Palfnersee Bad Gastein

Photo: Walter Bielefeld · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

6.0km
Total Distance
561m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A 6 km climb of about 560 m above Bad Gastein to the Palfner See, a lake at 2,071 m in the Hohe Tauern National Park. The lake, about 4.9 hectares, lies in a valley between the Graukogel, the Palfner Seekogel, the Feuersang and the Hoher Stuhl. Large granite gneiss boulders line its northern shore, and the smaller Kleiner Palfner See lies a little below.

Route Map

Along the trail

  1. 1
    Graukogelhütte · 3.5km
    Mountain hut
  2. 2
    Shelter · 3.5km
  3. 3
    Zirbenbett · 3.8km
    Shelter
  4. 4
    Viewpoint · 3.9km
Path grade (SAC)
T2
Surface
gravel 67%, rock 33%
Marked route
Wanderweg 527

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Difficulty

3/5 · Moderate