Circular Hike
Wegscheidalmen & Riedlhütte

The adventure begins at the Jägerwirt in Scheffau. Head right along a small road. Then, after passing a barrier across the road, take the trail up to the Wegscheid-Niederalm, an old hut where today all you will find is a barn. The hut itself was carried away by an avalanche in 2012. This first part of the hike is relatively easy and takes around 45 minutes to complete. From the former hut you can either stay on the easy forest road or take the more direct route up through a series of meadows to the Wegscheid-Hochalm hut (1,212 metres). Please be aware that the hut is closed to the public and does not serve food or drink. From here the trail heads left and at some point splits in two. You need to follow the Wilder-Kaiser-Steig (WKS) heading right towards the Gruttenhütte. The trail leads for about an hour through mountain pine shrubs and partly through sparse forest and over scree fields in a varied up and down to the road leading to the Gruttenhütte (1,620 metres). This is a good place to stop for a rest. The trail is always on the west and south side of the Treffauer-Tuxeck massif. On the Gruttenhütten farm trail, the route now descends to the right for around two hundred metres to the Riedlhütte (1,228 metres). The highest point of this circular hike (1,446 metres) has already been passed at this beautiful and popular resting place, where you can stop for a bite to eat. From now on, there are only just over three hundred metres of downhill to go. The route follows a gentle road downhill via the Buchauer and Stoabrandalm pastures, passing through an extensive wooded area. The path then leads across a meadow to the hamlet of Kaisern. Now take a short stretch on an asphalt road to the Gregglberg forest and then follow the hiking trail down to Steinacker (875 metres). Keep right here and walk down to a bridge or over a footbridge up the short ascent to the Jägerwirt and you have reached the starting point.