Riffelsee Circular Trail – Rifflsee and Its Inflow loop from Plangeross

Hiking trails & Routes

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Pitztal

St. Leonhard im Pitztal

Riffelsee Circular Trail – Rifflsee and Its Inflow loop from Plangeross

Hard

4.7

(120)

533

hikers

Riffelsee Circular Trail – Rifflsee and Its Inflow loop from Plangeross

07:13

18.6km

910m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 17, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Kaunergrat

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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5.33 km

View of Riffelsee

Highlight • Lake

Here you have a wonderful view of the frozen Riffelsee

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5.35 km

Riffelsee Circular Trail

Highlight • Trail

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

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6.41 km

Rifflbach Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

beautiful bridge leads over the Rifflbach

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6.52 km

Rifflsee and Its Inflow

Highlight • Lake

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

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6.92 km

High Valley Near Riffelsee

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

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

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12.7 km

View of the Taschach Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

It is very very nice here, great hikes

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13.9 km

Rifflbach Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

It goes up to the place where
the water tirelessly plunges into the depths. It is especially worth seeing in spring, when the snowmelt is in full swing.

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14.3 km

Waterfall at the End of the Valley

Highlight • Waterfall

beautiful waterfall

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18.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.58 km

8.44 km

815 m

727 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.36 km

5.21 km

2.69 km

1.78 km

1.55 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,490 m)

Lowest point (1,610 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

3°C

-1°C

95 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 5.0 km/h

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Comments

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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