Hittisau | along the Nagelfluh rock face on Hochhäderich

Name: Hittisau | along the Nagelfluh rock face on Hochhäderich
Rating: 4

Hiking

Bookmark

Map show hide

Tour data

9.05km

832 - 1,557m

Distance

709hm

695hm

Ascent

03:15h

Duration

Bregenzerwald

Brief description: This mountain tour takes you to the most significant summit of the lower Bregenzerwald, the Hochhäderich.
Difficulty: medium
Rating: Technique

Fitness

Landscape

Experience
Starting point: Hittisau-Reute
Route: Alpenrose restaurant
0.0 km

Berggaststätte Hoch Häderich restaurant
4.2 km

Hochhäderich (1,565 m)peak
4.5 km

Alpenrose restaurant
8.9 km
Best season: Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec
Description: Hochhäderich offers a magnificent view to the north as far as the Allgäu and, to the south, to the Bregenzerwald. You pass large rock faces made up of Nagelfluh rock which are very distinct here. In 2008, 15 towns and villages in the border area of Allgäu and Vorderwald established the "Nagelfluhkette National Park" which covers an area of around 400 km².
Directions: This mountain tour takes you to the most significant summit of the lower Bregenzerwald. Hochhäderich offers a magnificent view to the north as faras the Allgäu and, to the south, to the Bregenzerwald. You walk past huge cliffs of gompholite rock on the path, parts of which are really steep.
Highest point: 1,557 m
Endpoint: Hittisau-Reute
Height profile
Safety instructions: Safety instructions
EMERGENCY CALL:
140 Alpine emergency Austria
144 Alpine emergency Vorarlberg
112 Euro-emergency call
www.vorarlberg.travel/sicherheitstipps
Tips: Chances to stop off for a drink/food:
Hochhäderich mountain inn, Gasthof Alpenrose (Reute)
Additional information: Further information: www.naturpark-nagelfluhkette.at
Directions: from Germany: Motorway Lindau - Pfänder Tunnel - Motorway exit Dornbirn Nord (toll sticker required) - Bregenzerwald - Alberschwende - Lingenau - Hittisau;
OR Motorway Kempten - Immenstadt - Oberstaufen - Ach - Riefensberg - Krumbach - Hittisau

from Switzerland: Motorway St. Gallen - St. Margrethen/Au - Lustenau - Dornbirn - Bregenzerwald - Alberschwende - Lingenau - Hittisau
Toll Sticker required by law
A toll applies to the use of Austria's motorways and dual carriageways. Types of toll sticker: "corridor" toll (border of Germany to the Hohenems exit, close to the Swiss border),
10-day, 2-month and yearly stickers.
Information: www.asfinag.at
Public transportation: www.vmobil.at
Parking: Parking in the centre of Hittisau