Curated by Salzkammergut
Sankt Gilgen
The northern end of the Wolfgangsee at about 480 m below the Zwölferhorn, where the road from Salzburg first reaches the Salzkammergut lakes.
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Highlights
Wasserfall Kreuzstein
A waterfall at Kreuzstein on the wooded slope above the Wolfgangsee.
Eibensee Hochmoor Wildmoos Marienköpfl
A walking circuit from the Eibensee stream up to a high moor and the Marienköpfl above St. Gilgen.
Zwölferhorn Seilbahn
The cable car from St. Gilgen to the Zwölferhorn, above the Wolfgangsee.
Musikinstrumenten Museum der Völker
A museum of musical instruments from around the world, in St. Gilgen.
Leo Perutz Denkmal
A monument in St. Gilgen to the Austrian novelist Leo Perutz, born in Prague in 1882 and buried at Bad Ischl.
Kinderspielplatz im Seepark St. Gilgen
A children's playground in the lakeside park at St. Gilgen.
Wellness-Alm am Leopoldhof
A wellness alm at the Leopoldhof above St. Gilgen, built in the style of an old alm hut.
Falkensteinkirche
A church at Falkenstein on the wooded slope above the Wolfgangsee, on the pilgrims' path to St. Wolfgang.
Goldschmiede Kloster Gut Aich
The goldsmith's workshop of the Benedictine priory of Gut Aich at St. Gilgen.
Kapelle der Barmherzigkeit
A modern chapel at St. Gilgen with a stained-glass door designed by Annemarie Windhager and symbols of the works of mercy inside.
Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Gilgen
The Catholic parish church of St. Gilgen, beside the square at the centre of the village.
Mountain hut
Cable car
Historic site
Nothing of this kind in Sankt Gilgen.
Routes
Alle Neune 6: Brunneckweg
A short, easy walk above Sankt Gilgen on the Wolfgangsee, gaining a little over two hundred metres.
- 4.5 km
- Distance
- 209 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 34 min
- Duration
Alle Neune 2: Josef Ebner Weg
A walk along the shore of the Wolfgangsee, taking in the two crosses of the Ochsenkreuz and the Hochzeitskreuz.
- 7.7 km
- Distance
- 208 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 19 min
- Duration
12erHornTrail
A long and steep route onto the Zwölferhorn, the mountain that rises straight above Sankt Gilgen and the Wolfgangsee.
- 16.9 km
- Distance
- 1 180 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 51 min
- Duration
Skitour Zwölferhorn und Pillstein
A ski tour over two summits above Sankt Gilgen, well regarded in the Salzkammergut for its wide views and for the descent.
- 8.0 km
- Distance
- 757 m
- Ascent
- 757 m
- Descent
- 2 h 57 min
- Duration
Mountainbike-Strecke: Sausteigalmen
A climb on forest and farm roads out of Faistenau in the Fuschlsee area, rising towards the Zwölferhorn and the pastures below it.
- 13.0 km
- Distance
- 712 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 57 min
- Duration
3-Seen Tour / Radmarathon Tour C
The shortest of the Mondsee five-lake marathon courses, laid out for road bikes in the Salzkammergut.
- 76.3 km
- Distance
- 862 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 35 min
- Duration
Fürberg Runde
A short and almost level loop by the Wolfgangsee near Fürberg, with barely any climbing from end to end.
- 6.0 km
- Distance
- 140 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 45 min
- Duration
BergeSeen Trail 04: St. Wolfgang
A stage of the Salzkammergut BergeSeen route, working its way over the hills above St. Wolfgang on the Wolfgangsee.
- 14.2 km
- Distance
- 750 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 24 min
- Duration
4 Berge 3 Seen
A Salzkammergut walking route in four stages, taking in four summits above the Fuschlsee, the Wolfgangsee and the Mondsee.
- 13.1 km
- Distance
- 911 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 17 min
- Duration
Attersee-Mondsee Variante
A long road variant linking the Attersee and the Mondsee, over a hundred kilometres round the two lakes.
- 104.0 km
- Distance
- 1 128 m
- Ascent
- 10 h 17 min
- Duration
Krottensee
A short and easy woodland walk to a small lake near Sankt Gilgen, with little more than two hundred metres of climbing.
- 5.7 km
- Distance
- 241 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 56 min
- Duration
BergeSeen Trail 05: St. Gilgen
A varied stage on quiet farm and forest tracks with steep, rocky sections higher up, ending at Sankt Gilgen with a hut stop along the way.
- 13.9 km
- Distance
- 553 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 42 min
- Duration
Der Weg der Wallfahrer (Teilabschnitt des St. Rupert Pilgerweg)
A section of the St. Rupert pilgrim route on easy paths, though the side trips ask for sure feet and a head for heights, and turn slippery in the wet.
- 17.4 km
- Distance
- 803 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 4 min
- Duration
Die 3-Seentour
A gravel route along the shores of three Salzkammergut lakes, the Wolfgangsee, Attersee and Mondsee.
- 63.4 km
- Distance
- 609 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 12 min
- Duration
Nora- oder Margarethenhöhe
A very short walk up to a small height above Sankt Gilgen, gaining little more than a hundred metres over a kilometre and a half.
- 1.6 km
- Distance
- 127 m
- Ascent
- 44 min
- Duration
Der Pilgerweg
A pilgrims' way through the Salzkammergut, a gentle walk that follows the old route of the faithful.
- 8.9 km
- Distance
- 200 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 35 min
- Duration
Die Aussichtsreiche Tour
A long circuit of the Wolfgangsee, keeping close to the water through St. Wolfgang, Sankt Gilgen and Strobl, with the Falkenstein crossed on foot.
