Hiking
Pleasant paths, rugged rocks
Tie your boots, pack your rucksack and just start hiking. Through roads and alleys, past lovingly painted houses and friendly people. Out of town,into nature. Stimulating, exciting or calming – all around Lake Hallstatt and the Gosau Valley you can experience and walk the rough beauty of the breathtaking Alpine mountains.
Let your mind wander into the vast Alpine landscape. Across blooming Alpine pastures, rugged mountain ranges, deep blue lakes and crystal clear streams. Wild and real, gentle and calm. A world of contradictions – incomparable enjoyment. Past the Mout Sarstein mountain range all the way to Moun Krippenstein in Obertraun on Lake Hallstatt. Moments you will never forget. The daily grind moves far away and you can clear your head, as clear as the high Alpine mountain air. You might get to know yourself a bit better. You almost wish you will never arrive at your destination. That´s hiking in the UNESCO World Heritage region of Hallstatt Dachstein Salzkammergut. Enjoy it!
Mountain Moments 2022
Magical mountain moments and traditional music events. Time to relax and moments of pure enjoyment. All dates can be found here with a click. Make this your unforgettable mountain experience this year.
Hiking offers in the Salzkammergut
Hiking trails at a glance
In this section you will find the best walking routes, all tours at your fingertips, long distance trails, family tours, short trips for late risers and more offers at a glance.
Mountain Huts and Alpine
Fancy a glass of wonderfully fresh milk, accompanied by freshly baked farmhouse bread with bacon or fresh alpine cheese. Here you will find the most beautiful Alpine pastures, in the World Heritage region, for your family hike or Alpine pasture excursion.
“Glücksplätze” - Places of happiness
UNESCO World Heritage of Hallstatt Dachstein Salzkammergut | Places of happiness: Find the best areas of tranquillity, energetic places and relaxation points between lakes and mountains! Holiday for body and soul. Stock up now!
Unforgettable nights in the mountains
Why not combine an unforgettable hiking tour, around Lake Hallstatt, with a cosy night in a romantic mountain hut? Yes, why not indeed! Forego all the frills and get back to nature!
The “Dachstein Salzkammergut hiking friends“
Planning a walking holiday? Stay in accommodation owned by members of the Hiking Friends organisation, and you will want to come back again!
The youth-spring way (Jungbrunnenweg) in Russbach
Russbach | "The youth-spring way": Experience world for children and families The special path in the naturalistic environment of the Jungbrunnenweg in the small town of ußbach at the pass Gschütt.
Breakfast in an Alpine hut
Enjoy a special kind of breakfast. Take a seat and breathe in the early morning fresh air. Surrounded by pure alpine life, accompanied by the gentle ringing of cowbells, hereyou will find the ideal conditions to start your day.
Hiking with Betty
The guided tours will lead you to the most beautiful places around Lake Gosau and Lake Hallstatt. Betty will give you unforgettable moments!
Guided hikes in the Salzkammergut
Feel as a team. Enjoy conversations, laugh and move, get out of breath, arrive together and look down into the valley and enjoy the wonderful views.
3 Peaks and 1 Ticket
Salzkammergut | Mountain-Ticket (Gipfelticket): From now on you can get to the most popular mountain peaks in the Salzkammergut with just one, great value ticket. This discounted ticket lasts all summer long, for the loveliest peaks and views in the Salzkammergut.
Your Hiking Taxis in the World Heritage
Here you will find taxis around Lake Hallstatt and in the Gosau Valley that will pick you up from your hiking destination or take you to the starting point of your tour safely, comfortably and without complications.
"Home Bringer Hiking Taxi" Gosau
Hiking on the Zwieselalm from Salzkammergut to Salzburger Land and no clue how to get back? We have the perfect solution. Click here for information on the hiking shuttle.
Alm Taxi Gosau
Enjoyment without effort: With the Alm Taxi to the most beautiful alpine pastures in the Gosau Valley. This makes an excursion with friends or family even more fun. Just stick your thumb out and off you go.
Slow train Gosau
A special experience for both young and old alike. Slowly and unhurried through the Gosau Valley - time is irrelevant.
Safety Tips for Hiking
How do I prepare myself for a hiking tour? What do I take along in my backpack? What do I do and whom do I call during an emergency? Still have lots of questions? You’ll find the right answers here . . .
Natural spectacle - Here the landscape is the star of the show
Discover natural experiences in a class of their own: Unforgettable mountain trips with magical sunsets and rises or magical energetic places to suit every taste. Simply irresistible!
Hiking in Autumn
The autumn lures with its magnificent play of colours: it is the perfect season to hike and watch the impressive spectacle of nature. From leisurely walks and hikes for families to more challenging mountain hikes. A rummage is worthwhile!
Safety tips for hiking
All important safety tips for a relaxing hiking holiday in the Salzkammergut. In addition numerous videos and everything for the perfect hiking backpack. Safe on the mountain - join in!
Your Hiking Taxis in the World Heritage
Here you will find taxis around Lake Hallstatt and in the Gosau Valley that will pick you up from your hiking destination or take you to the starting point of your tour safely, comfortably and without complications.
Combined Ticket "Hike & Surf" at Lake Traunsee
With the new "Hike & Surf" combination ticket you can visit two highlights in Ebensee. The ride on the Feuerkogel cable car at 1,600 metres above sea level followed by surfing on "The Riverwave" in Ebensee.
Mountain events
Guided family hiking tour
Feuerkogel, Ebensee
Guided snow shoe tour
Sun, Apr. 2, 2023 09:30 Dachstein-Krippenstein-Cable car, Obertraun
Natural spectacle “Löckenmoos” in Gosau
Tue, May. 16, 2023 09:30 — 16:00 Sports ground Gosau, Gosau
Obertrauner Mountain Moments 2023: “Crossing the Dachstein plateau“
Wed, Jul. 12, 2023 08:30 Dachstein-Krippenstein-Cable car, Obertraun
Hiking with Betty: fossil hike in Russbach
Thu, Jul. 13, 2023 09:30 — 15:00 Tourist office of Rußbach, Russbach
"Obertraun Mountain Moments 2023": Full moon Trip by Dachstein-Krippenstein-Cable Car
Tue, Aug. 1, 2023 19:00 — 22:30 Dachstein-Krippenstein-Cable car, Obertraun
"Obertraun Mountain Moments 2023" Sunrise on the Krippenstein with Alpine Breakfast
Sat, Aug. 19, 2023 05:15 — 09:30 Dachstein-Krippenstein-Cable car, Obertraun
Obertrauner Mountain Moments 2023:"Alpine guided Tour
Tue, Aug. 22, 2023 09:20 Dachstein-Krippenstein-Cable car, Obertraun
Obertrauner Mountain Moments 2023: “ Alpine guided Tours“
Tue, Sep. 19, 2023 09:20 Dachstein-Krippenstein-Cable car, Obertraun
Counting sheep in Gosau
Sat, Sep. 30, 2023 09:00 Alpine Iglmoos (Iglmoosalm), Gosau
Natural spectacle “Löckermoos” on national holiday in Gosau
Thu, Oct. 26, 2023 09:45 — 16:00 Sports ground Gosau, Gosau