Salzburger Almenweg - Stage 04: Böndlsee – Lend - Dorfgastein

From the Böndlsee bathing area, the Salzburger Almenweg leads on the small road southwest or south, ignoring a fork with a left path going straight ahead and following the road downhill to Lend in the Salzach Valley (up to here is about 3.8 kilometers and about one hour walking time).

Just west of the train station, the railway tracks and the Salzach are crossed. After the bridge, turn right towards the town center, then follow the main road left uphill. The Almenweg passes under the federal road junction B167 and B311 and continues along the small road about 300 m west until a road sharply branches off left in the direction of Höhenwart. From here, a relatively steep forest path with a beautiful view of the Salzach Valley leads to the mountain station of the drag lift. Then it continues on the same forest path through the forest to the managed, 1,360 meters high certified alpine summer hut, the Kögerlalm, where a stop is worthwhile.

After the break, the path leads eastward to the Drei-Waller Chapel. Here, the variant 4a to Heinreichalm branches off from the main route to Dorfgastein – on the main route to Dorfgastein, however, the downward hiking path is chosen, which leads over the unmanaged Huberalm to another fork in a left hairpin bend. Although the path over the forest road also leads to Dorfgastein, the Salzburger Almenweg follows the straight hiking path. First uphill to the unmanaged Stoffalm and to a fork. Here downhill to the managed Amoseralm, which invites you to another stop high above Dorfgastein.

From the Amoseralm, the forest road leads first downhill through the left hairpin bend and then from the next right hairpin bend steadily downhill over the Bärenweg and finally through a ditch into the hamlet Unterberg, which is already in the valley floor of the Gastein Valley. From here, the road leads parallel to the Gasteiner Ache south until the river is crossed opposite the beginning of Dorfgastein. Now right along the road for about 100 m until behind the tourist information a road leads left into the village center of Dorfgastein and to the hiking starting point at the municipal office.

If the well over two-and-a-half-hour descent on the original route from the Kögerlalm to the valley is too long, you can, by prior telephone reservation, be brought to Dorfgastein by the local taxi company Haunsperger/Wandertaxi, T. +43 664 3453735 or Taxi Gasteinertal, T. +43 676 5252008.

Refreshment (E) and accommodation possibility (Ü)

Kögerlalm (1,360 m) (Stage 4 & Variant 4a), (after about 4 hours), end of May to end of October / Tel. +43 664 4540143 or +43 664 241 3862 / alpine summer hut / E

Amoseralm (1,200 m), (after about 6.5 hours), end of May to end of October / Tel. +43 699 10065330 / alpine summer hut / E / Ü

Heinreichalm (1,680 m) (Variant 4a & 5), (after about 8 hours), end of June to mid-September / Tel. +43 664 9248501 / alpine summer hut / E / Ü /

Partners for accommodation Salzburger Almenweg Info and Booking Center by Trail Angels

Numerous refreshment and accommodation options in Dorfgastein, Tel. +43 6432 3393 460 E / Ü

Partners for accommodation Salzburger Almenweg Info and Booking Center by Trail Angels:

smartHOTEL, more information at: https://smarthotel.at/de/, Tel. +43 6433 200000

Aktivhotel Gasteiner Einkehr, more information at: https://www.einkehr.com/ Tel. +43 6433 7248

Here you will find everything about the right hiking boots, perfect equipment, and the correct walking technique.

To make your day in the mountains truly an unforgettable experience, we give you some tips to help you stay safe in the mountains.

You can reach the Böndlsee in Goldegg by public transport by bus (line 580) from St. Johann or Schwarzach hourly.

Just before the Böndlsee or after the farm “Trog,” there is the possibility to park the car for free on the right side along the wide driveway.

In Lend, there are free parking spaces at the train station where cars can also be parked for a longer period. Please place the “Almenweg parking meter” from the brochure inside the parked car!

All further information about the Salzburger Almenweg can be found here.

The Drei-Waller Chapel, shortly after the Kögerlalm, commemorates three pilgrims who, according to legend, walked barefoot from Gastein to the Holy Land. Upon arriving there, their greatest wish was to return safely to their homeland. However, on the return journey, one misfortune followed another: when they finally reached the valley entrance completely exhausted and saw their homeland, their hearts are said to have stopped, and they died. The chapel was built exactly at this spot in their memory.