Prinzensteig - Vorderbachalm

From Gößl, follow the hiking trail towards Toplitzsee, turning left twice and crossing a bridge to reach the Fischerhütte inn past the Gößler Wall. There, cross the beer garden, pass the kiosk, and continue along the lakeshore, where a narrow, unmarked path begins, leading diagonally left up a rock ramp above a wooden platform floating in the lake. Then the path continues parallel to the lakeshore, partially exposed on narrow rock ledges, later diagonally through beech forest (cairns) to a distinctive creek crossing on a secured tree trunk. On the other side of the Vorderbach, go uphill to the left and follow the creek for a stretch, then zig-zag up through rocky steps, where the route is clearly marked with cairns and red dots. Higher up, follow cairns through the forest to the right to a traverse ramp (red dot marking), then steeply uphill to the cliff base and further up along it to an overhanging rock wall (a large cairn), climb through a steep notch in the rock to a rocky ridge (red dots), and follow this ridge marked with cairns upward until the terrain flattens. After a short descent to a saddle in the forest, head diagonally right on flat terrain and follow a clear path marked by cairns to the Hinterbach, where you meet the end of an old forest road. At the first right fork, stay on this forest road, which here bends left and goes slightly downhill until it merges into a wide forest track.

After a few meters, a driveway to the uppermost hut of the Vorderbachalm branches off to the left. You circle this hut on its left side and take a pull path underneath, which leads in a left curve down to the creek, which is bridged by a footbridge. From the bridge, follow an old stone path on the other side, slightly uphill and past further huts, back up to the forest road, which you follow left and uphill to a ridge. At the forest road junction on this ridge, continue straight ahead and from here downhill to a viewpoint with a bench and a beautiful view of Grundlsee. From the viewpoint, continue downhill along the forest road until a green sign with "GH Veit" and a yellow direction sign "Gößl Dorf" point left, where a marked path steeply descends through the forest to Gößl and back to the starting point.