuth. The room here was very old and the ser­vice was some­ti­mes quite poor, but the bot­tom line was that it was a gre­at hike, thank you very much! (The initi­al­ly per­cei­ved high pri­ce was put into per­spec­ti­ve by the beau­tiful choice of hotels.
Tho­mas N.
2025-06-23
An unfor­gettable experience
Crossing the Alps from Tegern­see to Ster­zing in the week from 30.08. to 06.09.2024 was an unfor­gettable expe­ri­ence for us. With bright suns­hi­ne and good visi­bi­li­ty, hiking gui­de Mathi­as Ruh­dor­fer gui­ded us safe­ly and pru­dent­ly with good local know­ledge, even over chal­len­ging pas­sa­ges to Ita­ly, and the hiking rou­te with its high expe­ri­ence value, the com­for­ta­ble hotels, the typi­cal and varied cate­ring and last but not least the com­pe­tent hiking gui­de Mathi­as con­vin­ced us in every respect.Finally, a few con­s­truc­ti­ve sug­ges­ti­ons, which should not detract from the over­all posi­ti­ve impres­si­on of the Alpi­ne crossing:The “attic room” in the Blyb Hotel (room 232 ? in the main buil­ding) is unsui­ta­ble for peo­p­le over 175 cm tall due to the slo­ping roof! In Bad Wies­see, the evening cate­ring opti­ons are limi­t­ed. Per­haps you could move the start time for the tour to the after­noon. Then the­re would be the pos­si­bi­li­ty of having the evening meal in the Brau­st­überl in Tegernsee.seats were reser­ved for us on the steam cog rail­road at Achen­see. Howe­ver, the train staff had not kept any train com­part­ments free, so the hiking group had to look for free seats them­sel­ves. The bus from Melch­bo­den to Mayr­ho­fen was hope­l­ess­ly over­c­row­ded. For many hikers the­re were only cram­ped stan­ding places available. It was an irre­spon­si­bly fast and breakneck ride down the val­ley. Here I would recom­mend a shut­tle ser­vice orga­ni­zed by you or a hotel pro­vi­der, even if this would cost an extra charge.
Petra and Stefan
2024-09-09
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