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Alpi­ne crossing Tegern­see — Ster­zing wit­hout lug­ga­ge transfer

from 898,- per person

  • Duration: 8 Days
  • Total distance: approx. 103 km
  • Altitude: (+) 2930 m
  • Altitude: (-) 3550 m
  • Difficulty:
The bud­get-fri­end­ly opti­on on an iden­ti­cal rou­te inclu­ding: 3–4‑star inns/guesthouses/hotels Break­fast Schle­geis shut­tle and return trans­fer Ster­zing-Tegern­see Dai­ly tour start — can be exten­ded fle­xi­bly per stage loca­ti­on

Your hike takes you through pic­tures­que sce­n­ery from Lake Tegern­see via Lake Achen­see and through the Zil­ler­tal val­ley to Ster­zing. The rou­te runs along paths that vary from easy to modera­te­ly dif­fi­cult and offers you the oppor­tu­ni­ty to hike through fan­ta­stic and varied land­scapes. After each stage, you will find accom­mo­da­ti­on in hotels, inns, guest­hou­ses and B&Bs, all in the three- to four-star cate­go­ry, dot­ted along the rou­te. Here you can rech­ar­ge your bat­te­ries for the day ahead. This one-week trip is a true plea­su­re hike that takes you from tra­di­tio­nal Bava­ri­an cul­tu­re to the warm hos­pi­ta­li­ty of Tyrol and the enjoy­ment of South Tyro­lean wine. Make your dream of hiking across the Alps come true and start this unfor­gettable expe­ri­ence now. 
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Two hikers climb up to the summit on a fog-covered ridge.
Two Alpine crossers have successfully arrived at their destination of Sterzing and are strolling through the old town, past crowded cafés and with the famous tower in the background.
Zwei Alpenüberquerer wandern auf dem Gaisalmsteig am Achensee entlang.
Zwei Alpenüberquerer wandern am Pfitscherjoch vor beeindruckender Bergkulisse hinter einem spiegelnden Bergsee vorbei.
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Itinerary / Stages

