Ascent to Hoher Sarstein

There are at least three ascent routes to Sarstein. We started in the free parking lot near the village of Potschen. Initially, the path leads through the forest, but there are also places from where you can see Lake Hallstatt and the hills around it.

In some places, views of the mountains and the lake open up in the forest. The ascent is very intense and so every such view and stop will come in handy.

After about two to two and a half hours, you will reach these two cottages. You can buy beer here and there is a spring with drinking water right on the path in front of them. From here, about 200 meters remain to the top.

In the middle of the holidays, many species of flowers bloomed here and many butterflies flew. The views from the saddle of the mountain huts were worth it!

After less than three hours, we reached the top. From the parking lot we climbed around 1250m on a hot summer day. Despite the beautiful weather, the surrounding peaks were shrouded in a gentle haze.

The Dachstein is in the palm of your hand from here. Unfortunately, the haze clung to him all the time.

On the way down back to the parking lot.

There were really a lot of butterflies here. They sat on our backpacks, hair, hands …

We spent the night near the Altausseer See. The views from the sleeping bag on the clear sky above us completed another wonderful day in Austria.