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Tyrol

Bezirk Innsbruck-Land

Region Seefeld – Tirols Hochplateau

Scharnitz

Isar River in Scharnitz – Pfeis Hut loop from Gießenbach

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Mountain biking trails

Austria

Tyrol

Bezirk Innsbruck-Land

Region Seefeld – Tirols Hochplateau

Scharnitz

Isar River in Scharnitz – Pfeis Hut loop from Gießenbach

Hard

4.8

(139)

611

riders

Isar River in Scharnitz – Pfeis Hut loop from Gießenbach

04:36

48.1km

1,380m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 16, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 15.3 km for 135 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.20 km

View of the Karwendel mountain range

Highlight • Viewpoint

Shortly before Scharnitz the view sweeps over lush green meadows into the Karwendel Mountains.

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3.52 km

Scharnitz

Highlight • Settlement

Scharnitz is a small, friendly place on the German-Austrian border. The still young Isar flows right through the village and the mountains of the Karwendelgebirge form a narrow valley. This makes Scharnitz an ideal starting point for many mountain bike tours and other outdoor activities. Both Seefeld in Tirol and Mittenwald are easily accessible by bike. A tour over the Karwendelhaus in the Ahornboden is brilliant.

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5.35 km

Isar River in Scharnitz

Highlight • River

Great path along the Isar to the source with an impressive landscape.

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5.65 km

Confluence of the Karwendelbach and the Isar

Highlight • River

Beautiful breakthrough / Karwendel gorge of the Karwendel brook just before it flows into the Isar. Easily overlooked as there is a house to the right.

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15.3 km

Möslalm

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The charging station for Ebikes will be available in 2019 (luckily the hut is not owned by the DAV section Munich 😁)

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24.2 km

Pfeis Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Hut hopping on the Karwendelhöhenweg! Gastro and operator great! Overnight accommodation must be booked. 🧙

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25.8 km

Steep gravel climb in the Karwendel Nature Park

Highlight • Climb

Relatively steep, but not unusual for alpine conditions. However, in combination with the very coarse and extremely loose surface with the Biobike, it is extremely exhausting.
It should also be borne in mind that this approx. 3 km long section is completely free of shade in the summer months.
Even downhill, the surface is absolutely no fun, as the front wheel becomes uncontrollable due to the sometimes very deep and loose scree. Accordingly, you can only drive slowly, which, given the length and steepness, becomes a strain even for your arms towards the end. Accordingly, it is neither up nor down a driving experience. The landscape, however, is bombastic.

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42.8 km

View of the Isar

Highlight • Viewpoint

The trip to the shore is definitely worth it!

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48.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

40.2 km

6.93 km

632 m

348 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

29.9 km

10.4 km

7.76 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,930 m)

Lowest point (960 m)

Weather

Monday 27 July

22°C

8°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

July 26, 2023,Tag 4 - Scharnitz - Pfeishütte - Möslalm

Without a dry change of clothes I could not start the tour planned for today under the conditions. I had noticed the evening before that another group had ordered a taxi from the Kastenalm down to Scharnitz in the valley, which I was able to join. So we descended together to the Kastenalm and were taken to Scharnitz. Back at …

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May 21, 2023,581 – Durch das Gleirschtal von Scharnitz auf die Pfeishütte

The tour to the Pfeishütte starts at the train station in Scharnitz (alternatively: parking lot in Scharnitz at the nature park information center), from there you take the mountain bike towards Hinterautal, past the Gasthof Wiesenhof to the Gleirschhöhe. Then turn right towards Gleirschtal. After a descent, the Isar bridge is crossed, followed by the climb from the Isar up …

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June 11, 2022,Pfeishütte / Mösl Alm von Scharnitz aus

Nice tour scenic top not very demanding at first but the last long climb is steep and scree difficult in itself....

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July 27, 2024,25-Pfeishuette

Very nice tour. From the bike parking lot it is also very steep and strenuous. But it is worth it!

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May 31, 2025,Scharnitz - Pfeishütte B&H

After the last few tours, which were mostly forested, I wanted some open space, rocks, mountain streams... and decided on the tour to Pfeishütte. There, I encountered snowfields in what felt like 25 degrees Celsius. It wasn't the first time I'd done this tour, but it certainly wouldn't be the last.

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June 17, 2022,Bike&Hike Scharnitz, Pfeishütte, Stempeljochspitze

Finally did an Early Bird Bike&Hike tour again today. Got up at 3:00 a.m., cycled off at 6:00 a.m. in Scharnitz in the most beautiful morning freshness, for morning coffee at the beautifully situated Pfeishütte (the last 250 m ascent are a bit corrosive due to coarse gravel, washouts and high incline, picture 14, so many leave the bike further …

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July 20, 2022,Pfeishütte von Scharnitz

Actually wanted to escape the heat, but it was unusually hot today even higher up.
Up to the Möslalm on a wide forest highway, after that it gets increasingly rough. From the Radlparkplatz it then gets down to business, steep and coarse gravel. If you hit a bad line, the rear wheel can spin in the loose gravel.
In any …

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September 14, 2021,Tour 3 Bike and hike Pfeishütte, Kreuzjöchl

Today again in wonderful weather to the Pleishütte, it was pretty hard and a short hike to Kreuzjöchl.

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Isar River in Scharnitz – Pfeis Hut loop from Gießenbach

View of the Karwendel mountain range

Scharnitz

Isar River in Scharnitz

Confluence of the Karwendelbach and the Isar

Möslalm

Pfeis Hut

Steep gravel climb in the Karwendel Nature Park

View of the Isar

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