Mountain tour over the Hoher Ifen

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Weather-appropriate clothing, sturdy footwear, and hiking poles.

In early summer, there can still be hard frozen, dangerous snowfields both on the ascent and descent. Please observe the risk of falling here.

EMERGENCY CALL:
144 Alpine emergencies Vorarlberg
112 European emergency number (works with any mobile phone/network)

Most arrival routes from Germany converge in Ulm and continue on the A7. At the Allgäu motorway junction via the A980 section to the Waltenhofen exit and on the four-lane B19 via Sonthofen and Oberstdorf into the Kleinwalsertal. From Austria (Vorarlberg) and Switzerland, you reach the Kleinwalsertal via the Bregenzerwald (Hittisau) – Riedberg Pass – Fischen – Oberstdorf. From Tirol, the fastest way leads via the A7 to Kempten and then on the B19 towards Oberstdorf. No motorway vignette is needed to drive into the valley.

Starting point of the route: Walserbus line 5, bus stop Ifen

>>> Walserbus timetable

Pay parking at the Ifen parking lot

The Hoher Ifen (2230m) is one of the most unusual mountains in Vorarlberg and the adjacent Allgäu. The green, gently sloping high plateau facing south, which is bordered on all four sides by low but mostly vertical walls, is called the Ifen Wall. On the northwest side, a wide karst plateau without vegetation lies in front of the Hoher Ifen – the Gottesacker plateau.