Goss Hinterwildalpen

Hinterwildalpen - Saml - Goss, transition option to Gams or ascent option to Buchberg.

The hike up the Goss is in the middle range. Hinterwildalpen is a very rustic alpine and mountain village with unique flora and fauna. Incidentally, Hinterwildalpen also has the valley head and it is only possible to cross over to Gams or Eisenerz on foot. Quiet summer days invite you to linger and relax. The sun terrace at the Zum Krug inn in Hinterwildalpen offers the very best panoramic views of the Gr. Geiger or the Grasberg. Once you have reached the top of the Goss, you will find a magnificent mountain panorama and it would be possible to link up with a circular tour.

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

Best season

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

6,2 km

Route

2:30 h

Time

524 hm

Uphill

524 hm

Downhill

1349 m

Highest point

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Travelling to Wildalpen by car:

From Vienna: A1 Westautobahn exit Ybbs via Wieselburg, Scheibbs and Lunz/See to Göstling an der Ybbs continue in the direction of Palfau, at the Erzhalden junction turn off to Wildalpen.

From Vienna, Eisenstadt: Semmeringschnellstraße S6, near Mürzzuschlag onto the B23 Mariazeller Bundesstrasse and Mürzsteg and Wegscheid to Gusswerk and on the Hochschwab Bundesstrasse B24 to Wildalpen.

From Linz: A1 to Voralpenkreuz junction, A9 to Windischgarsten, Unterlaussa, Altenmarkt, Grossreifling, Palfau and Wildalpen

From Salzburg: A1 on A9 to exit Ardning/Admont, Gesäusebundesstrasse and B24 to Wildalpen

From Graz: A9 Pyhrnautobahn, exit, Traboch (near Leoben) via Präbichl/Eisenerz, Hieflau, Landl, Gams to Palfau at the Erzhalden junction turn off to Wildalpen.

The hike begins at the junction of the Sammlstraße forest road. You can also walk away from the farmstead below. Continue uphill in the same direction until the gravel road next to the Eiblbächlein brook turns into a small path and leads uphill, becoming steeper and steeper. After about 2 hours you reach the Goss. There is a wooden shrine on an imposing large stone.

A crossing to Gams is possible. Descent via Salzabauernhütte, Stückleralm to Bachler in Gamsforst. Duration: approx. 1.5 hours in descent.

It is recommended to make a round tour out of it!

There is a legend about the special rock formation on the Goß: Once, on Christmas Eve, three tailors from Gams went over the Goß to Mariazell. On the way, they became exuberant, sat down on the height of the Goß and began to play cards in a boisterous manner. A stranger joined them and asked them if they would like to go to Christmas mass with them. But they answered: "We won't leave here again and we'll keep playing until the last pilgrim comes back from Mariazell. No sooner had they said this than the three tailors turned to stone, which can still be seen on the Goß today. They had been turned to stone as punishment for the sacrilegious desecration of Christmas Eve and must now wait until the last pilgrim from Mariazell arrives.

The Verbundlinie offers public connections (from the village) with line 922. More info in advance (partly low mobile reception) at Xeismobil Tel. 0043 (0) 676/5870031 or 0043 (0) 3637/212.

Arrival by taxi to Wildalpen:

Reinhold Missethon, Tel. 0043 (0)3636 / 317 or 0043 (0)650 / 310 10 20.

Johanna Werner, Tel. 0043 (0)3636 / 321 or 0043 (0)664 / 648 55 37

Take the road to Hinterwildalpen for approx. 6 km, past Gasthaus Zum Krug, turn right immediately afterwards and after 1.1 km the hiking trail starts up on the right.

Infobüro/Salza Wildalpen

Wildalpen 91 – 8924 Wildalpen Tel. 03636/241 infosalza@gesaeuse.at

Mo und Fr. 9:00-17:00

www.wildalpen.at

18 Alpine Club Map Hochschwabgruppe,

Wildalpen Hiking map available at the Infobüro Salza Wildalpen

Lauf und Wanderkarte Wildalpen

Erhältlich im Tourismusbüro Wildalpen