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.
NEW 2019: Village path IN THE CERTIFIED HIKING VILLAGE UNKEN
The leisurely hike takes you past various stations and gives you insights into the history of Unken. The path leads you across fields to the Hotel Post. On the way back you go along the river Saalach. You will enjoy a perfect view of the Calvary with its beautiful chapel. You walk past the Löwenquelle, cross the Saalach and that comes to the castle Oberrain. Then the path leads you back towards the village center back to the starting point.
Starting point:
Central hiking starting point village center
Length:
about 3.7 km
Duration
about 1 hour (easy, family-friendly round trip)
Altitude difference:
aprrox. 41 m
suitable for children‘s prams
Waterfall Path in the Almenwelt 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
Goblin Path Almenwelt Lofer Middle Station
Fam. Wimmer / mountain restaurant Loderbichl built a Goblin circular route. Starting at the mountain station of the Almbahn I, it goes through the forest, and you come back via a small petting zoo back to the restaurant Loderbichl.
Starting point:
Almenwelt Lofer I (Middle Station)
Duration:
approx. 15 min
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.
Starting point:
You can start from the center of Weißbach and then walk in the direction of St. Martin to the holiday meadow..
Length:
1,2 km
Duration:
ca. 1 hour
The path is sometimes a narrow wild game crossing and is, therefore, not suitable for children´s prams or buggies.
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
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