Josefweg - 2nd stage of the spiritual round course

St. Joseph's Trail (Josefweg) is a spiritual round course from Lake Traunsee to Lake Attersee and back in three stages. The second stage takes you from Weyregg am Attersee to Großalm.
2nd stage:   
With only 17 km, the second stage is the shortest stage of the St. Joseph's Trail.
Via the Jubiläumsallee we arrive at the aquarium and can make a small detour to the church of Weyregg. We then continue on the Attersee-Ostuferweg (Eastern Attersee trail) which, in the beginning, is also called Wasser-Roas-Weg (themed trail on the topic of water with interesting information panels on Lake Attersee).
 
After a solid hour of walking, we may want to take a break at the restaurant Bramosen (last inn on this stage until we get to the end of today's stage).
After passing Alexenau, our trail continues in a steep ascent  towards Bramhosen, partly on smaller paths, partly on forest roads.
At the Seeleitenstüberl, you can fill up your water bottle with fresh water from the spring. After another 500 metres, we turn towards the east and stay on forest roads until the end of the day, passing junctions with such telling names as 'Praterstern' and 'Almstall'.
The forest roads take us a bit uphill but mostly downhill - thus, we can easily immerse in meaningful conversations or quiet contemplation.
As soon as the forest road converges into the country road, we take to the right and continue for about 800 metres in western direction. We should not miss out on the logging dam 'Nadasdy Klause'.  The sign indicating 'Gasthof Großalm’ directs us to today's stage finish.  
 
Here, we can call it a day quite early and can use the remaining hours for having a close look around Großalm. The building looks back on an interesting history and has a beautiful private chapel.

Total hiking time: 4 – 5 h, 17 km

The Traunsee-Taxi can take you to your destination (stretch Großalm - Altmünster) at low prices and any day of the week between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.) Please call 050 422 422 an hour in advance of your desired departure. For further information get in  touch with one of the tourist offices of Ferienregion Traunsee, or visit www.traunseetaxi.at