Guidebook of 30 stunning day walks in the beautiful Salzkammergut lake district of Austria. Easy to get to from Linz and Salzburg, the area is studded with lakes and bristling with mountain peaks, and has a great range of waymarked trails, from lakeside strolls to challenging mountain walks. The routes in this book are within the capabilities of any reasonably fit walker, many are suitable for family hiking, and cablecars and lifts can often be used to make walks shorter or easier. Walks range from 6 to 16km and a simple grading system makes it easy to choose the right one.

Walks are centred around a number of bases, such as Bad Ischl, Fuschl am See, St Gilgen, Ebensee, Bad Aussee, Gößl, and Hallstatt, and explore the mountains of the famous Dachstein and Totes Gebirge, and many of the area's beautiful lakes, including the Fuschlsee, Mondsee and Traunsee.

Table of contents
Contents
Introduction
Geography and geology
Climate
Wildlife and plants
History
Getting to Austria
Getting around by public transport
Accommodation
Food
Language
Money
Phones
Maps
Waymarking
Hiking with kids
Longer routes
Low impact hiking
Safety and emergencies
Using this guide

Fuschlsee, Wolfgangsee and Mondsee
Walk 1 Fuschlsee circuit
Walk 2 Ellmaustein from Fuschl am See
Walk 3 Filbling from Fuschl am See
Walk 4 Plombergstein from St Gilgen
Walk 5 Zwölferhorn
Walk 6 St Wolfgang to St Gilgen via Falkenstein
Walk 7 Schafberg to Fürberg and St Gilgen
Walk 8 Almkogel and Eibensee from St Lorenz

Traunsee to Bad Ischl
Walk 9 Grünberg and Laudachsee
Walk 10 Vorderer and Hinterer Langbathsee
Walk 11 Feuerkogel, Alberfeldkogel and Helmeskogel
Walk 12 Grosser Höllkogel and Riederhütte
Walk 13 Offensee to Rinnerhütte and Wildensee
Walk 14 Katrin (Seven Lakes View Trail)
Walk 15 Ewige Wand

Ausseerland – Altausseer See, Grundlsee and Totes Gebirge
Walk 16 Altausseer See circuit
Walk 17 Loser
Walk 18 Trisselwand
Walk 19 Tressenstein
Walk 20 Grundlsee, Toplitzsee and Kammersee
Walk 21 Drei Seen Blick
Walk 22 Vorderer and Hinterer Lahngangsee and Pühringerhütte

Dachstein, Hallstätter See and Gosausee
Walk 23 Hallstätter See East Shore Trail
Walk 24 Hallstatt to Weisberghaus and Gjaidalm via Echerntal
Walk 25 Dachstein Nature Trail
Walk 26 Taubenkogel from Gjaidalm
Walk 27 Heilbronner Trail
Walk 28 Vorderer Gosausee and Hinterer Gosausee
Walk 29 Löckermoos
Walk 30 Gosausee to Theodor-Körner Hütte

Appendix A Route summary table
Appendix B Gateway cities: Salzburg and Linz
Appendix C Further reading
Appendix D English–German glossary
Appendix E Useful contacts