12erHornTrail

The ascent from the country road is rather unknown but definitely worth it. Beautifully hilly with some shorter steeper sections, it mostly runs well past the Lärchenhütte. Then a super flowy traverse that starts gently and then climbs more steeply to the Pillsteinhöhe. After a loop to enjoy the panorama, it goes directly to the Zwölferhorn. The following downhill is fast to run for those who want to go down through the meadows. Then, heading towards St. Gilgen, there is a longer, partially technical downhill section that is incredibly fun (even more so when it’s dry ;-)). Then don’t miss the turnoff and run a few extra altitude meters to the most beautiful viewpoint in the area, the Mozart viewpoint, before the loop closes.

Directly on the B158, there is a small parking lot on the right side before St. Gilgen. The route starts there, passing Hochlackenhof towards Kühleiten. After Kühleiten, a short stretch on the road then turn right onto the trail towards Stubneralm. After the long traverse past the Alm, continue on the forest road towards Pillstein. On the way to the summit, keep right and with a loop over the summit and along the ridge, past the Arnikahütte directly to the Zwölferhorn. The path goes steeply up to the summit from the wide path. Here, keep right and go downhill along the ridge over the Elferstein to Sausteigalm and further to Lärchenhütte. Then descend keeping right towards St. Gilgen. Once you cross the forest road for the second time, stay on it and continue until you reach two houses on Waldhäuslweg. Just before the houses, turn left to continue crossing and following the trail to the Mozart viewpoint. From there, go a bit further up to the fork in the path. Finally, go right at the fork down to the parking lot.