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 “Salinen-Radweg” long-distance cycle path, Bavaria / Salzburg (Austria). This is the second and last stage of the historic saltworks cycle path, which runs for around 130 km through the Chiemgau Alps and the Salzburger Land and connects the salt and saltworks cities of Rosenheim, Traunstein and Berchtesgaden as well as Hallein in Austria. The second stage begins in Traunstein (Bavaria) and ends in Hallein (Salzburg). Always cycling in the footsteps of salt, you pass the...