Feu­er und Eis Self-Gui­ded Tour

Alpi­ne crossing Tegern­see — Ster­zing with CHARME

Start­ing at 1,855 per person

Long-distance hiking on a clas­sic rou­te, inclu­ding: 4/4S-star hotels – half-board – lug­ga­ge trans­port from hotel to hotel – all trans­fers, such as moun­tain rail rides, Schle­geis, and the return trans­fer from Ster­zing to Tegern­see – dai­ly tour start – can be exten­ded fle­xi­bly depen­ding on the stage loca­ti­on — Addi­tio­nal nights befo­re or after the tour can be boo­ked. Accom­mo­da­ti­ons with that spe­cial something—that’s what awaits you on our Alpi­ne crossing from Tegern­see to Ster­zing in the CHARME packa­ge. Relax in sel­ect 4*–4*S‑category hotels and let yours­elf be pam­pe­red in a very spe­cial way. The hiking rou­te takes you from beau­tiful Tegern­see, past Lake Achen­see and through the Zil­ler­tal Val­ley, all the way to Ster­zing, Ita­ly. You’ll encoun­ter easy to modera­te­ly chal­len­ging trails set amid breath­ta­king and diver­se land­scapes. Lug­ga­ge trans­fer from hotel to hotel ensu­res maxi­mum com­fort. This one-week lei­su­re­ly hike takes you from tra­di­tio­nal Bava­ri­an cul­tu­re through the warm hos­pi­ta­li­ty of Tyrol to the deli­cious wines of South Tyrol. Across the Alps—an unfor­gettable expe­ri­ence you’ll che­rish forever. 

