--- title: Vorderstoder - Windhaager Lake url: "https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-tour/detail/430000929/vorderstoder-windhaager-lake.html" description: The Windhager lake is an oasis of silence surrounded by forest. There is a hunting lodge on the banks of the lake and resting benches invite you to take a peaceful rest. date: 2017-02-22 modified: 2026-03-18 --- # Vorderstoder - Windhaager Lake Vorderstoder - Windhaager Lake ================================ **Path number:** 2,4 **Starting place:** 4574 Vorderstoder **Destination:** 4574 Vorderstoder ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/240033/CF2FD55EF09FCF916049D76B7EEED41360C097A0F73CE9A2CE5215848CC41443/windhagersee.jpg) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/240034/69C65BD27AACE61C1D4DDEF15FBA6C70363940057E3A2BB5121E31A36A5D933C/stimmung-am-windhagersee.jpg) © Open copyright © Alpenland Tourismus GmbH/Sulzbacher Close copyright [ ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/240033/CF2FD55EF09FCF916049D76B7EEED41360C097A0F73CE9A2CE5215848CC41443/windhagersee.jpg "© Alpenland Tourismus GmbH/Sulzbacher") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/240033/CF2FD55EF09FCF916049D76B7EEED41360C097A0F73CE9A2CE5215848CC41443/windhagersee.jpg) © Open copyright © Alpenland Tourismus GmbH/Sulzbacher Close copyright [ ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/240034/69C65BD27AACE61C1D4DDEF15FBA6C70363940057E3A2BB5121E31A36A5D933C/stimmung-am-windhagersee.jpg "© Alpenland Tourismus GmbH/Sulzbacher") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/240034/69C65BD27AACE61C1D4DDEF15FBA6C70363940057E3A2BB5121E31A36A5D933C/stimmung-am-windhagersee.jpg) 1. 2. Vorderstoder 66 4574 Vorderstoder [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Vorderstoder%2066%2C%204574%20Vorderstoder "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Vorderstoder%2066%2C%204574%20Vorderstoder "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&path=enc:ozebHmhyuAo@cCW_AUgASiASiA?i@NkANoAPyAJsAJoADaB?gBCeBJyAZuAZuAXyAR}APmALiAB}@T{@D{@PeAPcA?{@N{@b@gAb@]j@c@r@i@`@{@b@{@T{@\{@l@Yf@s@l@a@l@Fl@?l@`@n@r@l@Pl@s@f@k@l@O~@Gx@rAnAXtAq@fBY|As@`BcAfBuADiCpBmAfB}A`B}A~AiB`@m@VYZSTKV@p@Dj@Eh@I`@Ol@?Fa@DeBJq@VMHWd@b@^Bd@Uh@g@r@Yr@?r@z@l@h@f@r@r@h@l@Pl@Ft@Oj@k@\{@`@cA?cAKmA?mAJcADcAEmAEmAPq@`@{@h@s@f@{@TcAf@}@VkAPcAEiAWcAUiAOkAWkA_@gAMiAGiABaAHcANs@V{@ZcAJcAl@k@l@a@f@Qr@Yf@i@n@i@p@c@n@r@Tz@\dAZbAZr@h@h@f@z@l@X`@Ph@`@l@Xf@Nf@Yf@a@h@a@p@Qr@On@Qf@s@^kAl@Gr@Jl@z@j@tC^bB^lBOn@^bAX|Ad@dAz@Nv@Jv@VTp@\p@n@ETeA^_AFoAEsACiA^M`@\b@d@h@P&server=meta.tourdata.at) The Windhager lake is an oasis of silence surrounded by forest. There is a hunting lodge on the banks of the lake and resting benches invite you to take a peaceful rest. Starting point is the municipal office in Vorderstoder. Turn off the main road after about 600 m and take trail nr. 2/4 leading from the bridge into a forest road to the Schafferteich (pond). Walk through the forest slightly uphills, then cross a meadow before continuing through the forest again until you reach a fork in the trail (walking time to here about 25 min.). From here keep to the right and continue up the forest to a private road leading to the left and slightly downhills. Pass a small house and walk over small meadows and through small forest parts to a stream. Later on you pass a pasture, the Michl-Reith along a forest road, which you follow downhills for about 100m, then turn right through light forest leading steep uphills, continue on a flat part through the forest and the last part also partly on a forest road until you get to the Windhaager lake. The Windhaager lake is an oasis of silence surrounded by forest. There is a hunting lodge on the banks of the lake and resting benches invite you to take a peaceful rest. The water level of the lake varies throughout the year and there is no visible in- and outflow. During dry periods you can walk all the way around the lake. Trail-Nr: 2, 4 [ Tour and route information ](#ttgCollapseTourdetails) --------------------------------------------------------- **Path number:** 2,4 **Starting place:** 4574 Vorderstoder **Destination:** 4574 Vorderstoder **duration:** 2h 30m **length:** 5,3 km **Altitude difference (uphill):** 343m **Altitude difference (downhill):** 59m **Lowest point:** 785m **Highest point:** 1.070m **difficulty:** medium **condition:** medium **panoramic view:** Some Views **Paths covering:** Asphalt, Gravel, Hiking trail **Starting point:** Municipal office in Vorderstoder **Destination:** Windhager Lake Vorderstoder **further information:** - Board possible [ ![Altitude profile Vorderstoder - Windhaager Lake](//static.et4.de/ElevationProfileChart/Go.ashx?Experience=hoehenprofil-meta&Server=meta.tourdata.at&AddElevations=true&AddOfftrackWaypoints=false&AddSurfaces=true&AddWaypoints=false&globalid=tourdata_tour_430000929&width=355&height=250&FontSize=12&mkt=en) ![Altitude profile Vorderstoder - Windhaager Lake](//static.et4.de/ElevationProfileChart/Go.ashx?Experience=hoehenprofil-meta&Server=meta.tourdata.at&AddElevations=true&AddOfftrackWaypoints=false&AddSurfaces=true&AddWaypoints=false&globalid=tourdata_tour_430000929&width=450&height=350&mkt=en) ](#ttgHoehenprofilModal "Vorderstoder - Windhaager Lake") [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- **Accessibility / arrival**by car: Motorway A1 to A9, exit Voralpenkreuz Hinterstoder, country road to Hinterstoder - 200 meters after the sign turn left to Vorderstoder Hinterstoder (approx 5 km). by train: Pyhrnbahn stop Windischgarsten (10 km) or Hinterstoder (15 km) -> from the place [ Suitability ](#ttgCollapseEignung) -------------------------------------- **Most economical season**- Spring - Summer - Autumn [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. 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