Curated by Salzkammergut
Abtenau
The wide floor of the Lammertal between roughly 590 and 700 m, farm hamlets and a gorge under the walls of the Tennengebirge, with the Dachstein to the south.
- 4Highlights
- 17Routes
Highlights
4 from neighbouring places
Huber Hütte
A hut on the Postalm plateau, about thirty minutes on foot from car park 3 on the panorama road.
Postalm Winterpark
A family ski area on the Postalm plateau above Abtenau, one of the largest areas of alpine pasture in Austria.
Rosser Hütte
A hut on the Postalm plateau, reached from car park 1 by way of the first lift.
Loseggalm-Langfeldhütte
11.4 km away, in Annaberg-Lungötz
An alpine pasture hut with regional cooking in the mountains north of Filzmoos, open to walkers during the summer grazing season.
Mahdalm
13.7 km away, in Annaberg-Lungötz
A pasture hut in the walking country above Filzmoos, serving regional dishes below the rock peaks of the Gosaukamm.
Sulzkaralm - Almsommerhütte des Jahres 2015
15 km away, in Annaberg-Lungötz
A pasture hut above Filzmoos named Salzburg's Almsommer hut of the year in 2015, serving regional farm dishes to walkers.
Erlebnisschlucht Salzachklamm
13.2 km away, in Golling an der Salzach
The Salzachöfen, a narrow gorge where the Salzach cuts through rock above Golling, made accessible by walkways.
Mountain hut
Nothing of this kind in Abtenau.
Routes
Almblumenweg auf der Postalm
An easy themed loop over the flower meadows of the Postalm plateau above Abtenau.
- 3.5 km
- Distance
- 133 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 9 min
- Duration
Braunedl (ab Postalm)
A steep walk up the Braunedl from the plateau above Abtenau, gaining height quickly over a short distance.
- 4.4 km
- Distance
- 769 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 1 min
- Duration
Gamsfeld
A long day out to the highest summit of the Postalm area, well worth the effort from the valley at Abtenau.
- 19.5 km
- Distance
- 1 299 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 45 min
- Duration
Skitour auf das Egelseehörndl
A ski tour to the highest point of the Osterhorn group, a fine objective though not an entirely easy one.
- 12.0 km
- Distance
- 300 m
- Ascent
- 300 m
- Descent
- 3 h 19 min
- Duration
BergeSeen 04 mit dem eMTB von Strobl über die Postalm nach Gosau
A long BergeSeen stage from the centre of Strobl over the Postalm to Gosau, on sealed and unsealed roads with a swing through the Tennengau.
- 70.4 km
- Distance
- 1 890 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 2 min
- Duration
Mit dem Rennrad über die Postalm
A long road-bike day out of Gosau in the Salzkammergut, built around the climb up onto the Postalm plateau and the descent back.
- 82.0 km
- Distance
- 1 784 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 57 min
- Duration
Labenberg
A short, easy-angled climb to a summit at the west end of the Postalm, the large pasture plateau above Abtenau.
- 4.7 km
- Distance
- 355 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 45 min
- Duration
Hoher Zinken
A long day that runs far up the valley before the climbing even begins, then works its way to a summit in the Osterhorn hills.
- 20.8 km
- Distance
- 1 846 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 24 min
- Duration
Skitour auf den Braunedl
A ski tour up the dominant peak southeast of the Postalm, sought out above all for the quality of its descent.
- 6.1 km
- Distance
- 800 m
- Ascent
- 800 m
- Descent
- 2 h 50 min
- Duration
Pitscherberg
A moderate walk over rolling pasture and a final steeper slope to a summit west of the Postalm plateau.
- 6.1 km
- Distance
- 427 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 7 min
- Duration
Lämmerbach
A walk from the head of the Hintersee valley over the Gennerhorn to the Genneralm, steepening towards the end.
- 5.6 km
- Distance
- 906 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 16 min
- Duration
Skitour auf den Labenberg
An easy, popular ski tour to a summit on the western side of the Postalm plateau above Abtenau.
- 5.9 km
- Distance
- 500 m
- Ascent
- 500 m
- Descent
- 2 h 6 min
- Duration
Postalm / Rundweg 1 / Moosbergalm
A marked circuit across Austria's largest pasture plateau, taking in the Moosbergalm above Abtenau.
- 8.5 km
- Distance
- 336 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 50 min
- Duration
Skitour auf den Pitschenberg
A ski tour over mostly flat, rolling ground on the west side of the Postalm, with only the final summit slope steep.
- 9.9 km
- Distance
- 600 m
- Ascent
- 600 m
- Descent
- 3 h 11 min
- Duration
Postalm 10,5 km Rundlauf (Viertel Marathon-Distanz)
A quarter-marathon-length loop over the flowering meadows of the biggest pasture plateau in the country, above Abtenau.
- 10.6 km
- Distance
- 353 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 21 min
- Duration
Postalm 21-km-Runde
The longer marked round on the Postalm, looping across the open pastures of the plateau above Abtenau.
- 12.7 km
- Distance
- 449 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 5 min
- Duration
Postalm Überquerung
A crossing of the Postalm plateau above Abtenau, with a fair amount of climbing over its rolling pasture.
- 10.7 km
- Distance
- 763 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 1 min
- Duration
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Data sources
- Official website: wolfgangsee.salzkammergut.at ↗
- Routes and highlights: Salzkammergut, Filzmoos Tourismus, Salzburg
- Published as open data by the tourist boards named above.
- Region summary generated from the board's own material.
