

Around the summit of Steirische Kalkspitze
Beautiful hike around the summits of Steirische and Lungauer Kalkspitze. The limestone of these 2 mountains lies inmidst the primitive rock of the Schladming Tauern range and gives a special feature to this hike. Along the route you encounter Giglachseen Lakes and Oberhüttensee Lake as well as Giglachsee Hütte, Oberhütte and Ursprungalm chalets as refreshment stops.
The landscape is characterised by limestone and dolines (typical karst phenomena), which bring along unique flora. Moreover, the Giglachseen Lakes and Oberhüttensee Lake give the special appeal to this tour.
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Alternatively you can drive into Preuneggtal valley from Schladming via Rohrmoos. From Schladming you take provincial highway L722 through Rohrmoos and after about 6 kms you turn off right into Hohenbergstraße road. This road will also take you to Strickbrücke road. From here follow the directions as described above.
From the Ursprungalm chalets you take trail n° 711 via Rinderfeld and Preuneggsattel mountain saddle to Giglachsee Hütte chalet at the Giglachseen Lakes. From here you follow trail n° 702 in wide bends to the Znachsattel mountain saddle and further on to the Akarscharte ridge. From here you can make an ascent to Steirische or Lungauer Kalkspitze (additional walking time approx. 1 hour for each).
From Akarscharte you follow trail n° 702 downhill to Oberhütte chalet. Follow the route no. 702 downhill from the Akarscharte to Oberhüttensee Lake. After the Akarscharte you walk through an interesting landscape: crevasses, rounded hunchbacks line up and the light rock in the middle of the primary rock forms the surrounding mountains shows a “limestone-window” in the prehistoric rocks. You descend for approximately 500 meters (altitude level).
Oberhüttensee Lake and its hut make a lovely resting place, before you continue to Ursprungalm chalets via Brotrinnl and a 200 m ascent (steady-footing) and then descend via the Kranzlhöhe heights on a narrow path through the charming landscape to the Ursprungalm.
- Buses of Planai-Hochwurzen-Bahnen: www.planaibus.at
Tourist information: www.schladming.com
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360° drone images
Get yourself an overview with our 360° drone images:
- View over Giglachkar cirque: https://vonoben.schladming-dachstein.at/sommer/index.php?S=307
- Giglachseen and Kalkspitzen summits: https://vonoben.schladming-dachstein.at/sommer/index.php?S=308
- Hiking map ‘Hiking WEST’ available at the information offices in the region.
- Schladming hiking map, 1:25,000, available at the Schladming information office.
- Hiking map Schladming-Dachstein, 1:50,000, available at the information offices in the region.
- Hiking guide Schladming-Dachstein by Herbert Raffalt, available at the information offices in the region.