Pilgerweg „VIA ALM“

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culturally interesting
Multi-day tour
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Tour-Details

Starting place: 4654 Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting

Destination: 4645 Grünau im Almtal

duration: 19h 6m

length: 72,8 km

Altitude difference (uphill): 653m

Altitude difference (downhill): 423m

Lowest point: 333m

Highest point: 677m

difficulty: easy

condition: medium

panoramic view: Some Views

Paths covering:

Asphalt, Gravel, Hiking trail

Pilgrim guide Veronika Pitschmann has revised and redesigned the "VIA ALM" pilgrimage route in 2021

VIA ALM" offers nature, culture, spirituality and gastronomy on six one-day tours. "VIA ALM" leads through three districts - Wels-Land, Gmunden and Kirchdorf. Pilgrimage knows no borders.

They have walked the stages together. The trail leads partly along the alpine pastures, but also through landscapes with heights, depths and expanses, as well as to culture, history, churches and chapels. The fabulous Almtal valley thus always offers pilgrims something to move their hearts and souls.

Stage 1: Almspitzrunde Bad Wimsbach

Length: 10 km
Duration: 3 hours (incl. sightseeing)

Stage 2: From Bad Wimsbach to Vorchdorf

Length: 16 km
Duration: 6 hours (incl. sightseeing)

Stage 3: From Vorchdorf via
Einsiedling to Pettenbach

Length: 12 km
Duration: 4.5 hours (incl. sightseeing)

Stage 4: From Pettenbach via Magdalenaberg and Heiligenleiten to Steinbachbrücke

Length: 11 km
Duration: 5 hours (incl. sightseeing)

Stage 5: From Steinbachbrücke via Viechtwang to Scharnstein and
Scharnstein and Grünau im Almtal

Length: 16 km
Duration: 5 hours (incl. sightseeing)

Stage 6: From Grünau to "Jaglbrunn" and the Almsee lake

Length: 13 km, with Almsee circuit 18 km
Duration: 5 hours (incl. sightseeing)

The stage descriptions of the pilgrimage route can be downloaded here as a PDF under Documents or on the new VIA ALM website .

Arrival

Accessibility / arrival

How to get to the Almtal (to Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting):

We recommend that you travel by public transport!
by train: to Wels station with IC trains on the Westbahn line (ÖBB and Westbahn) (line 101), then change to regional trains in the direction of Attnang-Puchheim to Lambach station. Change to the "Vorchdorfer Bahn" from Stern & Hafferl (line 160) to Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting train station.
For the return trip from Grünau im Almtal with the Almtalbahn (line 153) back to the Welsh train station with connection to the IC trains of the western railway line.

by bus: OÖVV bus line 504 Wels - Lambach - Bad Wimsbach - Roitham
Bus train information

Call the Traunstein Taxi Route 80 from Bad Wimsbach station to Almspitz and for the return tripp vom the lake Almsee to the railway station of Grünau im Almtal Traunstein Taxi Route 60.
For both routes, please call at least 1 hour in advance the telephone number 050-422 1691 or order from the otaxi app.

by car:
Autobahn A1 Westautobahn exit 207 exit Vorchdorf at the roundabout - direction Lambach to Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting, approx. 7 km
Federal road B1 to Lambach - to Stadl Paura, there towards Vorchdorf to Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting

The nearest airports are Linz-Hörsching, 55 km and Salzburg, 80 km

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