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Thurn
A slope village 2 km above Lienz on the way up to the Zettersfeld, looking straight across the basin to the Lienz Dolomites.
- 15Highlights
- 11Routes
- Featured summit · Steinermandl
Highlights
All 15 from neighbouring places
Familienpark Zettersfeld
2.6 km away, in Gaimberg
A family play area on the Zettersfeld, the sunny plateau above Lienz reached by gondola, combined with easy panoramic walking.
Lienzer Bergbahnen, Zettersfeld
3.3 km away, in Gaimberg
A gondola from the edge of Lienz to the Zettersfeld, a sunny plateau at around 1,800 m with family ski slopes and easy high-level walking.
Naturfreundehütte 1.850m
3.9 km away, in Nußdorf-Debant
A Naturfreunde club hut at 1,850 m on the Zettersfeld slopes above Gaimberg and the Lienz basin, open to walkers in season.
Stadtpfarrkirche St. Andrä
4 km away, in Lienz
The Gothic town parish church of Lienz, where a memorial chapel holds the grave of the painter Albin Egger-Lienz.
Schloss Bruck | Museum der Stadt Lienz
4.2 km away, in Lienz
A medieval castle of the Counts of Görz above Lienz, now the city museum with works by the painter Albin Egger-Lienz.
Sommerrodelbahn Osttirodler
4.3 km away, in Lienz
An alpine coaster on the slopes above Lienz, running from the mountain station of the town's lifts down toward the valley.
Lienzer Bergbahnen, Hochstein
4.3 km away, in Lienz
Lifts up the Hochstein, Lienz's local mountain, serving ski slopes in winter and walking routes and downhill bike trails in summer.
Hochschoberhütte 2.322m
7.6 km away, in Ainet
An alpine club hut at 2,322 m in the Schober group above Ainet, a base for summit walks in this quiet high range.
Debanttal
4.3 km away, in Dölsach
A side valley near Lienz reaching deep into the Schober group, much of it lying within the Hohe Tauern National Park.
Kosakenfriedhof
5.8 km away, in Tristach
A cemetery near Lienz for Cossacks who died in 1945, when refugees camped in the Drau valley were handed over to the Soviet army.
Kuenz Naturbrennerei
8.6 km away, in Dölsach
A family fruit distillery at Dölsach near Lienz, producing schnapps from orchard fruit and offering tastings and farm sales.
Lienzer Klause
8.6 km away, in Leisach
A historic barrier fortification at Leisach south of Lienz, built to control the narrow passage of the Drau valley toward the Pustertal.
Oberforcher Michael-Almhütte
8.7 km away, in Leisach
An alm hut of the Oberforcher farm above Leisach, on the wooded slopes at the southwestern edge of the Lienz basin.
Seekofel
10.6 km away, in Tristach
A multi-pitch climbing peak in the Lienz Dolomites above the Tristacher See, with routes on its limestone walls.
Anna Schutzhaus 1.992m
11.5 km away, in Dölsach
A refuge at 1,992 m near the Ederplan summit above Dölsach, with wide views over the Drau valley and across to the Lienz Dolomites.
Cable car
Mountain hut
Historic site 
Nothing of this kind in Thurn.
Routes
Schleinitz Klettersteig
Wired route up Lienz's local mountain, starting at the Steinermandl chairlift top station and passing the Neualplseen; the summit cross stays in view for most of the climb.
- 5.0 km
- Distance
- 309 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 45 min
- Duration
- 5
- Check-ins
Themenweg "Friedensweg"
Gently climbing themed walk above Oberlienz devoted to the idea of peace, its stations spaced through meadows and forest overlooking the Lienz basin.
- 4.1 km
- Distance
- 262 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 47 min
- Duration
Steinermandl über Rotmannalm
From the Zettersfeld cable car an easy mountain path rises past Pepo's am Berg and the Rottmannalm to a summit cross overlooking the Lienz basin.
- 5.5 km
- Distance
- 401 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 39 min
- Duration
- 28
- Check-ins
Skitour Zettersfeld Zentrum - Schoberköpfl
Short, moderate ski tour from the Zettersfeld top station to the Schoberköpfl; the Lienzer Bergbahnen touring card includes four lift rides a day.
- 2.7 km
- Distance
- 451 m
- Ascent
- 451 m
- Descent
- 1 h 31 min
- Duration
- 11
- Check-ins
Skitour Schleinitz 2.904m
From the Zettersfeld above Lienz the skin track passes the Rottmannalm and climbs into the Schober group, finishing on a 2,904 m summit.
- 5.1 km
- Distance
- 1 043 m
- Ascent
- 1 043 m
- Descent
- 3 h 21 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
Zettersfeldrunde Nr. 104
A loop on forest roads above Lienz, climbing past the Faschingalm and the Rottmannalm to the alm meadows at around 1,800 m.
- 21.9 km
- Distance
- 1 205 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 15 min
- Duration
- 17
- Check-ins
Bike & Hike Schleinitz 2.906m
A big climb from Gaimberg up to the Zettersfeld alms and Moar at 2,208 m, where the bike is left for the walk onto the summit ridge.
- 39.7 km
- Distance
- 2 457 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 24 min
- Duration
- 34
- Check-ins
Themenweg "Vogelerlebnisweg"
Bird-discovery trail near Thurn above Lienz — an easy woodland loop from the Kammerlanderhof car park with stations on the local birdlife for young naturalists.
- 5.3 km
- Distance
- 180 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 41 min
- Duration
Schleinitz
Ridge collection above the Zettersfeld: from the lift over the Steinermandl and Goiselemandl to the 2,904 m main summit, with the Neualplschneid along the way.
- 9.1 km
- Distance
- 816 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 8 min
- Duration
- 26
- Check-ins
Skitour Rotgebele 2.696m
Steep ski tour from the Zauchenbach bridge above Thurn, climbing nearly 1,500 m past the Jageralm to a 2,696 m summit in the Schober group.
- 4.4 km
- Distance
- 1 465 m
- Ascent
- 1 465 m
- Descent
- 4 h 21 min
- Duration
Themenweg "Vom Alten Leben"
Circuit above Oberlienz with stations on the old ways of rural life — how families here once farmed, milled and got through the mountain year.
- 7.6 km
- Distance
- 249 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 24 min
- Duration
No routes of this kind in Thurn yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
Themenweg "Friedensweg"
Gently climbing themed walk above Oberlienz devoted to the idea of peace, its stations spaced through meadows and forest overlooking the Lienz basin.
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