High Trail Wildalpen - Hinterwildalpen

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 6,0 km

Time 3:00 h

Uphill 538 hm

Downhill 365 hm

Highest point 1077 m

Wildalpen Parkplatz Museum HochQuellenWasser - Waldweg zur Poschenhöh - Poschenhöh - verfallenes Bauernsacherl - Sattel - Waldbad Hinterwildalpen

A trail that always leads downhill and is sometimes difficult. A rustic forest and meadow trail that leads from Wildalpen to Hinterwildalpen. Wonderful views of the Hochschwab mountains, Schreier and Hinterwildalpen. It is also worthwhile to cool off in the Hinterwildalpen forest pool (summer).

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Travelling to Wildalpen by car:

From Vienna: A1 Westautobahn exit Ybbs via Wieselburg, Scheibbs and Lunz/See to Göstling an der Ybbs continue in the direction of Palfau, at the Erzhalden junction turn off to Wildalpen.

From Vienna, Eisenstadt: Semmeringschnellstraße S6, near Mürzzuschlag onto the B23 Mariazeller Bundesstrasse and Mürzsteg and Wegscheid to Gusswerk and on the Hochschwab Bundesstrasse B24 to Wildalpen.

From Linz: A1 to Voralpenkreuz junction, A9 to Windischgarsten, Unterlaussa, Altenmarkt, Grossreifling, Palfau and Wildalpen

From Salzburg: A1 on A9 to exit Ardning/Admont, Gesäusebundesstrasse and B24 to Wildalpen

From Graz: A9 Pyhrnautobahn, exit, Traboch (near Leoben) via Präbichl/Eisenerz, Hieflau, Landl, Gams to Palfau at the Erzhalden junction turn off to Wildalpen.

The journey from Wildalpen:You can park your car at the foot of the Museum HochQuellenWasser.

At the road junction Wildalpen to Hinterwildalpen, the trail begins after 200m on the right uphill. It goes through a wooded area up to Poschenhöh and the trail leads up along the wooded side of the stream. It is worth taking a look at Gr. Griesstein, Gr. Ebenstein and Schaufelwand here; because they are about to disappear. The gravel road leads up a bit and branches off entirely to the left into the forest. This is a difficult path that is not suitable for everyone. The forest path leads steadily along the slope. Past a dilapidated alpine pasture, logging and dense forest, you come to the saddle, where you have a wonderful view of the Hochschwab mountains and even as far as the Hochschwab. From there, a forest road leads down to Hinterwildalpen. There are wonderful views at the bends and on warm summer days you can visit the Hinterwildalpen forest pool.

The high-level trail is only suitable for hiking in dry weather and not at all in winter.

Sturdy hiking boots or good trekking shoes
Hiking backpack
Water bottle
First aid kit including blister plasters
Hiking map and smartphone
Snacks
Sunglasses
Sunscreen

You should also be well prepared for changeable weather.

Packing your backpack correctly makes things much easier:
Pack heavy items first. Your water bottle should always be easily accessible in a side pocket. Everything you need frequently, such as sunglasses, your smartphone, or hiking map, should be packed on top.

You will find small streams in this hiking trail.

As a circular tour, the asphalt road from Hinterwildalpen to Wildalpen can be tackled in the valley through the Schreier Klamm gorge and you return to the starting point.

Recommended stops in Wildalpen: Café Restaurant Grabner, Hotel Bergkristall

Recommended stop in Hinterwildalpen: Gasthaus Zum Krug

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