Best backpacking trails in Traunstein

The Benediktweg is a 245 km (152 miles) circular long-distance cycling route through Upper Bavaria, starting and ending in Altötting and typically completed in 5 days. Following the life stations of Pope Benedict XVI, the path leads clockwise through rolling Alpine foothills, historic trade towns, and pristine lake shores. Cyclists encounter notable sites like the world's longest castle in Burghausen, the peaceful shores of Waginger See and Chiemsee, and Ratzinger’s childhood homes in...

Stage 2 of the long-distance cycle route "Salinen-Radweg", Bavaria/Salzburg (Austria). This is the second and final stage of the historic Saltworks Cycle Route, which runs for around 130 kilometres through the Chiemgau Alps and Salzburger Land, linking the salt and saltworks towns of Rosenheim, Traunstein and Berchtesgaden and the Austrian town of Hallein. The second stage begins in Traunstein (Bavaria) and ends in Hallein (Salzburg). Cycling in the footsteps of salt, you pass the...