Schwalbenwand / Schönwieskopf Hiking tours
Tour description
Wonderful round tour with summit experience of three peaks
Starting point: mountain restaurant Mitterberg (parking place for hikers). Beautiful round tour with fantastic views and summit experience for advanced hikers.
Details & elevation profile
Starting point
Restaurant Mitterberghof
Finishing point
Berggasthof Mitterberg
Route type
Hiking tours
Route description:
From Mitterberghof first on wide forest road (yellow signpost no. 82) and then on narrow wood path up to Schwalbenwand. Starting from the Schwalbenwand along the ridge (path no. 87) you reach the Schönwieskopf. From here you descend to Schützingalm and follow a wide forest road (number 83) to the starting point Mitterberghof.
Starting from Thumersbach (opposite the lido Thumersbach) on forest roads or on the asphalt road to Berggasthof Mitterberg in about 1 hour.
Tips
From Berggasthof Mitterberg you have one of the most beautiful views of the Zell am See-Kaprun region.
Recommended equipment
good walking boots, protection against rain and sund is recommended and take your water bottle with you!
Points along the way
Best time of year
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How to get there
adress of the starting point
Gasthof Mitterberg
Mitterbergweg 155
5700 Zell am See
or at the Lido Thumersbach (walking time one way around 1 hour more!)
Pöcherweg 28
5700 Zell am See
Coordinates
47.33868, 12.82823
Public transport
Busses do shuttle from Zell am See to Thumersbach every half hour. (at lunch time every hour)
Busses do shuttle from Zell am See to Thumersbach every half hour. (at lunch time every hour)
Parking
Restaurant Mitterber
Restaurant Mitterber
Further information & links
Alternatively, you can also start at the village square in Thumersbach. The route leads along meadow paths through the picturesque village of Loibldorf, past farms to the end of the Thumersbach valley.