Alms in Salzburg
350 kilometres of hill-country hikes await you during your summer holidays in Austria
Wagrain lies right on one of the most beautiful long-distance hiking paths in the Alps. The Salzburger Almenweg leads you through the magnificent mountain world of the Pongau to Alpine huts of incomparable charm and beauty.
You think 350 kilometres is a little too much for just one hiking vacation? If so, you are no different from many other hiking fans. And that’s precisely why the Salzburger Almenweg is divided into 31 stages. Depending on your own personal interests, you will be able to select individual hikes within the SalzburgerLand with routes that are perfect for you. But during any hike across the alms in Salzburg, you are guaranteed to come upon rustic Alpine huts, offering you mouth-watering meals, refreshments and even the chance to spend the night.
The Salzburger Almenweg:
- Stages ranging from 5 to 17 kilometres
- Time-on-trail per stage ranging from ca. 2 to 7 hours
- More than 120 Alpine huts along the trail
- Way-marked from start to finish
- Day and multi-day tours, hiking weeks
- Leisurely family hikes, mountain tours for more athletically inclined hikers
- Overnights possible at Alpine huts and valley villages
- Hiking packages including guided hikes
Hut tours and hill-country hikes are as varied as Salzburg itself. You will come upon waterfalls, mountain streams and lakes. You will be able to conquer the high peaks and gaze in awe at breathtaking rock formations. You will stroll across Alpine meadows and through romantic forests. During your hikes, amazing panoramas will reveal themselves before your eyes, guaranteed to captivate you and never release you from their spell.
From Wagrain along the Almenweg – Hiking Holidays in Austria
With Wagrain as your starting point, you will be able to tackle two separate stages of the Salzburger Almenweg. “Broad valley basins, rustic huts and meadows in bloom” – this is the name of one hiking tour. Around 17 kilometres in length, it takes about seven hours to reach your final destination, the Ellmaualm. "In the Footsteps of Karl Heinrich Waggerl and Joseph Mohr", you will be able to enjoy a five-hour hike along the second of the stages, taking you some twelve kilometres to the village of Kleinarl. And naturally, either stage can also be hiked in the reverse direction, meaning that your final destination will be your home-away-from-home in Wagrain.
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