Regional hiking trail Gollinghütte - Klafferkessel - Preintalerhütte | Schladminger Tauern Trail: Stage 04 - Touren-Impression #1 | © Tourismusverband Schladming - Gerhard Pilz Regional hiking trail Gollinghütte - Klafferkessel - Preintalerhütte | Schladminger Tauern Trail: Stage 04 - Touren-Impression #1 | © Tourismusverband Schladming - Gerhard Pilz

Gollinghütte - Klafferkessel - Preintalerhütte | Schladminger Tauern Trail: Stage 04

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The 4th stage of Schladminger Tauern High Trail takes you to Klafferkessel - a relic of the last Ice Age.

You hike through high alpine terrain and along on of the most spectacular routes in the Schladminger Tauern mountain range. Around 30 lakes in various sizes gather on a plateau at an altitude of approximately 2,300 m above sea level. The alpine trails of this high alpine tour take you from Gollinghütte in Steinriesental valley to Preintalerhütte and Waldhornalm in the Riesachtal valley. Inbetween, you challenge Greifenberg summit - with its 2,618 meters it is the highest point of the Schladminger Tauern High Trail - and encounter the high alpine lake plateau of Klafferkessel with around 30 mountain lakes. This tour is suitable for hikers aged 15 years and older.

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The tour in numbers

challenging
Level of difficulty
7,7 km
Route
5:30 h
Time
1032 hm
Uphill
1024 hm
Downhill
2618 m
Highest point

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More information

We recommend the ascent to Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen via Planai-Hochwurzen hiking bus. Alternatively you can reach the starting point of the 5-day-tour with your car.

1. stage: Hochwurzen High trail to Giglachseen Lakes

2. stage: Via Rotmandlspitze to Keinprechthütte

3. stage: Via Trockenbrotscharte to Gollinghütte

From the Gollinghütte, a series of several serpentines leads steeply uphill to the Greifenbergsattel and the Greifenberg (2,618 m) – undoubtedly one of the most scenic mountains in all of the Niedere Tauern mountain range.

After a much-deserved break, you will begin a short descent into the high-alpine landscapes of the Klafferkessel.

The lake plateau of the Klafferkessel is a relic of the last Ice Age and impresses with its special alpine flora. The Klafferkessel teems with water unlike any other area in the Alps, the core natural resource feeding “Wild Waters” in Rohrmoos’ Untertal Valley. Passing the striking rock formations of the Greifenstein, you will hike from the Klafferscharte through the Lämmerkar cirques to the Preintalerhütte and Waldhornalm at an altitude of 1,657 m.

Descent to the valley:

Via Riesachsee Lake you reach Seeleiten car parking in Untertal valley in approximately 2.5 hours.

Take your time for this tour. There is a lot to explore at Klafferkessel!

The closest public transport access is the bus of Planai-Hochwurzen-Bahnen from Seeleiten car parking in Untertal valley (approximately 2 hours from Gollinghütte or 2.5 hours from Preintalerhütte).

www.planaibus.at

General tourism information: www.schladming.com

Info about buses: www.planai.at

360° drone images

Get yourself an overview with our 360° drone images:

  • Hiking map Schladming, 1:25.000, available at the tourist office Schladming.
  • Hiking map Schladming-Dachstein, 1:50.000, available at the tourist office Schladming.
  • Magazine "Wild Waters", available at the tourist office Schladming

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What the weather will be like

Mariazell (860m)

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Spiegelsee Reiteralm | © photo-austria / Christine Höflehner

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