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Feu­er und Eis part­ner tour

Salz­Al­pen­Steig II — From Hal­lein to Hallstatt

from 879,- per person

  • Duration: 8 Days
  • Total distance: approx. 83 km
  • Altitude: (+) 4058 m
  • Altitude: (-) 4486 m
  • Difficulty:
The Salz­al­pen­steig is a 250-kilo­met­re cross-bor­der hike that leads from Chiem­gau via Berch­tes­ga­de­ner Land into the enchan­ting World Heri­ta­ge regi­on of Hall­statt. An enti­re land­scape is asso­cia­ted with salt — the Salz­kam­mer­gut in Aus­tria, which is also part of this fasci­na­ting hiking tour. The histo­ry of salt, from its extra­c­tion and trans­por­ta­ti­on of the once expen­si­ve and sought-after com­mo­di­ty, accom­pa­nies the hikers. In the past, salt was known as white gold; the rati­on of salt sala­ri­um as part of the pay of Roman legio­na­ries, for exam­p­le, makes it clear just how valuable it was. The visi­tor mines, whe­re you can expe­ri­ence the extra­c­tion of salt first-hand, are well worth a visit. For cen­tu­ries, salt depo­sits brought pro­spe­ri­ty and cul­tu­ral pro­spe­ri­ty to the towns con­cer­ned. Look for­ward to a jour­ney against a won­derful­ly diver­se natu­ral back­drop with rus­hing water­falls, glis­tening lakes and alpi­ne climbs. 
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Im Vordergrund schöne Bergblumen, im Hintergrund Tal.
Eine Frau wandert den Bergsteig hinab.
Blick auf eine schöne Almenlandschaft bei blauem Himmel. Im Hintergrund Berglandschaft.
Ein Schild vor einer schönen grünen Almlandschaft.
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Itinerary / Stages

