Pinzgau Walk Hiking tours
Tour description
One of the most beautiful high trails in the eastern Alps and a panorma view with no fewer than thirty 3000-meter peaks.
The Pinzgau walk is one of the most beautiful high-altitude trails in the Eastern Alps, including amazing views of the snow-covered peaks of the 3,000-metre-high mountains in the Hohe Tauern. Grossglockner, Kitzsteinhorn, Granatspitze, Sonnblick and Grossvenediger present themselves from their most beautiful side.
Details & elevation profile
Starting point
Schmittenhöhe mountain station
Finishing point
Schattberg Saalbach
Route type
Hiking tours
Route description:
Exit Schmittenhöhe - Elisabeth Chapel - Kettingtörl - Pinzgauer Hütte - along the Hahnkopf lift - Kettingkopf - along the ridge - Hochsonnbergalm - trail to the Rohrertörl - below the Niederer Gernkogel - signpost (descent via Rohrerberg into the Salzach valley to Niedernsill) - in a north-westerly direction to the Kammerscharte - from the Niedernsiller Hochsonnberg you reach the Klingertörl - to the north turn-off to the Seetörl - either branching off to the Hacklbergalm descending to Hinterglemm - or along the ridge of the Saalbachkogel and Stemmerkogel to the Schattberg - descent with the Schattbergbahn-Ost to Saalbach.
Further options: Hike from the Klingertörl to the Medalkogel and descent to Uttendorf. For long-distance hikers, the Pinzgau Walk ends at the Bürglhütte (overnight accommodation) - descent to Stuhlfelden. Röhrertörl: approx. 2.5 h, descent to Piesendorf: approx. 3.5 h, descent to Niedernsill: approx. 6 h, Klingertörl: 5 h, descent to Uttendorf: approx. 8 h, Bürgl Hütte: approx. 10 h, Schattberg: approx. 6 h, descent to Hinterglemm: approx. 9 h