HIKING HAPPINESS ON THE TAUPLITZALM

The Styrian Enns Valley offers a variety of beautiful hiking areas, sweeping mountain ranges and majestic peaks. Here you can hike leisurely to your heart’s content, undertake challenging mountain tours and achieve impressive summit victories.

One of the most beautiful hiking areas can be found on the Tauplitzalm. With an altitude of around 1600 meters and an area of 5 km², the Tauplitzalm is the largest lake plateau in Central Europe.

Hiking on this plateau with its six glistening lakes, flowering meadows and wonderfully fragrant forests is an experience for all the senses and an unforgettable experience.

Join us on a hiking tour through magical scenery!

Between lakes, forests and meadows

A hike is the perfect way to relax your mind and recharge your batteries in the midst of beautiful nature. The 6-lake hike on the Tauplitzalm offers a beautiful landscape of lakes, meadows and forests and fascinating panoramic views.

The hiking trails of the 6-lake hike are family-friendly and can be customized in length. The entire hike takes around 5 hours. Smaller stages are possible from as little as one hour.

From the IMLAUER Hotel Schloss Pichlarn you can reach the valley station to the Tauplitzalm in just 15 minutes. The 4-seater chairlift “Tauplitz I + II” takes you comfortably up to 1,650 m.

Attention: The summer operation of the Tauplitz-Bergbahnen runs from June 24 to September 10, 2023. Before and after that, you can reach the Tauplitzalm via the toll road from Bad Mitterndorf, weather permitting.

6-lake hike © Die Tauplitz / Tom Lamm

Dreamlike landscapes

We start our hike from the mountain station of the Tauplitz cable car. First we head west towards Krallersee, a moorland lake surrounded by green slopes and small woods. With an area of 0.75 hectares, the Krallersee is one of the smaller lakes and can therefore be easily circumnavigated.

Continue east to the large lake. With an area of 6.2 hectares and a depth of up to 40 m, it lives up to its name. A pleasant hiking trail leads around the lake. The lake is surrounded by green areas and conifers and is an ideal place to take a short break.

Five minutes north of the large lake is the fairytale lake. It is the smallest of the six lakes, but with its beautiful color and fairytale surroundings, it is also the most romantic.

Wonderful views far and near

After the Märchensee, the hike continues eastwards to the Tauplitzsee. It is another moorland lake and slightly twice the size of the Märchensee. It is a little more open than the other lakes and is nestled between flowering alpine meadows.

Continue east to the Steirersee lake. At 12.5 hectares, it is twice as large as the large lake and has a depth of up to 30 meters. It is beautifully nestled between wooded mountain hills and offers a panoramic view not to be missed from the “Steirersee-Bankerl”. From here you can clearly see the 2,028 m high Sturzhahn, which was first climbed by mountaineering and Tibet legend Heinrich Harrer.

Further east you come to the Schwarzensee, which is particularly impressive with its crystal-clear water. It covers an area of 5.3 hectares and is deeply embedded in the steep mountain slopes.

It is the last of the 5 lakes on the Tauplitzalm and from here you head back west to the mountain station of the Tauplitzbahn.

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