Lake Fernstein – Fernstein Castle loop from Schloss Fernstein

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Lake Fernstein – Fernstein Castle loop from Schloss Fernstein

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Lake Fernstein – Fernstein Castle loop from Schloss Fernstein

02:10

30.7km

360m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 3, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 249 m for 51 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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274 m

Lake Fernstein

Highlight • Lake

Very beautiful Fernsteinsee, idyllic camping, but also the castle hotel is worth seeing.
The long-distance pass itself isn't really a highlight, but it's a pass at least.
More information: camping-fernsteinsee.at, de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsteinsee and de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Fernstein

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517 m

Fernstein Castle

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The castle Fernstein is located directly on the Via Claudia Augusta and also the Albrecht route leads past here. The area is a popular excursion destination and motorists stressed out …

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540 m

Descent from Fern Pass

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Down from the Fernpass, it goes along the old Roman road.

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6.69 km

View of the Gurgltal valley from the Via Claudia Augusta

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The views in the Gurgltal are simply wonderful: the valley floor is almost flat and is idyllic with meadows and rustic huts. All around, the mountains rise steeply, which are crowned by rocky peaks.

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8.56 km

View of Meadow and Mountains

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Wonderful view

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9.43 km

Forest Path on the Via Claudia Augusta

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A quiet forest path with fine gravel and cows along the way: This beautiful section of the Via Claudia Augusta will certainly make your gravel biker's heart beat faster.

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15.4 km

Chapel in Tarrenz

Highlight • Religious Site

Really a nice chapel in this small town.

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19.1 km

View of Nassereith

Highlight • Viewpoint

30.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.26 km

6.86 km

6.12 km

4.49 km

3.97 km

Surfaces

14.1 km

11.2 km

5.14 km

260 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (960 m)

Lowest point (780 m)

Weather

Friday 6 November

5°C

1°C

41 %

Additional weather tips

There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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Comments

September 15, 2024,Fernsteinsee-Parkplatz - Imst (Hotel Hirschen)

2nd part of the 1st stage. After the transfer over the Fernpass, with the bikes to Imst. With sunshine!!! 👍🏼😎

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June 8, 2022,Tag 4.2 - Via Claudia Augusta - von der Fernpassstraße nach Imst

Part 2 of this day was over pretty quickly too.
A regeneration day with the best prospects and foresight.

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June 22, 2022,Vom Fernsteinsee nach Imst

The first tour of the day took us from Füssen to Reutte. A little look around in Reutte, a coffee and then with the help of a shuttle up the Fernpass. It's vacation after all....🤗From the Fernsteinsee we went beautifully through the forest via Nassereith to Imst. We were really lucky with the weather, it was actually supposed to be …

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August 7, 2024,2. Teil

We took the shuttle through the thunderstorm and rain towards Fernstein (we made the right decision 👍). When we got there, the thunderstorm arrived too 😏 We took a short break, waited for the rain and then continued. Over gravel through the forest, on asphalt through the meadows, a beautiful tour to Imst, but also wet on the last few …

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