Description
Starting from the idyllic Ötscher village Lackenhof, follow the marked hiking trail No. 4/4b-16 over the Riffelsattel further through the romantically wild "Türndlmauer" to Feldwiesalm. Here it is recommended to stop at the hut to recharge your energy. After the break, the path continues towards Gemeindealpe, Eiserner Herrgott, and Brunnsteinalm. On a rocky path downhill, past the Erlauf spring through the Steinbach ditch out to Lindenhof, you will find Gasthof Seewirt at Erlaufsee.
Starting point of the tour
Lackenhof, Weitental
Destination point of the tour
Erlaufsee, Gasthof Seewirt
Route description Lackenhof - Feldwiesalm - Erlaufsee
Variant A: Lackenhof Weitental - from the Ötscherlift valley station via the marked path (No. 5a) to Riffelboden. Here you leave the forest road straight ahead. The path leads after a short walk to the new Ötscher family descent and continues on the left side of the descent, up the embankment into the shady forest. After many switchbacks and a steep ascent, you reach a side branch of the descent. It continues there, to later reach the Riffelsattel via a forest path on the right (1283 m above sea level), an important crossroads! Direction Türndlmauer to Feldwiesalm.
(Alternative Variant B to Feldwiesalm: Start at 8:30 am, ascent with the chairlift to the Ötscher-Schutzhaus. Descend via hiking trail No. 4 (red marking) to Riffelsattel, then via hiking trail No. 4b towards smaller Ötscher in the direction of "Türndlmauer." Before Hocheckkogel, keep right and pass the more rugged Mittereckkogel past a cold spring to a forest road, along the forest road for about 10–15 minutes, then after a sharp right turn, left into the forest and ascent towards Jägerberg, descending over clearings in the hollow between Jägerberg and Sagerkogel to "Feldwies," along the forest road left in the forest and at the right curve straight through the pasture gate to the already visible Halter hut of Feldwiesalm.)
After a break at the Halter hut, set off towards Gemeindealpe (trail marking red-blue), along the forest road after a wooded section take the right forest road (blue) and after about 100 m leave it to the left onto a footpath towards Eiserner Herrgott and Brunnsteinalm. At the fork turn left towards Erlaufsee (about 5 km left, 1 ¾ hours to Gasthof Seewirt).
(Alternatively, you can also go right here via the farm "Höchbauer" (1255 m above sea level) towards Zellerrain. From here it is about 2 km or ¾ hour to Zellerrain.)
From the junction before Brunnsteinalm through the saddle hollow to the forest road, cross it and go down diagonally into the forest on the right, at the next fork keep right (blue-red) and go steeply downhill on a rocky path to the dilapidated Engleitenalm by the Grubenmauer. Through the ditch to the hairpin bend at the former Schwaiger Alm and continue down the footpath to the clearing of the former Rohrbacher Alm and past the Erlauf spring (source stream of the Erlauf) through the Steinbach ditch out to Lindenhof, then right over the Erlauf to Gasthof Seewirt.
Directions
Exit the A1 at Ybbs - Erlauftal federal road B25 to Grubberg - at junction turn onto B71 to Langau/Maierhöfen - turn left to Lackenhof - in Lackenhof to the parking lot of the Gr. Ötscher double chairlift in Weitental (fee required!)
Parking
Valley station of the Gr. Ötscher double chairlift in Weitental (fee required!)
Line of the VOR or by Postbus. Timetable information at: www.vor.at, T +43 810/222324 /
Verbund line, www.verbundlinie.at, T +43 50/678910
