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Maps and trails
The 10 most beautiful hiking trails in Hinterstoder
Long Distance Hiking
· Totes Gebirge (eng. Dead Mountains)
Welser Höhenweg - stage 2 from the Welser Hütte to the Pühringerhütte
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Difficulty
T3
moderate
9.1 km
5:00 h
580 m
660 m
Into the Totes Gebirge!
This stage runs across vast karst areas, doing justice to the name of the mountain range and letting you feel the mighty nature.
Hiking Trail
· Hinterstoder
Strumboding Waterfall-Poppenberg-Steyrsberg 1007m, Hinterstoder
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
8.1 km
3:00 h
630 m
630 m
Nice hiking route with waterfall, Flötzerweg, and two summit climbs in the Stoder Valley, Upper Austria.
Hiking Trail
· Totes Gebirge (eng. Dead Mountains)
To Schiederweiher and Polsterlucke
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
4.5 km
1:10 h
36 m
1 m
One of Upper Austria's most popular excursion destinations is introduced here. The picturesque panorama of Großer Priel and Spitzmauer invites you to linger with numerous benches.
Pilgrim Trail
· Pyhrn-Priel
N09 Benedikt Pilgrimage Route Upper Austria Klaus/Pyhrnbahn - Vorderstoder
recommended route
Difficulty
difficult
31.7 km
9:05 h
812 m
464 m
Along the Klauser Lake, the route initially goes to St. Pankraz. From St. Pankraz, one follows the Steyr river upstream and passes the Stromboding Waterfall. Then it continues to Hinterstoder and then over gentle forest and meadow ridges to the picturesque Vorderstoder. Everywhere there are views of the magnificent mountains of the Totes Gebirge and the mountains of the Kalkalpen National Park.
Long Distance Hiking
· Traunsee-Almtal
Huts and summits in the Dead Mountains
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
67.1 km
1:40 h
4,500 m
4,600 m
One week through the primeval solitude of the largest karst region in Central Europe
Hiking Trail
· Ausseerland-Salzkammergut
Almkogel
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
23 km
7:00 h
1,500 m
1,500 m
Varied circular hike
Long Distance Hiking
· Pyhrn-Priel
Tauplitzalm from the Stodertal via Salzsteigjoch, return via Almkogel
recommended route
Difficulty
T4
difficult
26 km
15:00 h
1,894 m
1,894 m
Two-day route in the Totes Gebirge: over the historic Salzsteig and past wonderful mountain lakes to the Tauplitzalm, return via the Almkogel partly on unmarked paths.
Hiking Trail
· Pyhrn-Priel
Vorderstoder - Hinterstoder via Schafferteiche and Steyrsbergerreith
recommended route
Difficulty
easy
14 km
4:15 h
437 m
655 m
A leisurely hike at the foot of the Warscheneck nature reserve, especially suitable in late winter and spring. However, this natural idyll is threatened due to the expansion of the ski area from Hinterstoder to Vorderstoder.
Hiking Trail
· Pyhrn-Priel
Mountain tour on the Steyrsberg (1,007 m).
recommended route
Difficulty
easy
2.7 km
1:30 h
215 m
215 m
Very short mountain hike to a still little-known mountain in the Stodertal, which can easily be combined with the ascent of the Poppenberg (857 m).
Long Distance Hiking
· Totes Gebirge (eng. Dead Mountains)
Welser Höhenweg - Totes Gebirge in 5 days
recommended route
Difficulty
difficult
Multi-day route
53.9 km
19:55 h
3,200 m
3,200 m
Author: Markus Hepp B.Sc. M.Sc.
Digitization: Wolfram Sterrer
The Welser Höhenweg is the crossing of the largest mountain plateau of the Eastern Alps in five days, the crossing of the Totes Gebirge from east to west.

