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| King to King Lake Königssee to Hochkönig | Ref: WAU002 |
| 8 days/ 7 nights | |
| Price: Self-guided £480pp; Guided £575pp (based on 2 people sharing) | |
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| Distance: approx 53 miles | |
Travel
- Fly Salzburg. Then bus or train to Berchtesgaden (about 1 hour. From the railway station in Berchtesgaden busses leave every 15 or 20 minutes to Schönau and take about 10 minutes.
Characteristics
Demanding walking days with tours of 3 to 6 hours to walk. You are crossing from valley to valley by using former the salt trail or walking over beautiful alpine pastures. Your trails are running close to the edge of the mountain walls and you will have spectacular views. You will walk in low alpine area and a good fitness and equipment is expected.
However there are public buses going around the mountains and if you are tired or it is raining these are available to take you to your next hotel.
Routes of medium difficulty on good trails and paths. Daily distance up to 6 hours and height differences get higher. Good training level for some parts is required – you walk up to 17 km. Also summits of up to 2.000 m may be included. Sufficient gear is required.
Itinerary
Day 1 (Sunday):
Individual arrival at Berchtesgaden/Schönau
Day 2 (Monday):
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 (Tuesday):
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 (Wednesday):
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 (Thursday):
A rest day from walking and as a suggestion you may like to take the public bus to Mühlbach .
Day 6 (Friday):
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 (saturday):
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 (sunday):
Individual departure or extended stay on the lake Königssee.
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