Arrival by public transport
KaiserJet stop “Ellmau Alte Post” or Postbus stop “Ellmau Dorf Bauhof”.
More information at: www.wilderkaiser.info/mobility
Shall we let you in on a mountain secret? If you want to see a mountain massif in its full dimension and beauty, then quickly walk up the mountain on the other side.
The Astberg Trail is a varied beginners' trail circuit between the Kaiser villages of Ellmau and Going. After a leisurely start, you head uphill on rooty forest paths and forest roads until you reach the Astbergsee lake unexpectedly and practically "from behind". From here you have a fantastic view of the Wilder Kaiser opposite.
You start at the tourist information in Ellmau and leave the village on the Kapellenweg. At the turnoff to the Kapellenpark, continue walking straight ahead and across the ski meadow in the direction of Going, where you still walk briefly through the settlement area. Immediately after the valley station of the Astberg cable car, turn right and follow trail no. 8a and the Lanzenweg towards Going. On this you get directly to the church square and continue on the Söllnerweg, where trail no. 7 branches off to the right towards Astberg. At first it's a leisurely incline across the meadow, gradually the path becomes a bit steeper and it goes up alternately on a root path and a forest road through the forest. We leave the Hollenauer Kreuz snack station on the right and continue up the forest road - until we finally reach the Astbergsee lake "from behind" via a forest trail, where we are rewarded with a fantastic view of the Wilder Kaiser. This is also the highest point of the loop, from now on it's all downhill: over the toboggan run, through the Ellmau district of Vetterstätt to the Marienkapelle chapel and through the Kapellenpark back to the village to the tourist information.
KaiserJet stop “Ellmau Alte Post” or Postbus stop “Ellmau Dorf Bauhof”.
More information at: www.wilderkaiser.info/mobility
Public car parks in Ellmau centre or Ellmau west (800 m) - for free
Astberg Trail
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