Parkplatz Erichhütte - Erichhütte

Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving on Tauern highway. Further, we drive through the tunnel Katschberg and later also Tauerntunnel, we follow the highway towards Salzburg only to exit for Bischofshofen, from where we continue driving on a four-lane road towards the already mentioned town. From Bischofshofen we follow the signs for Höchkonig and Dienten am Höchkonig. The road starts ascending and brings us on a saddle Dientner sattel. From the saddle, we continue good 100 meters on the road which starts descending, and then we will on the right side of the road notice a parking lot on which we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue by following the signs »Erichhütte 30 min« on the mountain road which is closed for traffic. Macadam road on which we are ascending leads us by pastures with a nice view towards High Tauern and on the nearby peaks above the mountain pasture Schönbergalm. The path then leads us through a short lane of a forest where we also cross a smaller stream. Further, the path again runs by pastures all the way to the mountain hut Erichhütte on the mountain pasture Schönbergalm.

Trip can be extended to: Hoher Kopf , Hochkönig