Arri­val in Gmund, hike to Tegern­see, Bad Wies­see or Kreuth
Distanz: 14 km Höhe (+): 180m Höhe (-): 180m
Your exci­ting adven­ture of crossing the Alps beg­ins on the day you arri­ve. After the start of your tour, which we recom­mend begin­ning around luncht­i­me, your first half-day hike in Gmund takes you along the Tegern­see High Trail, which extends around 100 meters abo­ve the nor­t­hern shore. Your inter­me­dia­te desti­na­ti­on is the town of Tegern­see. Breath­ta­king views await you on this easy 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 by the lake is also an abso­lu­te must. After optio­nal­ly crossing the lake with the uni­que rowing fer­ry to Rot­tach-Egern (unfort­u­na­te­ly dogs are not allo­wed), con­ti­nue your hike along the lakes­hore to reach your over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on in Bad Wies­see on the south side. Alter­na­tively, you have the opti­on of using the Tegern­see boat ser­vice to shor­ten your rou­te. You will find num­e­rous opti­ons for din­ner in all the vil­la­ges around Lake Tegernsee. 
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 just a few meters on a forest path, a solid hiking trail leads you through a mixed forest into the first alpi­ne pas­tu­re regi­on to the Gaisalm, which is no lon­ger far­med. Fol­low the sign­posts towards Schil­den­stein and Blau­bergalm, which lead you along a gent­le ridge to the Bava­ri­an-Tyro­lean bor­der ridge, whe­re the typi­cal moun­tain pine vege­ta­ti­on thri­ves. As you hike through this sec­tion, impres­si­ve pan­o­r­amic views open up from the Tegern­see Alpi­ne foot­hills to the Kar­wen­del and Zil­ler­tal Alps. After just over three hours of hiking, you have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to stop for refresh­ments at the rustic Blau­bergalm (the only refresh­ment stop on this stage) befo­re des­cen­ding into the val­ley on easy paths through the for­mer Habs­burg hun­ting grounds to Achen­wal and Achenkirch. 
Achen­kirch — Fügen 
Distanz: 14 km Höhe (+): 120m Höhe (-): 100m
Often descri­bed as the most beau­tiful hiking trail in Tyrol, today’s stage on the wes­tern shore of Lake Achen­see will enchant you. You start your hike from your hotel in Achen­kirch and fol­low a well-main­tai­ned path with easy ascents and des­cents, with short sec­tions equip­ped 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. The rou­te impres­ses with a fasci­na­ting land­scape cha­rac­te­ri­zed by water­falls, varied vege­ta­ti­on and morai­ne cones, giving you the fee­ling of expe­ri­en­cing Lake Achen­see almost up clo­se abo­ve the Tyro­lean fjord. While swim­ming oppor­tu­ni­ties are available, you should bear in mind that Lake Achen­see lies at an alti­tu­de of 1,000 meters and the water rare­ly rea­ches more than 18 degrees Cel­si­us, which may requi­re a cer­tain amount of effort. After pas­sing Per­tis­au and con­ti­nuing along the lake­si­de path, you will reach the sou­thern end of the lake in Mau­rach, which is also the depar­tu­re point of the nost­al­gic Achen­see­bahn, a steam cog­wheel train. From here, you lea­ve the Achen­see regi­on and con­ti­nue your jour­ney by train and bus to reach your stage desti­na­ti­on in Fügen in the Zillertal. 
Fügen — Spiel­joch — Hochfügen
Distanz: 14 km Höhe (+): 350m Höhe (-): 740m
After break­fast, make your way from your accom­mo­da­ti­on in Fügen to the Spiel­joch cable car and float effort­less­ly up to the Spiel­joch at an alti­tu­de of almost 1,850 meters. Enjoy a breath­ta­king pan­o­r­amic view of the Zil­ler­tal moun­ta­ins, the Kar­wen­del moun­ta­ins, the Rofan moun­ta­ins and even the Kitz­bü­hel Alps and the Kai­ser moun­ta­ins. A beau­tiful hiking trail leads you from here bet­ween moun­tain pines, alpi­ne roses, Swiss stone pine trees and gra­ni­te stones via the Gart Alm, whe­re we recom­mend a Kai­ser­schmar­ren, to the Loas­sat­tel and final­ly on to the Alpen­gast­haus Loas. After a well-ear­ned rest and refresh­ment stop, you con­ti­nue your hike com­for­ta­b­ly on part­ly shady paths and your stage desti­na­ti­on, Hoch­fü­gen, now known as a win­ter sports resort, is within reach. 
Hoch­fü­gen — Melch­bo­den — Mayrhofen/Aschau
Distanz: 11 km Höhe (+): 840m Höhe (-): 300m
On this day, you will cross an alpi­ne pas­tu­re regi­on that can only be found in this loca­ti­on in the Alps and offers fasci­na­ting insights into his­to­ri­cal alpi­ne far­ming. During your hike, you will be accom­pa­nied by rocks that have been polished by the gla­cier sin­ce time imme­mo­ri­al until you reach the Sidan­joch. The near­by Rast­ko­gel­hüt­te offers you a magni­fi­cent pan­o­r­amic view of the Inn­tal val­ley, the Kar­wen­del moun­ta­ins and the Tux Alps. After a short ascent to the Mit­ter­wands­kopf, you fol­low a pic­tures­que path that leads you past gla­cial for­ma­ti­ons and moun­tain lakes and along a moun­tain ridge to the Melch­bo­den. From this point, we recom­mend taking the bus along the Zil­ler­ta­ler Höhen­stra­ße down into the val­ley to pro­tect your kne­es. Depen­ding on whe­re you are stay­ing, you can con­ti­nue your jour­ney on the Zil­ler­tal­bahn to Aschau or Mayrhofen. 
Mayrhofen/Aschau — Schle­geis — Pfitschtal
Distanz: 13 km Höhe (+): 480m Höhe (-): 820m
Today is a spe­cial day, as you will be crossing the main Alpi­ne ridge. In the mor­ning, you will tra­vel com­for­ta­b­ly by bus along the toll road 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 one of Aus­tria’s lar­gest reser­voirs in check, fed by the gla­ciers behind it. During the mode­ra­te ascent on the well-main­tai­ned hiking trail to the Pfit­scher­joch, you are accom­pa­nied by rus­hing streams and impo­sing water­falls, and the land­scape is cha­rac­te­ri­zed by scree and morai­nes that seem almost unre­al. You cross the bor­der to Ita­ly and South Tyrol befo­re rea­ching the Pfit­scher­joch­haus moun­tain hut, whe­re you reach the hig­hest point of the day at 2,275 meters — the main Alpi­ne ridge has been crossed. On gent­le alpi­ne pas­tu­res and later through shady mixed forest, you hike down the first sec­tion of the Pfitsch­tal val­ley. Your desti­na­ti­on for today is St. Jakob. 
Pfitsch­tal — Sterzing
Distanz: 20 km Höhe (+): 140m Höhe (-): 640m
The last stage takes you along the val­ley flo­or of the Pfitsch Val­ley and offers gent­le des­cents, always accom­pa­nied by the rus­hing Pfitsch stream. Shady forest pas­sa­ges, lush mea­dows, pic­tures­que farm­hou­ses and stone churches await you on this sec­tion. To round off this unfor­gettable jour­ney, the­re is a small climb near Flains, which final­ly leads you direct­ly to the pic­tures­que cen­ter of Ster­zing. And then it’s done — you have mas­te­red the crossing of the Alps from Tegern­see to Ster­zing. Con­gra­tu­la­ti­ons, you are an Alpi­ne Crossing finisher. 
Depar­tu­re
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-O-GEPAECK