Itinerary / Stages

Day 1
Arri­val by 1 p.m. at the latest at the Alpen­über­que­rer par­king lot or Gmund train sta­ti­on, hike to Tegern­see, Bad Wies­see or Kreuth
Distanz: 14 km Höhe (+): 180m Höhe (-): 180m
Your Alpi­ne crossing adven­ture beg­ins on the day you arri­ve. After the start of your tour, which we recom­mend for around luncht­i­me, in Gmund, the first half-day hike takes you along the Tegern­see High Trail, which extends around 100 meters abo­ve the nor­t­hern shore, to the inter­me­dia­te desti­na­ti­on of Tegern­see (town). Breath­ta­king sce­n­ery and fan­ta­stic views await you on this easier intro­duc­to­ry stage. So don’t for­get to have your came­ra or smart­phone rea­dy to cap­tu­re the first pan­o­r­amic images. A visit to the bre­wery right on the lake is also a must. After­wards, you have the opti­on of taking the uni­que rowing fer­ry to Rot­tach-Egern (unfort­u­na­te­ly dogs are not allo­wed) and wal­king along the lake to your over­night stay in Bad Wies­see, which is loca­ted on the south side of Lake Tegern­see. Alter­na­tively, you can use the Tegern­see boat ser­vice to shor­ten your rou­te. You will find num­e­rous opti­ons for din­ner in all the towns on Lake Tegernsee. 
Day 2
Kreuth — Achenkirch
Distanz: 17 km Höhe (+): 820m Höhe (-): 770m
The mor­ning beg­ins with a trans­fer to the start­ing point of your hike for the second stage to Kreuth-Sie­ben­hüt­ten. After wal­king a short distance on a forest path, a well-main­tai­ned hiking trail leads you through a mixed forest to the first alpi­ne pas­tu­re regi­on, which includes the unma­na­ged Gaisalm. Fol­low the signs in the direc­tion of Schildenstein/Blaubergalm along a gent­le ridge and final­ly reach the bor­der ridge bet­ween Bava­ria and Tyrol, cha­rac­te­ri­zed by the cha­rac­te­ristic moun­tain pine vege­ta­ti­on. During this hike, impres­si­ve pan­ora­mas open up, ran­ging from the foot­hills of the Tegern­see Alps to the Kar­wen­del and Zil­ler­tal Alps. After just over 3 hours of hiking, we recom­mend taking a break at the rustic Blau­bergalm (the only refresh­ment stop on this enti­re stage) befo­re des­cen­ding into the val­ley on easy paths through the for­mer Habs­burg hun­ting grounds towards Achen­wal and Achenkirch. 
Day 3
Achen­kirch — Fügen
Distanz: 14 km Höhe (+): 120m Höhe (-): 100m
Today’s stage, often descri­bed as one of the most beau­tiful hiking trails in Tyrol, takes you along the wes­tern shore of Lake Achen­see into an enchan­ting land­scape. Start­ing from your hotel in Achen­kirch, you fol­low a well-main­tai­ned path with gent­le ascents and des­cents, with short sec­tions with steps and handrails for your com­fort. This path leads you to the Gaisalm, the only alpi­ne pas­tu­re in Tyrol that can only be rea­ched on foot or by boat. A fasci­na­ting mix of land­scapes awaits you along the way, inclu­ding water­falls, diver­se vege­ta­ti­on and morai­ne hills that almost reach up to the Tyro­lean fjord. The­re are also oppor­tu­ni­ties for swim­ming, alt­hough the Achen­see, which lies at 1000 meters abo­ve sea level, rare­ly has a water tem­pe­ra­tu­re of more than 18 degrees and can the­r­e­fo­re requi­re some effort. The rou­te con­ti­nues via Per­tis­au and the lake­si­de path until you reach the sou­thern end of the lake in Mau­rach, which also ser­ves as the depar­tu­re point for the nost­al­gic Achen­see­bahn, a steam cog rail­road. From here we lea­ve the Achen­see regi­on and con­ti­nue our jour­ney by train and bus to reach our stage desti­na­ti­on of Fügen in the Zillertal. 
Day 4
Fügen — Spel­joch — Hochfügen
Distanz: 14 km Höhe (+): 350m Höhe (-): 740m
After your break­fast, walk 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, which is loca­ted 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 pic­tures­que path, lined with moun­tain pines, alpi­ne roses, Swiss stone pine trees and gra­ni­te stones, leads you to the Gart Alm (whe­re we recom­mend the Kai­ser­schmar­ren) and then on to the Loas­sat­tel, final­ly rea­ching the Alpen­gast­haus Loas. After a break and a refresh­ment stop, you can relax on part­ly shady hiking trails to today’s stage desti­na­ti­on of Hoch­fü­gen, which is known abo­ve all for its win­ter sports facilities. 
Day 5
Hoch­fü­gen — Melch­bo­den — Aschau/Mayrhofen
Distanz: 11 km Höhe (+): 840m Höhe (-): 300m
Today your hike takes you through a uni­que alpi­ne pas­tu­re regi­on, which can only be found here in the Alps and offers fasci­na­ting insights into his­to­ri­cal alpi­ne far­ming. You will be accom­pa­nied by rocks car­ved by gla­ciers sin­ce time imme­mo­ri­al until you reach the Sidan­joch. Near the Rast­ko­gel­hüt­te hut, an impres­si­ve pan­o­r­amic view of the Inn­tal val­ley, the Kar­wen­del moun­ta­ins and the Tux Alps opens up. After a short ascent to the Mit­ter­wands­kopf, you fol­low a pic­tures­que path that leads you along gla­cial for­ma­ti­ons and moun­tain rid­ges to the Melch­bo­den. From here, take the regu­lar bus ser­vice along the Zil­ler­ta­ler Höhen­stra­ße into the val­ley, which is easy on the joints. Depen­ding on whe­re you are stay­ing, you can con­ti­nue your jour­ney on the Zil­ler­tal­bahn to Aschau or Mayrhofen. 
Day 6
Aschau/Mayrhofen — Schle­geis — Pfitschtal
Distanz: 13 km Höhe (+): 480m Höhe (-): 820m
Today is a spe­cial day, as you will be crossing the main Alpi­ne ridge, which is inde­ed the high­light of your crossing of the Alps. In the mor­ning, the bus takes you to the Schle­geis reser­voir at 1,800 meters abo­ve sea level, whe­re today’s stage beg­ins. The impo­sing dam wall, which was built in the ear­ly 1970s for the ener­gy and water sup­p­ly, holds back one of Aus­tria’s lar­gest reser­voirs, 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, impres­si­ve water­falls, scree and stone morai­nes and expe­ri­ence almost unre­al land­scapes. Short­ly befo­re you reach the Pfit­scher­joch­haus moun­tain hut, you cross the bor­der into Ita­ly and South Tyrol and reach the hig­hest point of the day at 2,275 meters — the main Alpi­ne ridge has been con­que­r­ed! On your way through gent­le alpi­ne pas­tu­res and later through shady mixed forest, you hike down into the Pfitsch­tal val­ley. Our trans­fer will take you from the­re to your hotel in Sterzing. 
Day 7
Explo­ring the desti­na­ti­on of Sterzing
Distanz: 0 km Höhe (+): 0m Höhe (-): 0m
You have rea­ched Ster­zing and thus the desti­na­ti­on of your crossing of the Alps. Enjoy the pic­tures­que atmo­sphe­re of this char­ming Alpi­ne town today. Explo­re the well-pre­ser­ved medieval alley­ways and pic­tures­que squa­res lined with his­to­ric buil­dings. Visit the Wipp­tal Muse­um to learn more about the histo­ry and cul­tu­re of the regi­on or take a lei­su­re­ly stroll along the River Eisack. Ster­zing is also known for its excel­lent shop­ping oppor­tu­ni­ties, espe­ci­al­ly for high-qua­li­ty Tyro­lean craft­sman­ship and regio­nal products. 
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-CHARME

Mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts: 2 persons

Season

June 3, 2027 – Sep­tem­ber 12, 2027 (Arri­val: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun)
June 3, 2027 – Sep­tem­ber 12, 2027 (Arri­val: Fri, Sat)
Sep­tem­ber 13, 2027 – Sep­tem­ber 19, 2027 (Check-in: daily)

Category

ST
ST
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Single room

EUR 2.375,00
EUR 2.395,00
EUR 2.315,00

Double room*

EUR 1.925,00
EUR 1.955,00
EUR 1.855,00
*Prices are per person.

Additional nights BEFORE the tour

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour at Lake Tegern­see in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Bus­si Baby) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour at Tegern­see in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Bus­si Baby) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour at Lake Tegern­see in a dou­ble room, inclu­ding break­fast / (Land­haus am Stein) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour at Lake Tegern­see in a sin­gle room, inclu­ding break­fast / (Land­haus am Stein) 

Price per person/night

EUR 152,00
EUR 253,00
EUR 159,00
EUR 189,00

Additional nights AFTER the tour

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Vipi­te­no in a dou­ble room incl. half board / (Hotel Wiesnerhof) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Vipi­te­no in a sin­gle room incl. half board / (Hotel Wiesnerhof) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour at Lake Tegern­see in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Bus­si Baby) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour at Lake Tegern­see in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Bus­si Baby) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Vipi­te­no in a dou­ble room incl. half board / (Hotel Wiesnerhof) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Vipi­te­no in a sin­gle room incl. half board / (Hotel Wiesnerhof) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour at Lake Tegern­see in a dou­ble room, inclu­ding break­fast / (Land­haus am Stein) 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour at Lake Tegern­see in a sin­gle room, inclu­ding break­fast / (Land­haus am Stein) 

Price per person/night

EUR 168,00
EUR 213,00
EUR 152,00
EUR 253,00
EUR 171,00
EUR 218,00
EUR 159,00
EUR 189,00

Additional luggage

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026)Addi­tio­nal bag­ga­ge max. 20 kg 
(01.01.2027 — 31.12.2027)Addi­tio­nal bag­ga­ge max. 20 kg 

