Guided hikes
& wonderful hiking trails
Your hiking holiday in the mountains of the Salzburger Land holds a lot of fun and relaxation in store for you. Whether on your own or with professional hiking guides - a wide variety of hiking trails ensure a varied hiking program. On the guided hikes with local hiking guides, you will gain interesting insights into the fauna & flora of the alpine landscape.
From May to October you have the opportunity to explore the Salzburg mountains with certified hiking guides - up to 10 guided hikes per week are on the program. You can find more information in the current weekly program - in addition, we put the current dates of guided hikes online on our website.
Guided hikes
From May to October you have the opportunity to explore the Salzburg mountains with certified hiking guides - up to 10 guided hikes per week are on the program. You can find more information in the current weekly program - in addition, we put the current dates of guided hikes online on our website.
Some hiking trails at a glance - hiking on your own
Sonnseitpromenade – circular hiking trail (leads past our Hotel Thurnerhof vorbei)
- Hiking tour
- Difficulty: Easy | Also perfect for families
- Starting point: Village square Saalbach
- Duration: 02:15 h
- distance: 9,7 km in both directions
- Highest point: 1,078 m
- Mountain huts | serviced huts: Yes
- Route: Saalbach village square - ski lift road - past the Kohlmais cable car - Ronachweg via Thurnerhof - Jausern - Saalach promenade - back to Saalbach
Zwölferkogel Rundweg (circular hike)
- Relaxed circular hike
- Difficulty: Easy
- Starting point: middle station Zwölferkogel Hinterglemm
- Duration: 03:30 h
- distance: 6,2 km in both directions
- Highest point: 1,569 m
- Mountain huts | serviced huts: Yes
- Route: With the Zwölferkogel cable car to the middle station - section Route 8 - storage pond - forest roads to Ellmaualm - Hintermaisalm - Grabenhütte - Schwarzacherweg - Hinterglemm
Asitzkopf
- Mountain hiking tour
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Starting point: top station Kohlmaisbahn
- Duration: 05:00 h
- Distance: 11.2 km in both directions
- Highest point: 1,914 m
- Mountain huts | serviced huts: Yes
- Route: With the Kohlmais cable car to the top station - Saalbacher Höhenweg - Wildenkarkogel - Schönleiten - Asitzkopf summit - descent to the Schönleiten hut - Thurneralm - Kohlmaisbahn middle station
Schattberg Summit Round
- Hiking tour
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Starting point: Schattberg X-press top station in Saalbach
- Duration: approx. 01:30 h
- Distance: 3.1 km in both directions
- Highest point: 2,100 m
- Mountain huts | serviced huts: Yes
- Route: mountain station - west summit - west summit hut - middle summit - east summit - forest road to the mountain station
Pinzgau Walk
- Haevenly panoramic hike | part of the Saalbach Hiking Challenge
- Difficulty: Difficult | sturdy shoes, condition & endurance
- Starting point: Schattberg X-press top station
- Duration: 07:00 h
- Distance: 17,6 km in both directions
- Highest point: 2,018 m
- Mountain huts | serviced huts: No
- Route: Ascent with the Schattberg X-press to the top station Schattberg Ostgipfel - Marxtenscharte - Seetörl - Klinglertörl - Klammscharte - Rohrertörl - Schmittenhöhe - with the Schmittenhöhebahn to the valley station Zell am See - bus line 680 back to Saalbach.
Sonnspitze
- Intermediate mountain ridge hike
- Difficulty: Difficult | hiking boots, surefootedness & condition as well as experience are required
- Starting point: Bus stop Lengau - Hinterglemm
- Duration: 06:30 h
- Distance: 14.2 km in both directions
- Highest point: 2,062 m
- Mountain huts | serviced huts: Yes
- Route: Lengau - 200m after the car park turn right along the forest path - Forsthofalm - Henlabjoch - Sonnspitze - turnoff Spieleckkogel (after about 1 hour) - descent via Route 3 to Lengau back to the starting point.
Kohlmaiskopf - Panorama Alm Loop
- Expert hiking tour
- Difficulty: Difficult | sturdy shoes, fitness & endurance as well as good surefootedness and alpine experience are required
- Starting point: Restaurant Edel Weiss
- Duration: approx. 04:30 h
- Distance: 12.6 km in both directions
- Highest point: 1,760 m
- Mountain huts | serviced huts: Yes
- Route: Edel Weiss - Saalbach - Kohlmaiskopf - Barnkogel - Wirtsalm - Asteralm - Panorama Alm - Edel - Weiss
Start your hiking pleasure! For your hiking program it is worth taking a look at the interactive hiking map of the Saalbach Tourist Office.