Winter hike along the Tegelberg to the Rohrkopf and Drehhütte huts

From the Drehhütte / Outward Bound car park, we first head upwards on the forest road. Behind a bend, we disregard a first small turn-off and turn right at the next one in the direction of Rohrkopfhütte. Through the dense wintry forest we climb up a steep mountain slope. To our right, a view opens up through the trees towards the valley station of the Tegelberg cable car. We continue along the path for a while and finally come to the place where a landslide occurred a few years ago, when a large part of the north-western flank slid down into the valley. An information board tells us exactly what happened. From here we can see the two royal castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau in the distance.

 

Now we continued our ascent in the direction of the Rohrkopfhütte and reached it a little later. It is located directly on the downhill slope of the Tegelberg and invites you to a cosy stop.

 

We leave the hut behind us and set off on the descent to the Drehhütte, which starts to the left of the ski slope. (The path can be closed in winter for weather reasons, please follow the signs!) We quickly reach the hut (currently not managed) via two hairpin bends and can take a break. Where the hut stands today, there were once two huts where whetstone makers lived. They worked the dark grey stones in the nearby quarry. Later, the huts were used by alpine herdsmen, before finally the currently unmanaged Drehhütte was built.

 

Our way back leads us along the forest road back to the starting point.

 

Alpine dangers! Hike at your own risk!