Balderschwang over the Piesenkopf via the Scheuenwasserfall

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Balderschwang over the Piesenkopf via the Scheuenwasserfall

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Balderschwang over the Piesenkopf via the Scheuenwasserfall

05:34

15.3km

670m

Hiking

On this circular hike, you will discover the mountain and moor landscape around the Piesenkopf. From the car park at the Scheuenalpe, you hike to the managed alpine pasture and then to the Scheuen waterfall. The water plunges almost vertically here for around 20 metres into an emerald-green basin.

Afterwards,…

Last updated: September 15, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 3.17 km for 592 m

Discouraged: • December-May (otherwise open)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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869 m

Scheuenalpe

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The rustic Alpe Scheuen at an altitude of 1,101 meters offers a good opportunity to stop for refreshments.

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2.17 km

Scheuen Falls

Highlight • Waterfall

The waterfall certainly offers a charming sight in every season and the path to it already offers plenty of good views of the opposite mountains and the valley.

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6.80 km

Piesenkopf

Highlight • Summit

The 1,630-meter-high Piesenkopf can be reached without any particular difficulties. It is a worthwhile destination just for the surrounding landscape and the view.

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15.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.35 km

6.13 km

586 m

181 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.42 km

4.61 km

2.78 km

304 m

142 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,600 m)

Lowest point (1,090 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

12°C

2°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 4.0 km/h

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Comments

May 18, 2024,Piesenkopf, 1629 m

Beautiful tour in the beloved Allgäu 🥰
It will certainly be even more beautiful later on in terms of the flora 😊

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April 18, 2025,Schnee und Matsch: Über den Scheuenwasserfall auf den Piesenkopf (1.630 m)

Today, a really beautiful tour with Stefan and Danilo over the Scheuen Waterfall to the Piesenkopf!

The weather held up well, and the temperature was fine – only the snow and the deep mud in the raised moor gave us a hard time today.

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April 30, 2022,Scheuenwasserfall (und fast Piesenkopf)

Very cool waterfall especially when water comes down properly like today. The subsequent round, once the annoying snow has gone, is certainly very nice and easy to walk. I skipped the Piesenkopf today because the snow was getting softer and heavier. I'll be back 😁

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May 19, 2025,🇩🇪Balderschwang- Piesenkopf⛰️ 1630m- Scheuenwasserfall🌊

Motto: Peace and quiet🤫🤐
Since the last tour was a bit exciting🗣🤪🤷, today was all about absolute peace and quiet🙉🙊🤪🤣😬.
Tour:
Started🥾 from the paid (€5 per day)🚙🅿️ near Balderschwang, along forest🌲 and meadow paths up to the Scheuenwasserfall🌊, well, more of a small waterfall at the moment🌊🤭. Continued, partly over raised moor and forest paths🌲 to the highest point, …

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June 16, 2026,Piesenkopf/ Naturpark Nagelfluhkette mit Judy ⛰️🫶🌻

Oberstdorf Day 2. A hike starting in the hamlet of Rohrmoos (reachable via a toll road) and up into the Nagelfluhkette Nature Park, a cross-border protected area. There, we went through beautiful high moors with rare plants and animal species and up to the viewpoint mountain Piesenkopf at over 1600 meters. Unfortunately, the weather was significantly worse than forecast, with …

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May 11, 2024,Scheuenalpe – (Piesenkopf) Runde von Balderschwang

We were unable to visit the Piesenkopf due to the large amount of remaining snow (mid-May!). The rest of the route would also not have been possible without the Komoot guiding because all the trail markings were still under snow.

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August 6, 2024,Piesenkopf Gipfelrunde

It was pretty warm today, but we just had to make the most of the weather after work!

So we headed off quite spontaneously towards Balderschwang and from the “Scheuenalp” car park up to the Piesenkopf. At first the hike was boring along a tarmac road through fields. Luckily it soon turned into a path that led up to the …

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August 18, 2023,Piesenkopf 1630 m Rundweg 🐄🐮🦋🌞⛰️ tolle Aussicht

Great tour over (cow pasture) meadows, through forest, beginning and end on asphalt, but always a great view of the mountains.🤩 Unfortunately, it didn't really record a part of the tour for me, so the pause was pressed... (🤔).. .is the straight piece in the map... 🙈🤣

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September 8, 2026

On this circular hike, you will discover the mountain and moor landscape around the Piesenkopf. From the car park at the Scheuenalpe, you hike to the managed alpine pasture and then to the Scheuen waterfall. The water plunges almost vertically here for around 20 metres into an emerald-green basin.
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