Hohe Tauern Panorama Trail | entire trail Hiking tours
Tour description
At eye level with Austria's highest mountains
The Hohe Tauern Panorama Trail offers a long-distance hiking experience that's in a class of its own. In the course of seventeen daily stages, hikers cover a distance of 270 kilometres from the starting point at the foot of the Krimml Waterfalls over the Schmittenhöhe high above Zell am See to Hüttschlag. En route you will find stunning natural attractions, great exhibitions, picturesque national parks and attractive excursion destinations. The mountain railways and handy shuttle services at the stage destinations as well as optional luggage transfer offer maximum comfort.Each day the long-distance hikers walk for three to seven hours - without rope and between 700 and 2,400 metres above sea level, affording panoramic views. Alternative routes are available if the main routes cannot be accessed during low season due to bad weather, such as snow at high altitudes.
TIP: Enjoy an unforgettable hiking experience on the High Tauern Panorama Trail! The official High Tauern Panorama Trail Information and Booking Center with the award-winning Trail Angels team is happy to assist you. Experience a combination of personal freedom and the yearning for the extraordinary, paired with service, comfort, and safety. Top offer: The Small Escape Package: 2 nights, 2 stages including luggage service, shuttle and return transfer, and much more, starting from €212.
Details & elevation profile
Starting point
Tourist information Krimml
Finishing point
The hiking park in the centre of Hüttschlag
Route type
Hiking tours
Route description:
Detailed route descriptions can be found in the tour descriptions of stages 01-17.
Tips
Recommended equipment
For the Hohe Tauern Panorama Trail you need alpine hiking experience, which includes not only the correct self-assessment of the technical and physical requirements for the points, but also experience in orientation in the terrain (including reading topographical maps) and in how to react in case of bad weather.
If desired, you will be well looked after and supported on the Hohe Tauern Panorama Trail by the Trail Angels information and booking platform. Nevertheless, you are on the trail as an independent hiker (unless you book a mountain hiking guide as an option). We would like to point out that you are on your own responsibility on the Hohe Tauern Panorama Trail.
You need alpine hiking equipment for the Hohe Tauern Panorama Trail:- Day backpack, capacity: 25-30 litres, with waist belt and rain cover
- Hiking boots - minimum category B
- Weather-adapted and hard-wearing clothing in multiple layers. The Hohe Tauern Panorama Trail is mostly at altitudes between 1,300m and 2,450m - this should be taken into account when choosing your hiking equipment (especially your clothing).
- Height-adjustable trekking poles
- Sun and rain protection
- Make sure take enough to eat and sufficiently large water bottles with you, as there are not refreshment stops and fountains on all stages (e.g. on stages 5 and 7).
- First aid kit
- Pocket knife
- Mobile phone
- Tour description or hiking map
Best time of year
How to get there
Coming from the north - (Vignette required!) (D, NL, ...): Munich - Kufstein - St. Johann in Tirol - Kitzbühel - Pass Thurn - Hohe Tauern National Park holiday region
Coming from the west (CH): Inntal - Motorway (A12 = toll sticker required!) - Wörgl Ost exit - St. Johann in Tirol - Kitzbühel - Pass Thurn - Hohe Tauern National Park holiday region
Coming from the east: Vienna - Salzburg (A1 = toll sticker required!) - Lofer - St. Johann in Tirol - Kitzbühel - Pass Thurn - Hohe Tauern National Park Holiday Region
Coming from the south: Lienz - Matrei - Felbertauernstrasse (toll) - Hohe Tauern National Park Holiday Region
Arriving by plane - nearest airports: Salzburg, Innsbruck, Munich
47.22185, 12.17541
Train station stops are Zell am See, Taxenbach, Lend/Embach and Bad Hofgastein. From there, regional buses or the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn will take you to your trail start.
Timetables and information on how to get there by public transport >>
Parking is available at the respective starting points of the trail trip. Most of the parking spaces are free and not monitored!
Further information & links
Ferienregion Nationalpark Hohe Tauern Gerlosstraße 18 5730 Mittersill, Austria Phone +43 6562 40939 E-Mail: hohetauerntrail@nationalpark.at
Booking center & info hotline Trail Angels GmbH 9821 Obervellach 15, Austria Phone +43 4782 93093 E-Mail: info@bookyourtrail.com
The official brochure and map material of the Hohe Tauern National Park Holiday Region provides everything you need for your long-distance hike on around 100 pages: detailed information on all 17 stages, dining options, highlights, elevation profiles, maps, and much more.