Hiking to the Schachenhaus, Alpine hut near Elmau

I will be hiking up to the Schachenhaus for an overnight soon. Some of my co-hikers are a bit nervous. Can I quell their fears? How long will it take from GAP? Will both my relatively fittish and unfittish friends arrive at the hut still speaking to me?

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No offence or anything, but do you not have a map? Assuming you do, apply Naismith's Rule (5km/h plus 30 minutes per 300m of height gain) and then double it for your unfit friends. If you don't have a map then they definitely won't be talking to you at the end of the day.

Are you going hiking again? Can anyone join?

There's some info in Hiking in Garmisch
I seem to remember it took me about 3-4 hours up, including a bit of looking around on the way. It's an easy in-and-out in one day, so no problems for an overnight - unless you leave Garmisch too late in the evening.

Has anyone visited the Hunting Lodge of Schachenhaus Ludwigs retreat?

Any feed back on the paths/route condition would be appreciated,

I understand it can take approx 4 hrs, is the route clearly signposted, with rest break (bier)at intervals?

Cheers

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I went there once it´s a fair old hike but not too bad, there is a Hütte up by the Lodge. They do, I think a tour of Lodge every hour or so. Won´t tell you what is in there, but it is fecking amazing.
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