Adventure Paths
Experience the unique nature and landscape of the Salzburger Saalachtal with all your senses and enjoy adventure and relaxation on our hiking paths!
Interactive stations form the backbone of our adventure paths.By flapping, turning, pushing, pulling, scrolling, thrusting etc., you can find answers to exciting questions and learn about a variety of interesting topics. Exciting for children and adults.
Historical-adventure path in Unken
A journey in time through Unken´s history – the adventure path leads through centuries of Unken´s varied history. You dive into the past when walking past various points of history.
Starting point:
The start of the adventure path is located near the playground in Unken.
Length:
approx. 4.5km (whole circuit)
Duration:
approx. 2,5–3,5 hours
Altitude difference:
approx. 60m
Well kept paths suitable for children´s prams!
On the alp in Lofer
Experience nature on the Loferer Alm – walk on a path over one of the most beautiful alm areas in Land Salzburg. You go through dark mountain forests, pass old alm meadows and marvel at cascading waterfalls. The Loferer Alm invites you to linger and enjoy.
Starting point:
The start of the adventure path is reached with the Almbahn I.
Length:
approx. 3.1km (to the Almenwelt Lofer)
Duration:
approx. 2–2.5 hours
Altitude difference:
approx. 400m (1.000m to 1.400m)
Well kept paths – not suitable for children´s prams!
Geology park in St. Martin
From the lagoon to the high mountains – in the Geology park we are going to send you on a journey through time, back through millions of years of Earth´s history. Here one can find traces of an ancient sea, the creation of a mountain chain and indications of the power of glaciers in the last Ice Age.
Starting point:
The start of the adventure path is next to the street leading to Strohwolln in St. Martin.
NOTE: there is only a small sign
Length:
approx. 1km (there and back)
Duration:
approx. 1 hour
Not suitable for children‘s prams!
Orchid adventure path in St. Martin
Orchids on the Vorderkaser Gorge path – The Vorderkaser Gorge offers an impressive natural spectacle of water and rock. At the entrance to the gorge are masses of different varieties of wonderful orchids - brought closer to you by information stations.
Starting point:
The start of the adventure path is at the entrance (cash desk) of the Vorderkaser Gorge.
Length:
approx.1.3km
Duration:
approx. 1–2 hours
Altitude difference:
approx. 190m
Well kept paths and wooden footbridge (gorge) – not suitable for children´s prams! Entrance fee!
Arrival with car possible – free parking. Right on the Tauern bicycle path!
Adventure landscape in Weißbach
Experience intact cultured landscape – the adventure path leads through a cultured landscape which has been cared for by human hands over hundreds of years. The stations give you a wonderful insight into the beautiful habitats of many inhabitants and the people who preserved this beauty.
Starting point:
The main entrance is at Guesthouse Hirschbichl. Arrival with the Almerlebnis bus from the Weißbach council chambers is possible
Length:
approx.1.3km
Duration:
approx. 1–2 hours
Altitude difference:
approx. 190m
Well kept paths and wooden footbridge (gorge) - not suitable for children´s prams!
walden. Forest adventure path
Discover the world of the forest with all your senses – the forest adventure path runs over the tracks of wild animals, forest workers, swamps, berries, small streams and philosophers – so that one can easily explore life in the forest, with curiosity and all one´s senses. The quotations at specific stations come from a book titled „Walden. or from the life in the wood“ by poet and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau and it invites you to enjoy a variety of activities.
Starting point:
Waltlmühlsäge carpark (fee required) right on the Hirschbichllandesstrasse (Hirschbichl Road). It is possible to take the Almerlebnis bus from the council chambers in Weißbach.
Length:
round trip of 3 km
Duration:
ca. 1–1.5 hours
Altitude difference:
ca. 200m
The path is sometimes a narrow wild game crossing and is, therefore, not suitable for children´s prams or buggies.
Barefoot path in Weißbach
A special sensory experience on many different surfaces – A great variety of materials, including stream stones, gravel, meadow grass, leaves, moss, fine sand, wood shavings, sawdust, wood chips and bark mulch are placed on the path. The use of the path is free of charge and at one´s own risk! The following applies to the whole path: walk slowly, look where you put your feet and please stand still to take in the beautiful landscape. Bring a towel and a good mood with you. The path is situated between the Kneipp facility and the entrance to the Seisenberg Gorge.
Nature knows no borders
The theme path shows you the Hirschbichl Pass habitat, the ecological compound, the bio-diversity and the biospheres of water, forest, Alp and rocks – as well as historical and current usage of this border region. There are also interactive stations such as a stepping stone biotope, a wall of collected field stones and game
Starting point:
Gasthaus Hirschbichl
Length:
1 km circular path
Duration:
approx. 1–1,5 hours
Altitude difference:
30 m