Off E5 - Day 2 - Kemptner Hut - Frederik-Simms Hut

Immediately after the Kemptner Hut, the path rises a few meters in altitude and after half an hour reaches the Mädelejoch, crossing both the Allgäu main ridge and the border from Germany to Austria. The path then follows the long descent through the Höhenbachtal along the Rossgumpen stream past the unmanaged upper Rossgumpen Alp, the managed lower Rossgumpen Alp, and past the Simms waterfalls to Holzgau. There, keep right until the junction turning left towards the Lech and continue following the E5 sign (this is where the first indication for the Frederik-Simms Hut is noted). Follow the pleasantly cool shade of the riverbank trees along the left side of the Lech to a pedestrian bridge. A few meters later behind a bench, a narrow path follows the forest edge towards Sulzbach. Alternatively, you can go all the way to the hamlet Sulzlbach and there follow the old AV sign to the Frederik-Simms Hut. Arriving in the dark lower Sulzltal, walk directly towards the Lechtalhaus. Since the path along the rocky lower Sulzltal is not shown on all maps, follow the forest road branching sharply to the right. After a few meters, an unmarked footpath branches off into the forest, which after half an hour meets the forest road again. From there, follow the forest road through countless tunnels. Then the forest clears, and the path towards Sulzlalm opens up. Then continue for a while along the Sulzbach to the material cable car of the Frederik-Simms Hut. Past blockwork to the final ascent, also called the climb of a thousand hairpin bends, with countless switchbacks to the Frederik-Simms Hut.