Vom Almsee über den Sepp-Huber-Steig zur Pühringerhütte

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Tour-Details

Path number: W214

Starting place: 4645 Grünau im Almtal

Destination: 4645 Grünau im Almtal

duration: 5h 44m

length: 10,9 km

Altitude difference (uphill): 1.258m

Altitude difference (downhill): 204m

Lowest point: 590m

Highest point: 1.744m

difficulty: difficult

condition: very difficult

panoramic view: No view

Paths covering:

Climbing mount, Gravel, unfixed, Hiking trail

A difficult mountain tour that leads through the famous Röllsattel to the Pühringerhütte.

The Sepp-Huber-Steig, secured with wire ropes, leads along a steep path, but directly over the Röllsattel to the Pühringerhütte.
From the Almsee, hike along a forest road to the Sepp-Huber-Steig/Grieskarsteig fork. From there, follow the W214 Sepp-Huber-Steig to the foundation walls and continue along the secured path steeply up to the Röllsattel. Then over cart fields towards the south-west to the Geiernest, a striking rock face. There you meet the Ausseer Weg, which leads in a south-westerly direction to the Pühringer Hütte.
You should allow approx. 4 hours for the 1,000 metres of ascent from the Almsee.

Arrival

Accessibility / arrival

How to get to the Almtal (to Grünau):
We recommend that you travel by public transport!
by train: from Wels station with the Almtalbahn (line 153) to Grünau im Almtal;
Numerous connections from Wels station to the main trains on the western railway line (line 101)
by bus: OÖVV bus line 533/534 Almsee - Grünau - Gmunden

Bus train information

Call the Salzkammergut Shuttle Route 60 from Grünau station to Almsee GH Seehaus stop, at least 1 hour in advance at the telephone number 050-422 422 at the taxi center to order.

walking:
From the center or the train station of Grünau im Almtal you can comfortably walk along the Almuferweg "Genuss am Almfluss" via the Cumberland Wildpark to the lake Almsee!

by car:
Westautobahn A1: Vienna - Voralpenkreuz-A9 - exit Ried / Tr. - Voitsdorf - Pettenbach - Scharnstein - Grünau
Westautobahn A1: Munich - Salzburg - Regau - Gmunden - Scharnstein - Grünau
Inntal Autobahn A8 Passau - Wels - Voralpenkreuz A9 - exit Ried / Tr. - Voitsdorf - Pettenbach - Scharnstein - Grünau
From the center of Grünau, follow the country road to Almsee (15 km).

The nearest airports are Linz-Hörsching, 55 km and Salzburg, 80 km