Heilbronner circular trail

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Tour-Details

Starting place: 4831 Obertraun

Destination: 4831 Obertraun

duration: 2h 10m

length: 7,9 km

Altitude difference (uphill): 60m

Altitude difference (downhill): 325m

Lowest point: 1.761m

Highest point: 2.041m

difficulty: easy

condition: easy

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Paths covering:

Gravel

The Heilbronn circular hiking trail is a very family-friendly and easy-to-walk karst hiking trail that leads past the Dachstein shark and the Heilbronn Cross.

The family-friendly circular hiking trail at over 2000 m altitude

From Obertraun (510 m), the Dachstein Krippeinstein cable car takes you over 1,600 metres in altitude. At Krippenstein (2,100 m), you can look out over the immensely wide Dachstein plateau
From the mountain station of the Dachstein Krippenstein cable car, the well-maintained trail leads over hilly terrain, which is densely overgrown with leguminous pines.

After approx. 45 minutes walk you will reach the Dachstein shark, the latest attraction on the circular hiking trail. It is particularly popular with younger hikers because you can climb into the shark and marvel at the beautiful landscape through its mouth. The Dachstein shark therefore quickly became a popular photopoint.

After another 45 minutes, the circular hiking trail leads you to the Heilbronner Kreuz. This cross commemorates the tragedy on the Dachstein at Easter in 1954, when 10 pupils from Heilbronn and 3 teachers lost their lives during a hike into the Dachstein massif when the weather fell.

Continue westwards - past Hirzkarsee - to Krippeneck and the Gjaidstation of the Dachstein Krippenstein cable car (another 1.5 hours). Take a 15-minute walk to the terrace of the Gjaid Alm for refreshments. Afterwards, you can take all three sections of the cable car over the Krippenstein back down to the valley!

Our tip: Make a stopover at the Dachstein Krippenstein. Take another 2 hours and visit the viewing platform "5fingers" and the World Heritage Spiral. You will be rewarded with a fantastic view of the entire World Heritage region. The Lodge am Krippenstein and the Mountain Restaurant Dachstein Krippenstein will take care of your physical well-being.

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Tour and route information

Starting point: mountain station Dachstein Krippenstein cable car

Destination: Dachstein Krippenstein cable car station Gjaid

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Opening hours

from mid-June to end of October

Here you can find the exact operating times of the Dachstein Krippenstein cable car.

Arrival

Accessibility / arrival

by car
from Salzburg:
Federal road B158 direction Bad Ischl
in Bad Ischl driveway onto Salzkammergut Straße B145 in direction to Bad Goisern, Hallstatt and Obertraun, in Obertraun turn right direction Dachstein Krippenstein cable car

from Linz:
A1 motorway exit Regau on Salzkammergut Straße B145 direction Gmunden, Bad Goisern, Hallstatt and Obertraun, in Obertraun turn right direction Dachstein Krippenstein cable car

from Graz:
A9 motorway exit Liezen on B320
in Trautenfels turn onto Salzkammergut Straße B145 via Bad Aussee to Obertraun, in Obertraun turn left direction Dachstein Krippenstein cable car

from Villach:
A10 Tauernautobahn to exit "Eben im Pongau", from there via Annaberg, Gosau and Hallstatt to Obertraun, in Obertraun turn right direction Dachstein Krippenstein cable car

by bus:
get off at the bus station “Obertraun Dachsteinseilbahn"

by train:
from Linz/Salzburg to Attnang-Puchheim, change to train to Stainach-Irdning
or from Stainach-Irdning Zug direction Attnang-Puchheim
get off at train station "Obertraun-Dachsteinhöhlen", from there 45 min to walk or change to the bus

Detailed information on the respective train and bus times can be found at https://www.oebb.at/en/ (train) and https://www.postbus.at/en (bus).