Itinerary

Day 1 (Friday or Sunday):
Individual arrival at Berchtesgaden/Schönau

Individual arrival at Berchtesgaden/Schönau

Day 2 (Saturday or Monday):
Berchtesgarden to Weißbach, 11 miles (18km) - 5.5 hours

Welcome and introduction to the tour. Transfer to the entrance of the national park of Berchtesgaden where the tour starts. A beautiful trail leads you up to the former miners hut and on and over an alpine pasture down to the Saalach valley and on to the village of Weißbach. In between you will pass the impressing Seisenberg gorge.

Day 3 (Sunday or Tuesday):
Weißbach to Dienten, 8 miles (12.5km) - 5 hours

Transfer to the edge of the Grass Mountain where you will start your tour up to the alpine pastures. Wonderful view to the alps and glaciers and maybe to the lake “Zellersee”. Passing mountain huts you will walk downwards to the village of Dienten.

Day 4 (Monday or Wednesday):
Dienten to Arthurhaus, 9 miles (14km) - 5 hours

One of the most beautiful alpine pasture hiking tours in Austria. Walking along the steep walls of Hochkönig Massif you trek from mountain hut to mountain hut across soft green alpine pastures. A pastoral idyll as if freshly painted for a picture book.

Day 5 (Tuesday or Thursday):
Rest day in Arthurhaus

A rest day from walking and as a suggestion you may like to take the public bus to Mühlbach.

Day 6 (Wednesday or Friday):
Arthurhaus to Golling, 7 miles (12km) - 4 hours

In the morning you will walk up to the Mitterfeldalm with a splendid view to the summit of the Hochkönig. Gently down along the old miners path to the Salzach valley, where you will see the fantastic fortress of “Hohenwerfen”. If you want to you can walk up to the castle hill and see the bird-of-prey flight demonstrations, the collection of weapons, … Afterwards by train to Golling.

Day 7 (Thursday or Saturday):
Golling to lake Königssee, 10 miles (15.5km) - 6.5. hours

You will walk up to the peak of the Jenner with panoramic view of the whole tour. A beautiful trail leads you through the former archbishop hunting valley to the “wall”. Steep stone walls left, right and in front of you. You may not see the trail at first but it’s going up and up to the alpine pastures and to the frontier of Austria and Germany. Again beautiful scenery and a very comfortable ride down into the valley by the cable car. When you look right, you will see the “eagles nest”.

Day 8 (Friday or Sunday):
Departure from lake Königssee

Individual departure or extended stay on the lake Königssee.