Walking in the Salzkammergut

The Salzkammergut, Austria's Lake District, is composed of three Austrian states: Upper Austria the greater part, Land Salzburg and Styria in western Austria, with southern Germany (Bavaria) as its western boundary. It offers opportunities for every kind of walking from the toughest mountaineering to lakeside strolls. Mainly day walks, includes 6-day ‘Salzkammergut Way’.

Walking in the Salzkammergut

Holiday rambles in Austria’s Lake District

Author

Colin and Fleur Speakman

Cover

Paperback - Laminated

Edition

First

ISBN_13

9781852840303

Availability

Published

Price

£6.99

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Overview Maps (1)
Sample Routes (1)

Seasons

May to September is main season, although later in the autumn can have good settled weather. Accommodation and transport more limited at seasonal extremes.

Centres

Bad Ischl, Gmunden, Bad Aussee and St. Wolfgang

Difficulty

Mainly easy to moderate walking. Only one ‘strenuous’ walk, the last of the six sections of the Salzkammergut Way.

Must See

Walking the ‘Salzkammergut Way’, 80km from Obertraun to Gmunden.

Introduction

PART ONE – BEFORE THE TRIP
The Salzkammergut – an Emperor’s Paradise
Hallstatt and its White Gold
The World’s first pipeline
Bad Ischl – an Emperor’s resort
Some practical points

PART TWO – THE SALZKAMMERGUT WAY
WALK ONE: Obertraun - Hallstatt
WALK TWO: Hallstatt - Bad Goisern
WALK THREE: Bad Goisern – Bad Ischl
WALK FOUR: Bad Ischl – Langwies
WALK FIVE: Langwies – Ebensee/Traunkirchen
WALK SIX: Traunkirchen/Haus Hoisern – Gmunden

PART THREE -
SEVEN LAKE WALKS IN THE SALZKAMMERGUT
WALK SEVEN: Hallstättersee Ostuferweg
WALK EIGHT: Altausseer See
WALK NINE: Grundlsee, Toplitzee and Kammersee
WALK TEN: Gosausee
WALK ELEVEN: Wolfgangsee
WALK TWELVE: Attersee
WALK THIRTEEN: Almsee

APPENDIX: Some useful words and phrases for walkers
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