Fern Pass to Neuschwanstein
Distance: 48.85 km
Elevation Gain: 443 m
Elevation Loss: 650 m
Difficulty:
321 (Easy)
FIETS Index: 0.00 FIETS
Avg Grade: 0.99 %
Max cat climb: 2
Min elevation: 791 m
Max elevation: 1216 m
Ride Category:
Rollers
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The first real road over the Fernpass in Tyrol, Austria, was built by Rome, and today it is a cycling route. The general Drusus began the Via Claudia Augusta in 15 BC to improve the passage through the Alps for his armies. His son, the Emperor Claudius, completed it for wheeled traffic in 46 or 47 AD, linking the Po valley with Augsburg over the Reschen and Fern passes. Today a cycle route of about 700 km follows its line, from Donauwörth on the Danube to Venice. On the Fernpass itself, riders can leave the main road for the Römerweg, a traffic-free gravel track named after the old Roman road.
This ride crosses the pass from the south, starting above Fernstein, and follows the road north through Reutte and into Germany, finishing at Hohenschwangau. After the descent past the Blindsee to Biberwier, it crosses the Lermoos basin and runs through Bichlbach and Heiterwang. Beyond Heiterwang the road drops through the Ehrenberger Klause, a narrow pass whose fortress once closed off the whole valley. From Reutte it continues through Pflach and Musau, crosses the border and passes through Füssen. The ride finishes in Hohenschwangau, below the castle where King Ludwig II grew up. On the hill above it he began Neuschwanstein in 1869. In 2025 UNESCO listed Neuschwanstein as a World Heritage Site together with three of his other palaces.
