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Amstettner Hütte (from Gaflenz)

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Tour-Details

Path number: E01

Starting place: 3334 Gaflenz

Destination: 3340 Waidhofen an der Ybbs

duration: 4h 0m

length: 12,5 km

Altitude difference (uphill): 511m

Altitude difference (downhill): 505m

Lowest point: 477m

Highest point: 981m

difficulty: easy

condition: easy

panoramic view: Some Views

Paths covering:

Asphalt, Path / trail, Gravel, Street, Hiking trail, Other

Short description:
Circular trail to the Amstettner Hütte and via Oberland back to Gaflenz

Quality of experience: *

Recommended season:

March
April
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September
October
November

Properties:

Loop
Refreshment stops available

Description:
The trail leads from the center of Gaflenz in the direction of the train station and continues along the little-used goods road to "Wieden". Via the Bürgertal uphill to the Forsteralm and then on to the Amstettner Hütte.

From the Amstettner Hütte the trail leads back to parking lot 2 of the Forsteralm, then to Oberland and from there back to Gaflenz.

Variant: From parking lot 2 Forsteralm a shortened ascent is possible.

Directions:
The trail leads from the center of Gaflenz in the direction of the train station and continues along the little-used goods road to "Wieden". Via the Bürgertal uphill to the Forsteralm and then on to the Amstettner Hütte.

From the Amstettner Hütte the trail leads back to parking lot 2 of the Forsteralm, then to Oberland and from there back to Gaflenz.

Variant: From parking lot 2 Forsteralm a shortened ascent is possible.

Tip:
Climate-friendly to the National Park Region - railway station Gaflenz or Oberland: By train you can reach the starting point for this hike in about 2 hours from Linz and in about 2.5 hours from Vienna.

Tour and route information

Starting point: Gaflenz

Destination: Gaflenz

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Amstettner Hütte

Gasthof Stubauer

Amstettner Hütte

Arrival

Accessibility / arrival

Getting there
From Salzburg/Linz: A1 motorway exit Enns-Steyr > B115 into the Enns Valley.

From Vienna: A1 motorway exit Haag > B42 > B122 > B115 into the Enns Valley

From Passau: A8 Passau > Wels > A1 motorway exit Enns-Steyr > B115 into the Enns Valley

From Graz: A9 Pyhrnautobahn > motorway exit Klaus > Grünburg > into the Ennstal valley

Public Transit
Public transport: The Ennstalbahn runs between Linz and Weißenbach-St. Gallen.

Details at www.ooevv.at

Railway Stations are located in Ternberg, Trattenbach, Losenstein, Reichraming, Großraming, Gaflenz, Weyer, Küpfern, Kastenreith, Kleinreifling and Weißenbach-St. Gallen.

Parking
parking in the center of the village