Walks on the crest of the Hongar

Walk up the Hongar

Salzkammergut / Austria
Nion-smoker Apartments / Grabler

Characteristic:
Family walk

Catering: alpine inns

Villages: Pinsdorf or Reindlmühl/Altmünster on the lake Traunsee, Aurach am Hongar,
Weyregg on the lake Attersee, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria

Destination: The Hongar is situated in the middle of a long mountain crest
between the lakes Traunsee and Attersee
– it’s the most northern part of the mountain range Höllengebirge.

The path leads over a wooded crest with many places with a good view from Pinsdorf to the lake Attersee.
Off course, you can also just walk on a part of the crest, starting from various villages and into various directions along forest roads and paths.
In the southern part of the region exists a relatively narrow road between the lake Attersee and the valley Aurach-Tal..
The longest crossing begins at the animal kingdom museum Höller in the valley of the Aurach (480 m) - 15 minutes by car from the house Grabler, Altmünster.
Here you’ve got the possibility to drive up the road to the inn Kronberg (800 m).
Walk, beginning from the inn, in about one-and-a-half hour over the Hongar (943 m) to the inn Schwarz (884 m), where you can enjoy the great view of the mountain range Höllengebirge and of the foothills of the Alps.
This inn can be reached also from the northern side of the Hongar, from the village Aurach am Hongar – first drive up the street about 750 m and then walk in about 20 minutes to the inn.
Walk from the inn Schwarz in about one hour over the mountain Alpenberg (973 m) to the serviced alpine pasture hut Kreuzingalm (800 m).
If you'd like to go from the Kreuzingalm to the last summit before the lake Attersee, to the Gahberg (864 m) with his great view of the lake Attersee and the region Attergau, you will need another hour of walk.
Unfortunately there isn’t any attractive way-back variant on this tour – if it’s possible go with two cars and park one at the beginning and one on the end of the tour.
However, in the middle part of the crest is a shorter round-trip possible:
Go by car to the valley of the Wessenaurach in the village Kasten (563 m) and walk in about one hour up the Hongar.
In further 20 minutes you’ll reach the inn Schwarz, and go then to the Kreuzingalm, from there walk back along the river to the car, which will take you also one hour.

Written area guides and moving maps are available in our bookshops
and/or can be also borrowed.