Price per piece of luggage

EUR 40,00
EUR 40,00

Services

Included services
  • Inde­pen­dent Hiking (not a group tour)
  • 7 x over­night stays in sel­ec­ted ****/****S hotels
  • 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)
  • Trans­fer on day 2 from Bad Wies­see to the start­ing point behind Wild­bad Kreuth
  • Trans­fer on day 6 (in the mor­ning) from Aschau/Mayrhofen to the Schle­geis reservoir
  • Trans­fer on day 6 (in the after­noon) from Pfitsch to Sterzing
  • 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 on the rou­te and itin­era­ry (1x per room)
  • KOMPASS hiking map (1 x per room)
  • Prac­ti­cal felt bag for your tra­vel docu­ments (1x per room) 
  • Down­load GPS data for mobi­le navigation
  • 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 sus­taina­bi­li­ty reasons, we recom­mend tra­ve­ling by train to the Gmund sta­ti­on (plea­se drop off your lug­ga­ge the­re by 1:00 p.m. at the latest, unless you have boo­ked an addi­tio­nal night)—there are hour­ly con­nec­tions from Munich Cen­tral Sta­ti­on to Lake Tegern­see. If you’ve boo­ked an extra night, con­ti­nue from Gmund Sta­ti­on with your lug­ga­ge on foot or by bus to your hotel. By Car: From the north, take the A8 and exit at Holz­kir­chen; from the south, take the A8 and exit at Irschen­berg, or take the A12 Inn­tal­au­to­bahn and exit at Achensee/Zillertal via Achensee. 
Shut­tle bus Mayr­ho­fen — Schlegeisspeicher
On the mor­ning of day 6, our Feu­er und Eis bus shut­tle will take you from your hotel in Aschau or Mayr­ho­fen to the Schle­geis reser­voir. Short­ly after the impo­sing dam wall, you then set off in the direc­tion of Pfit­scher­joch and cross the main Alpi­ne ridge. If, in our opi­ni­on, it is not pos­si­ble to cross due to wea­ther con­di­ti­ons (e.g. seve­re wea­ther war­ning, onset of win­ter), our free bus trans­fer from Aschau/Mayrhofen will take you to the next stage hotel in Pfitsch­tal or Sterzing. 
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 facilities
For guests arri­ving by car, our exclu­si­ve long-term par­king lot is available. Reser­va­tions must be made 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 drop off your che­cked lug­ga­ge by 1:00 p.m. at the latest direct­ly in the Feu­er und Eis lug­ga­ge con­tai­ner at the par­king lot—we’ll trans­port your suit­ca­se to your first hotel on Lake Tegernsee. 
Note on lug­ga­ge trans­fer on the day of arrival
Plea­se note that for the Tegern­see-Ster­zing Alpi­ne Crossing, your first stage hike is sche­du­led for your arri­val day. The­r­e­fo­re, plea­se plan to start your tour around 12:00 p.m. on your arri­val day. You can drop off your lug­ga­ge on-site by 1:00 p.m. at the latest at the Gmund train sta­ti­on and at the long-term par­king lot. For a rela­xed start to your Alpi­ne crossing adventure—or if you’re tra­ve­ling from far away—we recom­mend boo­king an over­night stay at Tegern­see the night before. 
Natu­re of the Tour
The tour is modera­te­ly dif­fi­cult and requi­res a good basic level of fit­ness and sure­foo­ted­ness. It runs along very well-main­tai­ned hiking trails, forest roads and paths. The­re are no clim­bing pas­sa­ges or hea­vi­ly expo­sed sec­tions. On the Achen­kirch-Fügen stage, a head for heights is an advan­ta­ge for the some­what nar­rower climb along the lake. If in doubt, howe­ver, the path can also be bypas­sed or cir­cum­na­vi­ga­ted. If you are not fit or the wea­ther is not play­ing ball, it is usual­ly pos­si­ble to tra­vel to the next stage desti­na­ti­on by public trans­port or cab. 
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.

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