Long distance hikes have their special charm. Spending several days in nature, just switch off and go hiking. The path is the goal until you reach your destination.Through Bad Goisern, Obertraun, Gosau and Hallstatt leads the 350 km long "Berge Seen Trail", the 235 km long "Salzalpensteig" and the 121 km long Dachstein Circular Trail.
Not so far away but still extendable to several days are the 24 km long circular hiking trail around the Gosaukamm and the only 8 km long Nature Trail on the Dachstein Krippenstein, which explains the flora and fauna as a signposted theme trail.
We do not climb mountains to reach summits but return home to a world that appears to us to be a life given again.
Reinhold Messner
Yes, the "Berge-Seen-trail", the Dachstein circular hiking trail and the "Salzalpensteig" lead through the four towns. In Obertraun there is also the Nature Trail at the Dachstein Krippenstein and in Gosau at Dachstein the Gosaukamm circuit.
Mountain Lakes Trail 350 km
Salty alpine climb 235 km
Dachstein circular hiking trail 121 km
Circular hiking trail around the Gosaukamm 24km
Nature Trail 8 km
The 350 km of the Berge Seen Trail through the whole Salzkammergut can be completed in 20 day stages. Experienced and well-conditioned hikers can also manage several stages per day.
The Dachstein circular hiking trail awaits you with 8 daily stages through mountains, valleys and past the most beautiful lakes of the Inner Salzkammergut.
18 stages lead along the 235 km long Salzalpensteig from Obertraun on Lake Hallstatt in the Holiday Region Dachstein Salzkammergut via Lake Königssee in Berchtesgarden to Lake Chiemsee.
Well-conditioned hikers can manage the 24 km of the Gosaukamm circuit in one day. We recommend that you definitely take 2 - 3 days to soak up the nature, the fresh air and the views.
The Nature Trail can easily be done in one day. Hikers who want to delve deeper into the flora and fauna of the Dachstein Krippenstein can also extend it to 2 days.