Jour­ney to Hallein
Distanz: 0 km Höhe (+): 0m Höhe (-): 0m
Indi­vi­du­al jour­ney to Hal­lein, the dis­trict capi­tal loca­ted bet­ween the city of Salz­burg and the Dach­stein mas­sif in beau­tiful Ten­nen­gau. Here it is worth visi­ting the salt fac­to­ry, the only show salt works in Aus­tria, whe­re you can watch a mas­ter pan­ner at work. The Cel­tic Muse­um is also worth a visit, as it was the Celts who first forced salt mining here in the Iron Age. You will recei­ve your tra­vel docu­ments at your accommodation. 
Pan­o­r­amic Trucken­than­nalm and roman­tic Schlei­er­fall waterfall
Distanz: 14 km Höhe (+): 500m Höhe (-): 700m
From Bad Dürrn­berg to Gol­ling, you are immer­sed in a sceni­cal­ly, natu­ral­ly and geo­lo­gi­cal­ly attrac­ti­ve area. On this stage, you hike in the ton­gue basin of the for­mer Salz­ach gla­cier through the magni­fi­cent flood­plain of the Salz­ach. First, the trail leads uphill to the hig­hest point of the hike, the beau­tiful­ly situa­ted, rustic Trucken­than­nalm. With a bit of luck, you can even get a snack the­re. But you should also take a break at the alp, which was first men­tio­ned almost 900 years ago. Along lush mea­dows, you pass the Maxi­mi­li­an spring beneath the impres­si­ve rock faces of the Hoher Goll. After a short climb, you reach the Schlei­er­fall with a rest area. Final­ly, you reach Gol­ling through the lush vege­ta­ti­on of the idyl­lic allu­vi­al forests of the Salzach. 
Through gor­ges, past water­falls and along crys­tal-clear moun­tain lakes
Distanz: 14 km Höhe (+): 559m Höhe (-): 339m
The bus takes you to the start­ing point of today’s hike in Unter­schef­f­au (paya­ble local­ly). The hiking trail now fol­lows the river upstream through a forest and mea­dow land­scape, always along the Lam­mer, to Ober­schef­f­au. The 41-kilo­me­ter-long river to the Salz­ach has its source in the sou­thern Ten­nen­ge­bir­ge moun­ta­ins. After rea­ching Ober­schef­f­au, you reach the Schwar­zen­bach stream and con­ti­nue through a cul­ti­va­ted land­scape and along the so-cal­led Müh­len­weg trail. The Klaus­gra­ben is full of water. A stone pil­lar from the 16th cen­tu­ry indi­ca­tes bor­der dis­pu­tes bet­ween Schef­f­au and Abten­au. The last stage leads to the Trick­lfall and the no less impres­si­ve Dachs­er­fall. Final­ly, you reach your over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on in Abtenau. 
Bet­ween rug­ged rocks and shady mea­dows in the Ten­nen­ge­bir­ge natu­re reserve
Distanz: 9 km Höhe (+): 645m Höhe (-): 993m
An enjoya­ble ride on the Kar­ko­gel cable car takes hikers to the Kar­ko­gel­hüt­te in just a few minu­tes. From here it is only a few minu­tes’ walk to the small pla­teau with a magni­fi­cent pan­ora­ma of the peaks of the Ten­nen­ge­bir­ge and the Salz­kam­mer­gut moun­ta­ins. On the path across flower-fil­led alpi­ne mea­dows with a won­derful view of the small Traun­stein, you reach the mana­ged Gsen­g­alm. Along the foot of the 1810-meter-high Scho­ber, you now fol­low the trail through an area of mea­dows and moun­tain pines. Pass the dila­pi­da­ted Que­hen­bergalm and head downhill towards the pic­tures­que vil­la­ge of Anna­berg in the Lammertal.
Over the Gos­au­kamm to the Gablon­zer Hütte
Distanz: 11 km Höhe (+): 1269m Höhe (-): 514m
Well for­ti­fied, you start in Anna­berg and fol­low the legen­da­ry hiking trail through den­se, blueber­ry-cover­ed coni­fe­rous forest up to the hig­hest point of the Kopf­berg. You are gree­ted by a figu­re of St. Anne, the patron saint of the vil­la­ge, car­ved from Swiss stone pine, invi­ting you to take a brea­ther and rech­ar­ge your bat­te­ries in a real place of strength. Now beg­ins a steep ascent to the wel­co­me Stuhl­alm with a rest stop. From the hut, visi­tors can enjoy a fan­ta­stic view of the north face of the Bischofs­müt­ze, while the Ten­nen­ge­bir­ge, Groß­glock­ner and Hohe Tau­ern moun­ta­ins are also visi­ble in good wea­ther. As the rou­te con­ti­nues, we hike along a high-level path, initi­al­ly over rough roots and later over the rough scree of the moun­tain flanks, to a high-moun­tain beech forest. It is now only a short distance to the Gablon­zer Hüt­ter. Here you are reward­ed with an impres­si­ve pan­ora­ma of Lake Gos­au, the Hohe Dach­stein and the Don­ner­ko­gel. (Lug­ga­ge trans­port from Anna­berg to Bad Goi­sern, whe­re you will spend the night the fol­lo­wing day). 
In the Inner Salzkammergut
Distanz: 16 km Höhe (+): 958m Höhe (-): 1838m
With the Gos­au­kamm cable car, the dif­fe­rence in alti­tu­de to the Gos­au val­ley, which is said to have been even more remo­te than Hall­statt in the past, can be quick­ly over­co­me (paya­ble on site). Howe­ver, if you would like to des­cend into the val­ley on foot, you can expect a varied hike over woo­den foot­brid­ges and bridges, with small moun­tain huts coming into view again and again. From the val­ley sta­ti­on of the cable car, take the public bus past old farm­hou­ses to Gos­au-Ram­sau. Here you enter the Bibel­steig and reach the Goi­se­rer Hüt­te at 1,592 meters via the Igl­moos­alm. The des­cent is via the Tro­ckent­an­nalm to Bad Goi­sern on the nor­t­hern shore of Lake Hallstatt.
Hall­statt and its lake
Distanz: 19 km Höhe (+): 127m Höhe (-): 102m
On the way to Lake Hall­statt, you cross the Traun seve­ral times. It is the life­line of the Salz­kam­mer­gut and has its source in the Totes Gebir­ge in Sty­ria. The fol­lo­wing sec­tion on the eas­tern shore of Lake Hall­statt is unspoilt, the view of the Dach­stein moun­ta­ins is fan­ta­stic and the rou­te is spec­ta­cu­lar. The flank of the Sar­stein plun­ges almost ver­ti­cal­ly into the lake and the foot­bridge hove­ring abo­ve the water gives the impres­si­on of wal­king abo­ve the water. The rou­te con­ti­nues to Ober­traun and on to Hall­statt for the night. The almost per­fect ensem­ble of nar­row alley­ways, his­to­ric hou­ses, lake pan­ora­ma and the cul­tu­ral heri­ta­ge from the Hall­statt peri­od make this town world-famous. If you want to take a short­cut, you can take the fer­ry from Hall­statt train sta­ti­on to Hall­statt Markt and save yours­elf around eight kilo­me­ters of wal­king (fer­ry paya­ble local­ly). A visit to the oldest salt mine in the world is plan­ned for the after­noon. Valuable exhi­bits from the Bron­ze Age, a walk through his­to­ric tun­nels and a trip down the 64-met­re-long miners’ slide bring the life of the miners to life. 
Indi­vi­du­al depar­tu­re or extension
Distanz: 0 km Höhe (+): 0m Höhe (-): 0m
With its shingle-roofed hou­ses, pic­tures­que half-tim­be­red hou­ses and pas­tel faca­des, church towers and mar­ket squa­re, Hall­statt nest­les per­fect­ly in a set­ting bet­ween moun­ta­ins and lake. For all tho­se who can take even more time to dis­co­ver Hall­statt, we are hap­py to reser­ve addi­tio­nal over­night stays. 

