Haute Route 6. Etappe: Gscheid – Mitterbach – Vorderötscher | Ötscher Tormäuer Nature Park

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Difficulty: Difficult
Distance: 26,69 km
Duration: 7:30 h
Ascent: 408 m elevation gain
Descent: 467 m elevation gain

Difficulty: Difficult
Distance: 26,69 km
Duration: 7:30 h
Ascent: 408 m elevation gain
Descent: 467 m elevation gain

Fitness level required:5/6

Lowest point: 786 m
Highest point: 1028 m

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Haute Route, Stage 6: Gscheid – Mitterbach – Vorderötscher
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Route description
On the Vienna Mariazellerweg Trail to the Ötscher-Tormäuer Nature Park
Route: Kernhofer Gscheid – Krumbachsattel – Walster / Hubertussee – Schwarzwalster – Schindelgraben – Mitterbach (800 m; walking time from Gscheid: 4½ hours, Mariazellerbahn to St. Pölten) – Erlaufklauser Reservoir – Ötscherstraße (or “Ötscherhias” snack bar – Ötschergräben) – Vorderötscher Mountain Hut (888 m).

Waypoint: VorderötscherMountain Hut (open May through October,

Tel. +43 2728 21100. www.vorderoetscher.info )

Additional valley town: Mitterbach am Erlaufsee (Tourist Information Office,

Tel. +43 3882 4211, www.mitterbach.at ).

Letzte Änderung: 31 Jul 2026