Minimum number of participants: 2

Season

05.06.2026 — 13.09.2026 (Arri­val: Fri, Sat, Sun)
05.06.2026 — 13.09.2026 (Arri­val: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu)
14.09.2026 — 27.09.2026 (Arri­val: daily)

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Single room

EUR 1.238,00
EUR 1.218,00
EUR 1.198,00

Double room*

EUR 938,00
EUR 918,00
EUR 898,00
*Prices are per person.

Additional nights BEFORE the tour

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

Price per person/night

EUR 110,00
EUR 165,00

Additional nights AFTER the tour

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Vipi­te­no in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Ster­zin­ger Moos) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Vipi­te­no in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Ster­zin­ger Moos) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Gmund in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Tegern­seer Hof) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Gmund in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Tegern­seer Hof) 

Price per person/night

EUR 79,00
EUR 90,00
EUR 110,00
EUR 165,00

Services

Included services
  • Indi­vi­du­al hiking (no group tours)
  • 7 x over­night stays in sel­ec­ted hotels, inns, guest­hou­ses and guest­hou­ses (3*/4* category)
  • Room with show­er or bath / WC
  • 7 x breakfast
  • Trans­fer on day 2 from Bad Wies­see to the start­ing point behind Wild­bad Kreuth
  • Trans­fer on day 6 from Aschau/Mayrhofen to the Schle­geis reservoir
  • Return trans­fer from Vipi­te­no to Lake Tegern­see by shut­tle bus
  • City tour in Sterzing
  • Detail­ed hiking descrip­ti­on (1 x per room)
  • KOMPASS hiking map (1 x per room)
  • Prac­ti­cal felt bag for your tra­vel documents
  • 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 care­free ser­vice number
Excluded services
  • Arri­val and depar­tu­re for the tour
  • Spa/local taxes (approx. 1–4 EUR per per­son and night), to be paid at the accommodation
  • Hiking equip­ment (e.g. shoes etc.)
  • Par­king fees
  • Expen­ses for per­so­nal use, tips
  • Meals and drinks not included
  • Optio­nal visits
  • Cable car ride Spieljochbahn
  • Bus and train journeys
  • The cos­ts for a dog are to be paid direct­ly at the respec­ti­ve accommodation

Additional information

Arri­val
By TRAIN: For reasons of sus­taina­bi­li­ty, we recom­mend tra­ve­ling by train to the desti­na­ti­on sta­ti­on Gmund am Tegern­see with hour­ly con­nec­tions from Munich main sta­ti­on to Tegern­see. By car: From the north A8 exit Holz­kir­chen, from the south A8 exit Irschen­berg or A12 Inn­tal­au­to­bahn exit Achensee/Zillertal via Achensee. 
Shut­tle bus Mayr­ho­fen — Schleggeisspeicher
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 towards Pfit­scher­joch and cross the main Alpi­ne ridge. If, in our opi­ni­on, it is not pos­si­ble to cross the rou­te due to wea­ther con­di­ti­ons (e.g. seve­re wea­ther war­ning, onset of win­ter), our free bus trans­fer will take you from Aschau/Mayrhofen to the next stage hotel in Pfitsch­tal or Sterzing.
Par­king facilities
Exclu­si­ve long-term par­king spaces are available for cus­to­mers arri­ving by car. Reser­va­ti­on at your own expen­se with our par­king lot part­ner. You will recei­ve all detail­ed infor­ma­ti­on with your tra­vel documents. 
Return trans­fer
Our Alpi­ne Crossing shut­tle bus takes you com­for­ta­b­ly from Ster­zing back to Lake Tegern­see in the mor­ning (train sta­ti­on, par­king lot or exten­si­on hotel if neces­sa­ry). Arri­val at Lake Tegern­see is sche­du­led bet­ween 12 and 1 pm, depen­ding on traf­fic. Plea­se plan your onward jour­ney with suf­fi­ci­ent buf­fer time due to the risk of traf­fic jams. 
Note
Plea­se note that on the Tegern­see-Ster­zing Alpi­ne Crossing your first stage hike is alre­a­dy plan­ned on the day of arri­val, so plan your tour start on the day of arri­val for around 12:00 noon. 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. 
Tour cha­rac­ter
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 notes
To ensu­re a stress-free start to the trip, we recom­mend arri­ving at the start­ing point by ear­ly evening in most cases. Some tours start as ear­ly as mid­day, in which case we recom­mend arri­ving the day befo­re and will be hap­py to book an extra night for you at the same time. The indi­vi­du­al return jour­ney takes place on the last day of the tour. The kilo­me­ters are appro­xi­ma­te and may dif­fer from the actu­al kilo­me­ters cover­ed. This tour is not sui­ta­ble for peo­p­le with redu­ced 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.
Insu­ran­ces
Tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on insu­rance inclu­ding tra­vel inter­rup­ti­on insu­rance is recom­men­ded in any case. Infor­ma­ti­on can be found at: https://www.feuer-eis-touristik.de/reiseversicherung
7‑day care­free number
No mat­ter how well plan­ned a trip is, in rare cases unex­pec­ted things hap­pen. At such times, it’s nice to have someone you can rely on on site. For this reason, you will have a local cont­act per­son on our indi­vi­du­al acti­vi­ty tours who will be hap­py to pro­vi­de you with infor­ma­ti­on and, as sta­ted in the tra­vel docu­ments, can be cont­ac­ted in an emergency.

