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St. Leonhard im Pitztal

Riffelsee Circular Trail – Rifflsee and Its Inflow loop from Riffelseehütte

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Pitztal

St. Leonhard im Pitztal

Riffelsee Circular Trail – Rifflsee and Its Inflow loop from Riffelseehütte

Moderate

4.7

(312)

1,321

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Riffelsee Circular Trail – Rifflsee and Its Inflow loop from Riffelseehütte

03:42

10.5km

350m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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Waypoints

Start point

Alpine Hut

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6 m

Rifflsee Hut

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An alpine club hut with high equipment. There is a great cozy sun terrace with a fascinating view, hot showers, spacious rooms and very good food. Everything that the wandering …

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1.09 km

View of Riffelsee

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Here you have a wonderful view of the frozen Riffelsee

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1.11 km

Riffelsee Circular Trail

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Beautiful circular hiking trail along the shore around the Riffelsee. A walk for all abilities and ages

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2.17 km

Rifflbach Bridge

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beautiful bridge leads over the Rifflbach

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2.80 km

Rifflsee Loop Trail

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There is a consistently easy path around the Rifflsee ... everyone can go for a walk here ... accordingly there can be a lot going on around the lake ... …

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7.19 km

High Valley Near Riffelsee

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A beautiful, paradisiacally located high plateau where very few tourists get lost

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8.85 km

Rifflsee and Its Inflow

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A very beautiful place in the Pitztal! Well worth seeing!

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10.1 km

Rifflsee

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The Rifflsee is the largest lake in the Ötztal Alps. The railways take you comfortably and quickly up to the impressive mountain world with its unique flora and fauna. Apart …

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10.5 km

End point

Alpine Hut

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.55 km

2.84 km

2.11 km

Surfaces

4.71 km

2.12 km

1.92 km

1.76 km

Elevation

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Highest point (2,490 m)

Lowest point (2,230 m)

Weather

Saturday 15 August

18°C

9°C

78 %

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Comments

September 12, 2023,Tour vom Rifflsee zum Plodersee und über den Fuldaer Höhenweg zurück

The route leads from the Mandarfen Rifflseebahn train station first along the Rifflsee - the highest raft trip in Europe - then over the Riffbach Bridge and through the high valley near the Rifflsee to the Offenbacher Höhenweg fork and past the Plodersee back. The way out is very beautiful, not too steep, with fascinating views, along a waterfall that …

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July 31, 2024,🇦🇹 Rifflsee - Plodersee - Mandarfen ☀️🥾

Today we wanted to go for a more leisurely hike. Yesterday's descent was still quite tiring for us 😉
As we also wanted to visit the Rifflsee, we decided to do this tour. From Mandarfen, the path led us through the beautiful Hirschtal up to the Rifflsee. On the right hand side we walked along the lake and then followed …

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July 24, 2023,Riffelsee - Plodersee 24.07.2023

gps Montana: walking time: 3.44h, km: 10,926. It's raining when we arrive for today's hike. It should be a hiking day with all the freak weather. The nice thing about the hike, the mountains are visible all day long.

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August 10, 2022,Rifflsee Wanderung 👌💪❤️❤️

What nature, the madness ❤️❤️❤️
It was exhausting, but the view of the mountains makes up for it 🥰

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October 1, 2023,🇦🇹 Pitztal Riffelsee - Offenbacher Höhenweg - Rifflseehütte

Had another fantastic tour today. The journey to the Riffelsee valley station by bike. From there take the train to the mountain station, at the top with a beautiful view of the Riffelsee. Behind the lake we went over hill and dale (and rocks) along the Offenbacher Höhenweg, always along streams and waterfalls. At times it was so loud that …

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August 14, 2022,Wanderung von der Sunna-Alm zum Plodersee und zurück

Very nice and varied round.
Conditionally demanding and sometimes very narrow paths. Sure-footedness required, a lot of stones and rubble.
Waterproof shoes recommended.
The direction of the Ploder descent is recommended as the way back, as it is less steep.

It should not have rained the day before, otherwise there is a risk of slipping on the slope.

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September 2, 2024,Wanderung Seerundweg Riffelsee

Unfortunately I started recording too late...but it was beautiful, just running freely.

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August 25, 2021,Riffelseerunde Plodersee Riffelhütte 25.08.2021 15:00

Today our bus went to the end of the Pitztal.
With the cable car it was about 15 minutes up to the Riffelsee. The lake is fed by the glacier. The Riffelbach fills the lake and is immediately discharged again on the other side. So the lake always has cold water.

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Riffelsee Circular Trail – Rifflsee and Its Inflow loop from Riffelseehütte

Rifflsee Hut

View of Riffelsee

Riffelsee Circular Trail

Rifflbach Bridge

Rifflsee Loop Trail

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Rifflsee and Its Inflow

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