Hiking in Weißpriach
Mariapfarr / Weißpriach in Salzburg’s Lungau, in the Longa valley, is a great hiking holiday destination. The region is the winner in the ORF television program “9 places 9 treasures” as the most beautiful place in Salzburg. The valley is among the three most beautiful places in Austria. Enjoy untouched nature, clear and fresh forest, mountain and valley air. Clear and clean water in the Longa, in one of the most lake-rich communities in Central Europe.
There are over 200 natural and untouched mountain lakes with crystal-clear to turquoise green-blue water. Over 100 waterfalls and springs embellish the hiking experience. Enjoy leisurely hikes and walks on quiet hiking trails and forest trails. Surrounded by healthy, fresh forest air, you dream with the first rays of sunshine of the day. Benches for a short break and wonderful views of the untouched nature and cultural landscape invite you to take a quiet rest and work on your senses. Most of the rest areas are deliberately exposed and tells stories to everyone, who wants to hear it and listens to the nature: they tell of the beautiful natural landscape, of happiness and misfortune, of love and hate – experienced by the frugal inhabitants, by old farmers and dairymaids, who spent their simple, hard but free life here. Stories and old legends provide an insight into the hard life of the old days: Senn ́rin Bründl, Frimlgeist, Fuattamandl, Teufelskirche, Goaßloch, Gurpitsch, Karneitschen, Rupanie, Wirpitsch, Tscheinpitsch, Granier, Hagerer Myhre, Blutspitze, Zinkwand, Venizermandl, Hinternlahn, Lahntörl, Mahdgasse, Glücksplatzl, Seekreuz, Reimwand, Granitzel, Zulpet.
Our forest hiking trails, mountain climbs, paths and forest trails invite families, young families, young at heart and cozy retirees, athletes and connoisseurs who are nature-conscious, health-conscious, decelerators and accelerators to a hiking holiday on hiking routes in Weißpriach-Mariapfarr, either for short excursions, morning or afternoon hikes, day tours or multi-day tours . Enjoy culinary, local and organic delicacies in our restaurants, inns, snack bars, rest areas and mountain huts and take advantage of the various accommodation options in Lungau in chalet villages, mountain huts, hotels and apartment hotels, guest houses and private room renters for a pleasant and relaxing holiday with friends.
On selected days, experience and enjoy transportation with our chairlifts at 2000 m with the Lungau Card and enjoy the Salzburg, Lungau mountain worlds on high-altitude hiking trails in Weißpriach -Mariapfarr and reach at least three peaks without great effort and enjoy the view of the valley locations and localities in the Salzburg Lungau.
Here is a top hiking route on Fanningberg:
We take the chair lift to the Fanninghöhe, after a short walk we reach the Gamsstadl and enjoy the first refreshments on the Pannoramaterrasse and panoramic winter garden, then we go back to the Moserkopf with a short break at the Almstüberl over the soft alpine mats and the blooming alpine herb and flower meadows and let us enliven the sight of the turquoise blue water of the reservoir or refresh our feet in the crystal clear and fresh water. We continue on the Zehnerriegel with a view of the Weißpriach – and Taurachtal and, with good visibility, the Dachstein group with high Dachstein in the north, Ankogel and Sonnblick in the west. Back through the love valley and last rest in the Zirmbar, at Marlene’s Brettljause and Krapfn over the Sauschneideralm and Rucksackl back to the starting point through dark mountain forests, relaxing forest air in sun-drenched forest clearings
3 x mountain peaks, 5 rest stops, duration 3 hours without rest, easy.