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Booking code: SALZ-ALPEN‑2

Minimum number of participants: 2

Season

17.05.2026 — 01.07.2026 (Arri­val: daily)
01.07.2026 — 01.09.2026 (Arri­val: daily)
01.09.2026 — 10.10.2026 (Arri­val: daily)

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Single room

EUR 1.078,00
EUR 1.094,00
EUR 1.078,00

Double room*

EUR 879,00
EUR 895,00
EUR 879,00
*Prices are per person.

Additional transfers

(17.04.2026 — 31.10.2026) Return trans­fer Hall­statt — Hal­lein up to 4 per­sons, each addi­tio­nal per­son 50 EUR

Price

EUR 249,00

Services

Included services
  • Indi­vi­du­al hiking (no group tours)
  • 6 x over­night stays in sel­ec­ted *** hotels and inns with accom­mo­da­ti­on in a dou­ble room / sin­gle room with bath or shower/WC
  • 1 x over­night stay in the hut in the bed/mattress dor­mi­t­ory (hut slee­ping bag required!)
  • 7 x breakfast
  • 5 x lug­ga­ge trans­por­ta­ti­on — max. 1 piece/person and max. 25 kg/ suitcase 
  • 1 x wel­co­me video with expl­ana­ti­ons and infor­ma­ti­on you need for the tour
  • 1 x hiking gui­de Salz­al­pen­steig incl. map and fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on mate­ri­al (1 x per room) 
  • 1 x ascent on the Kar­ko­gel­bahn or trans­fer to the Karalm
  • 1 x bus trip Gos­au­see — Gos­au / Ramsau
  • 1 x bus trip Hal­lein Bad Dürrnberg
  • 1 x com­bi­ned ticket for the Hall­statt Salt Mine
  • 7‑day emer­gen­cy ser­vice number
Excluded services
  • Arri­val and depar­tu­re for the tour
  • Spa/local taxes (approx. 1–4 per person/night)
  • Hiking equip­ment
  • Par­king fees
  • Per­so­nal expenses
  • Tips
  • Optio­nal visits
  • Meals and drinks, unless spe­ci­fied above
  • Trans­fer, unless included in the program

