Up and down the alpine pastures
The Salzburger Almenweg leads to romantic high and low mountain pastures and inspires with panoramas worth seeing on its 9 km.
Coming from Dorfgastein via the Walchalm, follow the marked hiking trail to the Wetterkreuz and on towards the Biberalm. You will experience pure alpine idyll on the way via the Wiedner Alm and the Kerscher Alm to the Fundner Heimalm. After a hearty snack, you cross the bridge of the Leidalm stream. Here you have reached the lowest point at 1,373 m. Now take the forest path back up to the forest road and continue to the Brandner Hochalm, where you can recharge your batteries for the last stage. Now the Almenweg No. 127A leads you above the tree line steeply up to the saddle at 2,019m. Afterwards it becomes a bit more relaxed, and along numerous small mountain lakes you reach the Kleine Scharte (2,070 m). Shortly afterwards, you reach your stage destination, the cable car mountain station. The Schloßalmbahn (summer operation daily from the end of May to mid-October) takes you back down into the valley every hour.
Master data of the tour:
Starting point: Hofgastein
Difficulty: medium
Duration: 03.30 h
Length: 9 km
Altitude difference: 700 hm
Highest point: 2,066 m
Lowest point: 1,373 m