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Etrachsee circular hike

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This hike is suitable for young and old and scores with fantastic impressions of nature.
You take a leisurely walk around Lake Etrachsee and come across one or two grazing animals along the way. A small wooden bridge follows in the middle of the forest, which is adorned with small, hand-erected cairns. On hot summer days, the lake invites you to take a refreshing dip after this short hike.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
November
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
1,8 km
Route
0:25 h
Time
12 hm
Uphill
13 hm
Downhill
1381 m
Highest point

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More information

East: From Vienna on the A 2 and S 6 to Leoben and St. Michael i. d. O., continue on the S 36 to Judenburg and on the B 96 to Murau. From Murau via Ranten to Krakow.

West, north: From Bregenz/Innsbruck via the A 12, A 93 and A 8 to Salzburg. From Salzburg on the A 10 to St. Michael im Lungau. From here, take the B 96 to Tamsweg and continue towards Murau via Sauerfeld to Krakau.

South: From Klagenfurt on the B 83 to Scheifling. Then on the B 96 to Murau and on to Krakau.

This leisurely tour starts directly at the Etrachsee trout station. Walk along the right-hand side of the lake along the gravel path. Shortly before the Spreitzerhütte hut, turn left. Walk through the forest and over a small bridge to the other side of Lake Etrachsee. Always alongside the water, the Haswaldhütte appears after the forest section. From here it is only a few minutes' walk back to the starting point.
The Etrachsee trout station invites you to stop for a bite to eat.
The BusBahnBim app from Verbundlinie makes it easier than ever to get timetable information: all bus, train and streetcar connections in Austria can be queried by entering locations and/or addresses, stops or important points. The app is available as a free app for smartphones (Android, iOS) - on Google Play and in the App Store.

ÖBB www.oebb.at | Verbundlinie Steiermark www.busbahnbim.at 

Public parking spaces are available directly at the Etrachsee trout station.
The ideal time for this tour is between April and October. Information brochures are available from the various information offices.

Gallery

What the weather will be like

Krakau (1171m)

Morning
foggy
6°C
65%
5 km/h
Noon
sunny
14°C
35%
10 km/h
Night
sunny
11°C
25%
5 km/h
Partly sunny during the day after light rain at daybreak.
Morning
slightly cloudy
7°C
0%
0 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
17°C
10%
10 km/h
Night
cloudy
12°C
40%
5 km/h
Fairly sunny with scattered clouds. Showers will be possible towards evening.
06.05.2024
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5°C 18°C
07.05.2024
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7°C 14°C
08.05.2024
foggy
5°C 14°C
Spiegelsee Reiteralm | © photo-austria / Christine Höflehner

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