Wallberg is one of southern Bavaria's most photogenic mountains, rising to 1,722 m straight out of the Tegernsee, with the cable car leaving from Rottach-Egern on the lakeshore. The piste map is tiny (about 8 km on three lifts), but the cult freeride descent and the lake-view panorama keep it firmly on Munich's weekend list.
Wallberg-Tegernsee is a ski resort in Germany, in the Bavarian Alps. The village sits at 740 m and the lifts top out at 1722 m, with 8 km of pistes and 3 lifts. Its BestSnowHotels snow score is 70/100, and the season usually runs Dec 14 → Apr 7.
How we score and classify resortsRun counts and piste kilometres are indicative. Green runs only exist in France, Spain, Andorra, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, the United States, Morocco, Algeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Egypt, Canada, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Chile; Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany start at blue. Indicative average snow depth near the top of the resort, in cm.
A handful of well-rated hotels in and around the resort. Pick one, then compare live prices across Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
Excellent · 2.0k reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Wallberg-Tegernsee, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Guests rate this hotel as excellent (4.7/5 from 1,954 reviews). It sits about 5.0 km from the slopes. A mid-range option for Wallberg-Tegernsee, with live nightly rates shown for your exact dates so you always see the best price.
Excellent · 764 reviews
Strong value for Wallberg-Tegernsee, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Excellent · 537 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Wallberg-Tegernsee, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Very good · 636 reviews
Strong value for Wallberg-Tegernsee, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Excellent · 538 reviews
Strong value for Wallberg-Tegernsee, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
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There is no real ski village under the Wallberg cable car, so genuine ski-in/ski-out lodging is essentially non-existent; lake-side hotels in Rottach-Egern and Bad Wiessee sit a short drive or bus ride from the base station.
On a snow day, the Wallberg freeride descent from the summit cable car station back to Rottach-Egern is one of the more talked-about lift-served runs in the eastern Alps, with around 1,000 vertical metres of mostly unmarked terrain. The official piste map is genuinely small, so this is a one-day stop on a wider trip rather than a week-long base, with the bigger Spitzingsee and Sudelfeld sectors next door covering longer days. The real value is in the wider Tegernsee: a lake of old Bavarian villas, painted Gasthof inns, white-clothed lakeside restaurants, and steamer boats running all winter. With Munich an hour away by car and direct trains to Tegernsee, Wallberg is the obvious choice when you want a one-day cult run plus a long lake-side weekend.
Hotels and apartments around the lifts. Compare prices on Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
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Wallberg-Tegernsee offers 8 km of pistes across 3 lifts, from 740 m to 1722 m. Whether it suits beginners depends on the dedicated learner zones at the base of the slopes, so check the local ski-school options for green and blue run access.
The season runs from Dec 14 to Apr 7, with a snow score of 70/100. The best conditions are usually from late January through February, while spring skiing in March and April brings longer days and softer afternoons.
There is no real ski village under the Wallberg cable car, so genuine ski-in/ski-out lodging is essentially non-existent; lake-side hotels in Rottach-Egern and Bad Wiessee sit a short drive or bus ride from the base station.
Wallberg-Tegernsee has 8 km of marked pistes served by 3 lifts, between 740 m and 1722 m of altitude.
Wallberg-Tegernsee counts about 8 marked runs in total. The colour breakdown above shows how they split by difficulty, a good guide to whether the resort fits your level.
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