HOHE TAUERN PANORAMA TRAIL | ET08: Hochsonnbergalm | Bürglhütte-Uttendorfer Hochsonnbergalm/Uttendorf

The first 10 minutes of this stage are identical to the last part of the previous stage. You hike the trail from the Bürglhütte across the meadows uphill until you reach an alpine road. Follow this road uphill a few meters to a wayside cross. Here you leave the path of the previous stage and follow the signpost "Pinzgauer Spaziergang" to the right above the alpine road. You hike the trail uphill past a dilapidated alpine hut, ignore the trail on the left going up towards Geißstein, always follow the signposts "Pinzgauer Spaziergang" and thus reach the Murnauer Scharte (1,959 m).

Now you follow the path that always stays to the right (south) of the peaks: firstly slightly descending, it leads in a gentle up and down through beautiful alpine terrain to a fork below the Pihapperkogel. Here you leave the Pinzgauer Spaziergang for a short time and hike down the path to the currently unstaffed Manlitzkarhütte.

From the Manlitzkarhütte you hike briefly down the access road and soon turn left onto a trail that leads you uphill along the slopes back to the Pinzgauer Spaziergang trail, which you reach below the Manlitzkogel. Continue more or less at the same altitude until you reach the ridge below the Rabenkopf. On the ridge, the path then goes downhill to the Sommertor (1,939 m), where many paths converge. Now you leave the Pinzgauer Spaziergang for today and descend diagonally to the right over the beautiful meadow path (attention, do not take the wrong path! The correct path continues along the slope more or less parallel) to the stage destination, the Uttendorfer Hochsonnbergalm (approx. 1,910 m). Here you can stop for a break and then take the shuttle (contact: shuttle service Markus Gassner Tel. +43 6563 8484) down to the valley.

Alpine hiking equipment is required for the Hohe Tauern Panorama Trail:

From Zell am See, take regional bus 670 from Zell am See station (direction Krimml via Uttendorf-Mittersill-Neukirchen) to the Stuhlfelden Ort stop. From here, about 3 hours on foot to the stage start at the Bürglhütte. Alternatively, use the shuttle service

Markus Gassner Tel: +43 6563 8484 to the Bürglhütte.

From Zillertal, take regional bus 4094 from Zell am Ziller station to Almdorf Königsleiten Abzw. Gerlospass. Change to regional bus 673 (Wald Ortsmitte via Krimml). At Krimml station, change to regional bus 670 (Mittersill station via Neukirchen) to Stuhlfelden Ort (B168). From here, about 3 hours on foot to the stage start at the Bürglhütte.

Alternatively, use the shuttle service Markus Gassner Tel: +43 6563 8484 to the Bürglhütte.

Current timetables at https://fahrplan.salzburg-verkehr.at/

Free parking is available at the respective start points of the trail journey, e.g., in Uttendorf at the station or at the parking lot at the south bathing lake area.

The parking lots are free of charge and not supervised. No liability is assumed.

www.hohetauerntrail.at

Holiday Region Nationalpark Hohe Tauern
Gerlosstraße 18 5730 Mittersill, Austria
Tel. +43 6562 40939, E-mail: hohetauerntrail@nationalpark.at

Booking Center & Info Hotline
Trail Angels GmbH
9821 Obervellach 15, Austria
Tel. +43 4782 93093, E-mail: info@bookyourtrail.com

Despite the stage not being very long, you need stable weather as the path runs continuously close to the ridge and sometimes only trail traces (although well marked) can be seen. Please bring sufficient provisions and water. The Manlitzkarhütte is open from July to September from Thursday noon to Sunday.