The secluded southern shore of Lake Elbsee—which was once called “Elchsee”—is mostly lined with pine trees and remains completely unspoiled. To the west, it is bordered by a wide belt of reeds.
Behind the church in Geisenried (754 m), we turn right onto the upper main road and follow Geisenrieder Straße. On Immenhofener Straße, we walk past a power pole through the B-12 underpass. Then we turn left onto a small side street. After a double curve, a hiking sign points to a forest trail marked with a blue cross that leads into the Dümpfelmoos. There, a footpath toward Elbsee leads through a primeval bog forest, and at the end of the forest, a loop in the road to the right (blue cross) takes us to the start of a small paved road. Now we turn left and immediately follow a path to the right—unmarked and somewhat damp in places—to the southern shore of Lake Elbsee. From here, it’s worth taking a detour along a hiking trail over a long wooden boardwalk to the Seealpe.After a stretch alongside the lake and a short climb on a farm road, we head toward Aitrang. At the left-hand bend at the start of the next clearing, we take the unmarked forest path on the right and, from the edge of
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