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Being sustainable together

We are delighted to have been able to make a difference together with the Tegernsee vacation region since September 2020. Whether cultural, economic or natural sustainability, every aspect and every action is a positive step for the region in which we live. Together with other companies in the Tegernsee Valley, we look forward to actively working together to protect this wonderful spot on earth. As an exclusive tour operator for active travel in nature, we see it as our duty to sensitize all our travellers and protect our nature and homeland.

What do we want to achieve - added value and ecological footprint:

  • 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
  • active participation in animal welfare (since January 2020)
  • CO2 optimizations in the itinerary

Tour rating

Alpi­ne crossing Tegern­see-Ster­zing wit­hout lug­ga­ge transfer
The infor­ma­ti­on we recei­ved from Feu­er & Eis was very hel­pful in pre­pa­ring for the crossing of the Alps. The orga­niza­ti­on during our tour also ran smooth­ly. We were always expec­ted at our pre-boo­ked accom­mo­da­ti­on and recei­ved all the neces­sa­ry infor­ma­ti­on the­re about how to con­ti­nue the next day after the included break­fast (e.g. shut­tle). (We were very satis­fied with all the ser­vices and can the­r­e­fo­re recom­mend Feu­er & Eis wit­hout hesi­ta­ti­on. If we do ano­ther rou­te of the Alpi­ne Crossing, we will glad­ly do it with Feu­er & Eis — but then with lug­ga­ge trans­fer. Thanks for the won­derful orga­niza­ti­on ?Karin & Hardy 
Karin & Hardy
2025-07-11
Sim­ply super
The tour was so gre­at that we boo­ked it again this year.
Ute
2025-03-13
Crossing the Alps with family
Gran­dio­se tour with a super land­scape sce­n­ery of the Alps and gre­at hotels on the rou­te, a con­sis­t­ent­ly recom­men­ded and imi­ta­ble tour, which was well plan­ned and orga­ni­zed by fire & ice!!!!
E St.
2025-02-21
High­light in the Alps
Unfor­gettable and super orga­ni­zed! This year again. But this time with lug­ga­ge trans­fer. Ever­y­thing went well. 
Mat­thi­as
2025-02-07
Super!
Gre­at trip, ever­y­thing went smooth­ly, the shut­tle was always on time! As an inex­pe­ri­en­ced long-distance hiker (it was my second), I have to say that the rou­tes were defi­ni­te­ly doable, even with lug­ga­ge! I met very nice fel­low hikers and the land­scape was of cour­se won­derful :) So: Glad­ly again!
Jule
2024-09-21
Alpi­ne crossing Gmund — Sterzing
We did the Alpi­ne crossing from Gmund am Tegern­see to Ster­zing in South Tyrol as a fami­ly with two child­ren (14 & 16 years) and did the tour alo­ne and not with a gui­de. In short, this tour was a gre­at hiking expe­ri­ence, high­ly recom­men­ded and we were accom­mo­da­ted in top hotels — all in all a gre­at experience!!! 
E.Stockmeier
2024-08-18
Won­derful crossing of the Alps
Alt­hough we had real­ly bad wea­ther for three days, we were able to com­ple­te the tour. Well-cho­sen hiking rou­te, excel­lent orga­niza­ti­on, most­ly good accom­mo­da­ti­on! We will look for ano­ther trip with Feu­er und Eis next year. 
Hart­mut Fleischmann
2022-12-21
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