Hohe Wand - The Great Klausen Circuit

Generally, you can park in front of the fence of the former inn at the trailhead of the Klause; if that spot is taken, park a few meters further down the road on the side of the road. Once you reach the end of the Klause, turn right toward the Waldeggerhütte, but don’t let the time estimates confuse you. It takes about 40 minutes from the end of the Klausen trail to the hut. From the hut, follow the blue trail markers toward the Hohe Wandstraße. Just before the road, two unmarked, somewhat hidden trails lead to the right into the forest. Do not take the trail close to the road, which ends shortly, but rather the path located about 10 meters northwest of the road, which leads parallel to the road until it joins the yellow trail (Kleine Klause) and the Jagdsteig (red trail). We follow the Jagdsteig to the road, but do not turn right onto the first forest road (it leads to the lookout) but continue along the road for another 50 meters until, turning right into the forest, you very soon reach the footpath that runs along the animal enclosure directly to the Naturparkstüberl, which invites you to take a break. Immediately west of the Stüberl, you climb a trail and, keeping to the left, eventually reach a fork in the trail after 100 meters with signposts and an information board that lead to the Kleine Kanzel. However, we do not follow this path; instead, we take a trail that leads into the forest immediately to the right of the information board at a bend in the trail where it turns left, and which is marked with white dots after a few meters. We now follow this trail to the Dürnbacher Höhenweg, which we follow for 2.5 km to the start of the yellow-marked Stangelsteinweg. Here, we descend to the road, which we reach at the former Nazwirt inn. We now follow the paved road for 200 meters until we can cross the Dürnbach River via a bridge. We follow the hiking trail markers, which soon lead us to the impressive Dürnbach Waterfall. From there, we quickly reach farmsteads along Dürnbacher Straße and, after a 100-meter climb, arrive at our parking lot.