Nearest station: Pappenheim
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91788 Pappenheim
Winter hiking in Bavaria
These tips for hikes are perfect if you want to see a very special side of Bavaria's winter forests.
Frozen-over streams, snow-covered tree tops, glistening snow – you can see Bavaria's most enchanting side on a winter hike. These trips through fairy-tale winter forests and enchanted ravines are an experience not to be missed, especially for children, as they remind you of something from a Disney film.
The Altmühltalweg trail
Spectacular and blissfully convenient: The "Altmühltalweg" that runs between Pappenheim and Treuchtlingen is a trail with added convenience, as it leads from station to station.
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For those of you who want to take it easier when winter hiking, this hike is perfect – mainly flat, but also extremely varied.
Dillberg: Hiking with excellent views
Idea for a day trip with a change of air: the Dillberg. Enjoy the view of the Nuremberg region on the border between Upper Palatinate and Franconia!
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This winter hike follows snow-covered forest paths over the Dillberg hill and past the mysterious Bucher Höhle caves that were carved out of the sandstone between the First and Second World Wars.
Spectacular: a hike through the Partnachklamm gorge
If you want to experience that canyon feeling, you don't have to travel far. Near Garmisch, less than 1.5 hours from Munich, the wild and romantic Partnachklamm awaits.
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Waterfalls frozen into ice sculptures. The snow sparkles in the sun's rays. Glistening icicles as big as a person. Winter hiking in the Partnachklamm gorge is a magical experience.
Hiking through the Maisinger Gorge
In the footsteps of the Ice Age: south-west of Starnberg, the last Ice Age carved the Maising Gorge into the landscape.
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Pack your ice skates – for those of you who have still got plenty of energy to burn after a romantic winter hike along the frozen stream, you can pirouette elegantly or play a game of ice hockey on the frozen Lake Maising.