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Winter hikes in the Bavarian Forest

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What is a great hiker's paradise in summer becomes a winter wonderland in the cold season. The snow on the Grosse Arber and around the Lusen is metres deep and you can fight your way through it on winter hikes through the Bavarian Forest.
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The 10 most beautiful winter hikes in the Bavarian Forest

Winter summit atmosphere
Winter Hiking · Bayerischer Wald
Pröller- und Käsplatte von St. Englmar
Toprecommended route Difficulty difficult
9.7 km
2:44 h
277 m
277 m
Winterrundwanderung von St. Englmar OT Predigtstuhl über Saustein zum Pröller und nach Hinterwies. Über Hanichelriegel zur Käsplatte. Auf dem Goldsteig zurück nach Hinterwies und auf Wanderweg 4 über Hochpröller zurück.
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Knogl summit - 1056 m
Winter Hiking · Bavarian Forest
Knogl from St. Englmar-Predigtstuhl
Toprecommended route Difficulty easy
4.4 km
1:20 h
144 m
144 m
Winter hike over the Hochwald cross-country ski trail and Knoglsteig to Knogl. Return via Hochberg and Predigtstuhl.
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St. Englmar from the route to Hilm
Winter Hiking · Bayerischer Wald
Winter Hiking Trails St. Englmar
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate
1
62.3 km
17:30 h
1,488 m
1,719 m
At the St. Englmar winter sports center, there are over 60 km of winter hiking trails. Around 50 km are regularly cleared and gritted. Winter hikers can choose individual circular trails (see trail description) or longer routes from the overall offering.
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Winterwandern
Winter Hiking · Bavarian Forest
Winterwanderweg am Gibacht
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate
3
3.5 km
1:00 h
119 m
119 m
Ein Klassiker der der Winterwanderwege ist der Rundweg am Gibacht, der zu den schönen Aussichtspunkten am Tannenriegel und Reiseck führt.
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Schloß Voithenberg
Winter Hiking · Bavarian Forest
Winterwanderweg Voithenberg
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate
1
3.7 km
1:05 h
154 m
154 m
Winterwanderweg am Hausberg von Furth Wald
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Wegweiser
Winter Hiking · Bavarian Forest
Winterspaziergang rund um den Hochberg
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate
1
6.9 km
2:30 h
190 m
190 m
Ausgedehnte Winterwanderung rund um den Hochberg bei Bayerisch Eisenstein
Nationalparkverwaltung Bayerischer Wald
Drachensee
Winter Hiking · Bavarian Forest
Winter route at Further Drachensee
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate
1
4.9 km
1:18 h
108 m
70 m
Winter route newly established in 2020 with magnificent views of the Bavarian Forest mountains and the Drachensee.  It runs along the shore of the Drachensee and leads over the ridge of the Einberg back to the DRLG functional building.
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At the summit
Winter Hiking · Böhmerwald
Czech Plöckenstein via Teufelsschüssel
Toprecommended route Difficulty easy
1
9 km
3:10 h
447 m
447 m
11.02.2021 The hike to the Czech Plöckenstein is the perfect winter route! In a dreamlike, deeply snow-covered setting, the forest and the partially broken trees around the tripoint present themselves in their most beautiful form – and in addition, there is a kitschy winter summit cross!
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Hirschgehege Scheuereck
Winter Hiking · Bavarian Forest
Winterwanderung zum Hirschgehege Scheuereck
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate
7.1 km
2:15 h
120 m
120 m
Easy tour on cleared winter hiking trails with detour to the deer enclosure
Nationalparkverwaltung Bayerischer Wald
Winter hiking trail with Dreamhiker
Winter Hiking · Bavarian Forest
From Riedlberg to Bodenmais and Mais
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate Open
9.9 km
3:30 h
280 m
250 m
If the snow has already been melted away by the foehn wind or the rain makes everything slushy, the winter hike from Riedlberg to Bodenmais and back is still an option for us.
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Winterspaziergang rund um den Hochberg by wolfgang
January 27, 2025 · Community
Sehr schöne Runde, allerdings entgegen des tracks ab Wanderpark der Beschilderung „schwarzer Bussard“ folgend, die direkt zum Schwellhäusl führt, das dann ca. auf halber Strecke liegt und sehr zur Einkehr einlädt. Bei richtig viel Schnee sicherlich auch als Schneeschuhtour geeignet/machbar. Bei Winterwanderung Spikes/Grödel sehr empfehlenswert
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Hirschenstein by Valeria
June 02, 2023 · Community
Route done on October 30, 2022
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2000er Arber Summit by Carsten Martin
February 13, 2023 · Community
Eine sehr schöne Tour, sicher. Wenn man sie im Winter bei etwas mehr Schnee geht, dann sollte man unbedingt Schneeschuhe dabei haben! Ich hatte sie nicht dabei und besonders einige Abschnitte nach dem Großen Arber bergab waren schwierig, bin immer wieder knietief im Schnee versunken. Derlei Bedingungen erfordern dann auch deutlich bessere Kondition. Ein Abschnitt zwischen dem Kleinen und dem Großen Arber (Abkürzung) waren ohne Schneeschuhe nicht zu begehen.
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Route done on February 12, 2023
Photo: Carsten Martin Steffen, Community
Photo: Carsten Martin Steffen, Community
Photo: Carsten Martin Steffen, Community
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  • Winter hikes in Bayerischer Wald
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Parts of this content were machine translated using German as the source language

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