Circular hiking trail Karwendel Gorge and footbridge

Hiking trails & Routes

Austria

Tyrol

Bezirk Innsbruck-Land

Region Seefeld – Tirols Hochplateau

Scharnitz

Circular hiking trail Karwendel Gorge and footbridge

Moderate

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(627)

2,207

hikers

Circular hiking trail Karwendel Gorge and footbridge

02:43

9.09km

220m

Hiking

This hike starts at the Scharnitz Nature Park Information Centre, which is easy to reach by public transport. From here you’ll follow Hinterautalstraße for an easy kilometre (0.6 mi) to the Karwendelbach, after which things get more exciting.

You’ll turn left and climb up the slope on a narrow, winding…

by Region Seefeld – Tirols Hochplateau

Last updated: August 4, 2025

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Karwendel

Wildruhefläche Lablehner

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

20 m

Nature Park Info Center Scharnitz

Highlight • Rest Area

The modern tourist information invites you to find out more. The advice here is very friendly!

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2.17 km

Karwendel Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

Here, you'll enjoy a magnificent view of the wild waterfall and deep into the rocky gorge, while the turquoise-blue Karwendel stream rushes through the Wetterstein limestone. Benches along the trail invite you to take a rest.

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4.51 km

View of Karwendel Waterfall from Karwendelsteg

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great experience! A bench invites you to rest with a view of the Karwendel waterfall.

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8.28 km

Isar spring

Highlight • River

Simply beautiful 🥹 You even want to jump in when it's cold.

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9.09 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.53 km

3.51 km

1.04 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.44 km

2.44 km

2.15 km

590 m

453 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 5 October

18°C

5°C

31 %

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Comments

August 20, 2026,Scharnitz (Karvendelschlucht)

Impressive! 🤩

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July 31, 2022,Schöne Aussichten auf die Isar im Karwendelgebirge

Getting used to the Karwendel mountains. It's enough for my fear of heights. 😅

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September 6, 2022,wundervolle Runde & Aussicht – später am Isarufer Entlang Richtung Scharnitz

Anyone who likes hiking in and around the mountains will get their money's worth here. Well-developed hiking trails, varied and safe, and lots of breathtaking panoramas. If you don't take a dream photo with you when the weather is right, you'll be right to be annoyed later. This round is great to walk with sturdy shoes, hiking poles if necessary, …

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August 13, 2023,Die Karwendelschlucht oder Erstens kommt es anders und ...

... Second than you think.
Today in the morning we visited a small farmer's market in Weidach and then wanted to see the much-praised Leutasch Ghost Gorge. At the farmer's market I learned, among other things, that the queen bee is marked with the same color all over the world. 2023 white.

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June 27, 2022,Zum Wasserfall im Karwendelbach

Our first tour took us to the waterfall in the Karwendelbach. Not difficult and extremely worth seeing! There was also a cool down in the Isar, at least for the feet! Freezing!

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October 6, 2023,Isar- und Karwendelsteig, Scharnitz, Tirol

Scharnitz is really a little insider tip. Today we walked the Karwendelsteig and the Isarsteig there. With fantastic views of an autumnal mountain world. And down on the Isar beach you briefly feel like you are in Canada.
The name Karwendel is of Germanic origin and goes back to Kérwentil (the “spear turner”), who owned a farm in the upper …

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May 29, 2025,Rundweg | Scharnitz & Karwendelsteg

I planned a hike with a steep ascent and a flat descent so I could make the most of my dog's pulling power. You can take a break at the Scharnitzer Alm toward the end of the hike. A truly successful mix of singletrack and wide forest paths.

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August 10, 2023,Murphy wandert zur Karwendelklamm

Day 6 of our Karwendeltalweg holiday should be approached in a more relaxed manner. The 800 vertical meters of yesterday were still too much in my mind. So we (my three companions and I) agreed to hike via the Karwendelklamm to the Karwendelsteg. This meant that there were significantly fewer meters of altitude on the plan 😅. The majority of …

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May 1, 2025

This hike starts at the Scharnitz Nature Park Information Centre, which is easy to reach by public transport. From here you’ll follow Hinterautalstraße for an easy kilometre (0.6 mi) to the Karwendelbach, after which things get more exciting.
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You’ll turn left and climb up the slope on a narrow, winding

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