Mountain Hike Over the Weißenbachalm to the Türkenkogel - Touren-Impression #1 | © Ausseerland Mountain Hike Over the Weißenbachalm to the Türkenkogel - Touren-Impression #1 | © Ausseerland

Over the Weißenbachalm to the Türkenkogel

The Türkenkogel is a wonderful lookout mountain, 360 degree panoramic view into the Tote Gebirge, to the Grimming and to the Dachstein.
Partly on forest paths, forest roads, later above the Weißenbachalm more challenging in steeper terrain.

 

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
April
November
December

The tour in numbers

challenging
Level of difficulty
17,6 km
Route
7:50 h
Time
1100 hm
Uphill
1131 hm
Downhill
1756 m
Highest point

Map & downloads

More information

The journey to Grundlsee is best planned with google.at/maps
Immediately at the Seeklaus bridge, walk along the lakeshore, then uphill below the Mondi Hotel Seeblick. At the top turn left to the Archkogelstraße, then downhill a bit to a fork in the road, there turn left towards Zlaim.

After a short stretch in the woods, turn right and cross a bridge (Urzsteg) to Grubenstraße. At this junction, take the gravel road up to the left, underneath the cable car, past a barrier to a water basin. On the bridge there you cross the Weißenbach stream and immediately afterwards you turn off onto the forest path to the right. Walk along the fence of the water basin up to the forest road, which you follow to the next bridge. About 100 meters after the bridge, at a stone almond, turn left onto an unmarked, stony path, which you follow.

After a while you reach the forest road "Weißenbachstraße" at a willow grate. Walk along this path until you reach the Weißenbachalm. Below the road flows the Weißenbach. You climb up over the alp. At the top of the last hut, the marked trail no. 259 branches off to the left. This leads along the slope and soon becomes steep. In serpentines it goes up to the degree. Here you can enjoy the first view down to the Grundlsee. Now follow the path first flat through moorland, with a view to the Eibl-Alm hut, then steeper again always up and down to the peak of the Türkenkogel, which is unexpectedly far behind.

The way back follows the same route.

Salzkammergut Shuttle Ausseerland - individual call taxi
On five routes between Sandling and Grimming daily from 07:00 to 22:00.
Call at least 1 hour in advance at +43 50 422 422

Sufficient parking spaces available at the parking lot Fischersteg. Please note the fee!

From there it is only a few minutes walk to the starting point of the hike.

Tourist office Ausseerland Salzkammergut
Information office Grundlsee
Mosern 25
8993 Grundlsee
+43 3622 86 66
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Hiking maps are available in the information offices in Ausseerland or in the Ausseerland Artikel Shop.

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What the weather will be like

Grundlsee (717m)

Morning
sunny
5°C
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Noon
very sunny
14°C
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Night
very sunny
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Some clouds in the morning, lateron much sunshine and hardly any clouds
Morning
very sunny
4°C
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Noon
very sunny
12°C
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Night
slightly cloudy
8°C
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Dry and bright with plenty of sunshine, clouds will be rare.
03.11.2024
slightly cloudy
2°C 12°C
04.11.2024
very sunny
0°C 14°C
05.11.2024
very sunny
1°C 12°C

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