- 28.0 km
- Distance
- 223 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 6 min
- Duration
Die Fuschlerin
A gravel round to the Fuschlsee and right around the Zwölferhorn, through alm and woodland country.
- 36.3 km
- Distance
- 1 183 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 20 min
- Duration
Rieder Runde
A nearly level short loop near Sankt Gilgen, with under seventy metres of climbing from start to finish.
- 5.9 km
- Distance
- 69 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 34 min
- Duration
Dorneralm
A steady climb from the valley to an alpine pasture above Sankt Gilgen, gaining close to six hundred metres.
- 8.2 km
- Distance
- 593 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 55 min
- Duration
Drachenweg
A long circuit around the Drachenwand and the ruined castle of Wartenfels above the Mondsee, in the Salzkammergut.
- 17.3 km
- Distance
- 990 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 57 min
- Duration
Die Schafberg Tour
A gravel climb toward the Schafberg above St. Gilgen, taking in the dark water of the Schwarzensee.
- 47.2 km
- Distance
- 1 783 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 52 min
- Duration
Rieder Steig
An easy waymarked path in the hills on the Sankt Gilgen side of the Wolfgangsee, gaining well under two hundred metres.
- 6.2 km
- Distance
- 164 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 51 min
- Duration
Gamswand Höhenlauf
A high-level walk along the flank of the Gamswand above the Wolfgangsee, with only moderate climbing.
- 8.2 km
- Distance
- 315 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 42 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
Eddy Merckx Classic Radmarathon
A long road route through the Salzburg lake country around Fuschl am See, ridden as a marathon event distance.
- 62.7 km
- Distance
- 918 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 25 min
- Duration
Plomberg-Runde
A gentle loop on the Mondsee shore near Plomberg, with only a couple of hundred metres of climbing.
- 8.6 km
- Distance
- 241 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 37 min
- Duration
Osterhorn
A long, drawn-out climb to the peak that gives its name to the whole group, on overgrown but clearly marked paths.
- 11.0 km
- Distance
- 1 352 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 50 min
- Duration
Rennradtour "4-Seen-Tour"
A road tour linking four of the lakes of the Salzburg Seenland, with a good deal of climbing between one valley and the next.
- 74.7 km
- Distance
- 1 425 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 58 min
- Duration
Plombergstein
A short but steep pull up a wooded rock hill above the Mondsee, with about 350 metres of ascent.
- 4.0 km
- Distance
- 357 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 14 min
- Duration
Rund um den Wolfgangsee
A full circuit of the Wolfgangsee on the shore path, long but never steep, with much to learn about the region's nature and culture.
- 26.9 km
- Distance
- 491 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 30 min
- Duration
Salzkammergut Radweg
A gentle valley stage of the lake-country cycle route, starting from Sankt Gilgen on the Wolfgangsee with very little climbing along the way.
- 26.1 km
- Distance
- 183 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 31 min
- Duration
Rundweg zum Nachdenken und Genießen
A contemplative circuit on the flanks of the Schafberg, part of the Orte des Glaubens series, looking out to the Mondsee, Attersee and Wolfgangsee.
- 8.8 km
- Distance
- 355 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 56 min
- Duration
Schafberg (über Dorneralm)
A steep and direct ascent of the Schafberg by way of an alpine pasture, climbing more than 1,200 metres in under eight kilometres.
- 8.0 km
- Distance
- 1 268 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 1 min
- Duration
Schafbachalm
A walk from Faistenau over two alpine pastures to the Zwölferhorn, in the hills between the Fuschlsee and the Wolfgangsee.
- 14.1 km
- Distance
- 756 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 25 min
- Duration
Schafberglauf
The mountain-race course to the Schafberg summit, 1,200 metres of climbing in barely five kilometres, and open only on race day.
- 5.6 km
- Distance
- 1 208 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 26 min
- Duration
Schafberg (über Winkl)
An approach to the Schafberg from Winkl, longer and easier-angled than the direct lines up the mountain.
- 9.8 km
- Distance
- 591 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 25 min
- Duration
Wolfgang-Pilgerweg-Fußweg-Etappe 11
A long stage of the pilgrim way to St. Wolfgang, walked on foot through the hills of the Salzkammergut.
- 20.8 km
- Distance
- 468 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 58 min
- Duration
Seeuferweg
A flat path along the shore of the Wolfgangsee, following the water for most of its length with almost no climbing.
- 13.7 km
- Distance
- 60 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 20 min
- Duration
Zwölferhorn
A short and unrelenting climb from the village to the summit above Sankt Gilgen, close to a thousand metres in barely four kilometres.
- 4.2 km
- Distance
- 954 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 15 min
- Duration
Zum Eibensee
A woodland climb to a quiet mountain lake in the hills above the Mondsee, some four hundred metres above the valley floor.
- 8.2 km
- Distance
- 436 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 8 min
- Duration
Königsbachalm
A long day out from Sankt Gilgen to a high pasture hut and back, with over a thousand metres of climbing spread across the route.
- 23.5 km
- Distance
- 1 064 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 9 min
- Duration
Zum Enzerwinkl
An easy-going walk out to a quiet corner of the countryside above Sankt Gilgen, with a couple of hundred metres of gentle climbing.
- 7.7 km
- Distance
- 208 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 19 min
- Duration
Über den Wasserfallweg zur Eisenauer Alm
A steep, varied climb from the shore of the Mondsee past a waterfall to a working dairy hut on the alp above the lake.
- 3.4 km
- Distance
- 530 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 3 min
- Duration
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Data sources
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