Additional information

Tour cha­rac­ter
During the tour on the Salz­al­pen­steig you are repea­ted­ly in alpi­ne ter­rain. Appro­pria­te moun­tain equip­ment and stami­na are the­r­e­fo­re a pre­re­qui­si­te. The neces­sa­ry equip­ment includes: Moun­tain boots, func­tion­al clot­hing, ruck­sack, water and food, rain and sun pro­tec­tion, cell pho­ne, pos­si­bly hiking poles.
Par­king
The par­king lot for the car is not always at the loca­ti­on quar­ters, but in a public par­king lot (fees to be paid on site).
Over­night stay in a hut
You must bring your own slee­ping bag, e.g. made of cot­ton or silk, blan­kets are available in the huts. Due to their loca­ti­on, not all huts can offer run­ning water, hot water or show­ers. In some cases, the toi­lets do not flush. Card pay­ment is not pos­si­ble in most huts. Take enough cash with you for food etc. on site. 
Half board
You are wel­co­me to book half board (min. 2‑course menu) for EUR 284 per person.
Other notes
To ensu­re a stress-free start to the trip, we recom­mend arri­ving at the start­ing point by ear­ly evening in most cases. Some tours start as ear­ly as mid­day, in which case we recom­mend arri­ving the day befo­re and will be hap­py to book an extra night for you at the same time. The indi­vi­du­al return jour­ney takes place on the last day of the tour. The kilo­me­ters are appro­xi­ma­te and may dif­fer from the actu­al kilo­me­ters cover­ed. This tour is not sui­ta­ble for peo­p­le with redu­ced mobility. 
Mini­mum num­ber of participants
If a mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts is requi­red for the tour to take place, this is sta­ted under Pri­ces and ser­vices. If the mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts is not rea­ched, we reser­ve the right to can­cel the trip up to four weeks befo­re the date of arri­val. We recom­mend that you do not orga­ni­ze your arri­val and depar­tu­re until after this dead­line has passed.
Insu­ran­ces
Tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on insu­rance inclu­ding tra­vel inter­rup­ti­on insu­rance is recom­men­ded in any case. Infor­ma­ti­on can be found at: https://www.feuer-eis-touristik.de/reiseversicherung
7‑day care­free number
No mat­ter how well plan­ned a trip is, in rare cases unex­pec­ted things hap­pen. At such times, it’s nice to have someone you can rely on on site. For this reason, you will have a local cont­act per­son on our indi­vi­du­al acti­vi­ty tours who will be hap­py to pro­vi­de you with infor­ma­ti­on and, as sta­ted in the tra­vel docu­ments, can be cont­ac­ted in an emergency.
Wea­ther conditions
Plea­se note that the tour is sub­ject to wea­ther conditions!
Part­ner tour
This trip is orga­ni­zed by our part­ner agen­cy. You will the­r­e­fo­re recei­ve the agen­cy’s tra­vel documents. 

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Being sustainable together

We are delighted to have been able to make a difference together with the Tegernsee vacation region since September 2020. Whether cultural, economic or natural sustainability, every aspect and every action is a positive step for the region in which we live. Together with other companies in the Tegernsee Valley, we look forward to actively working together to protect this wonderful spot on earth. As an exclusive tour operator for active travel in nature, we see it as our duty to sensitize all our travellers and protect our nature and homeland.

What do we want to achieve - added value and ecological footprint:

  • to bring people closer to nature in an authentic way
  • to work closely with regional partners and hosts
  • to create added value for the region and at the same time create added value for the guests
  • active participation in animal welfare (since January 2020)
  • CO2 optimizations in the itinerary