Mountain Hike to the Spering

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Tour-Details

Starting place: 4564 Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn

Destination: 4564 Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn

duration: 4h 45m

length: 6,5 km

Altitude difference (uphill): 1.166m

Altitude difference (downhill): 1.166m

Lowest point: 481m

Highest point: 1.591m

difficulty: medium

condition: medium

panoramic view: Great panorama

Paths covering:

Asphalt, Gravel, Hiking trail

roadblock: Hiking trail closure from Klaus Pertlgraben to Spering

Description: Due to excavation work, hiking trail 465 from Klaus to Spering is closed until 31 May 2025.

Via alpine meadows and partly steep trail you get to the summit ridge, leading along an up and down path to the summit of the Spering (1605 m).

To get to the Spering, coming from the leisure centre Klausersee on trail nr. 409 turn left onto AV trail nr. 465 after the Bertlgut farm.

The ascent to the Haidenalm (broken down pasture hut) is not strenuous and leads mainly through forest area. Via alpine meadows and partly steep trail you get to the summit ridge, leading along an up and down path to the summit of the Spering (1605 m). From there you can enjoy a most rewarding circular view of the mountain ranges of the Hallermauern, the Warscheneck massive and the Tote Gebirge, as well as a beautiful view down to the Klaus reservoir and the region of the Pre-Alps.

Descent options via AV - Trail Nr. 460, turning in a southerly direction above the Haidenalm pasture, leading to the Speringbauer farm and via the tavern, Gasthaus Pernkopf to the trainstation of Hinterstoder.

Hikers with endurance can continue on the way back from the Speringbauer farm via the circular hiking trail Klauser reservoir (3 hrs. – see description “Circular Hiking Trail Klauser Reservoir)

Trail-Nr: 409, 465, 460

Tour and route information

Starting point: Leisure centre Klausersee

Destination: Spering

Arrival

Accessibility / arrival

Klaus on the Pyhrnbahn; turn over the dam towards woman stone, after the dam right in the Pertlgraben along the road at a farm over, which is left to lie to the left, under the highway come through yet, just before a bridge, here you have options for parking.