Gföhlberg Eight

Normal hiking equipment

The starting point is the inn "Wirtshaus zur Klammhöhe" (620 m). At the parking lot, we find the first signposts towards the Gföhlberg Hut. Between the inn buildings, a farm road gently ascends to "Wallner Meadow" with a wonderful view of the Schöpfl Forest Mountains. Following the cart path, we reach a fork in the dense beech-mixed forest, where we turn right towards Gföhl / Glashütte / Kreuzwirt (signpost) and now hike through a well-stocked beech/fir forest up to the ridge. The path now turns over the ridge to the left – first gently downhill, past a Marian wayside shrine on a spruce, then gently ascending to the Praschl Chapel. After the chapel, we cross a fence, cut across a pasture (beware of dogs!) and follow the path downwards over the damp "Prückl Meadow" diagonally into a dense little forest. The path leads past a country house and a shell construction. About 100m after the shell construction, we ascend a meadow path on the left up to the ridge; a bench and a young service tree invite you to linger here. Crossing the ridge straight ahead, we quickly descend a overgrown cart path to the Gföhlberg Saddle. From here, we continue to the bend, along the gravel road past beautifully located country houses, down to Stollberg Street. The asphalt road up to Stollberg Castle and about 500 m along it leads us to the GH Kreuzwirt. Refreshed, we return to the gravel road – now we keep right after the large, well-signed lime tree towards Hainfeld/Bernau. We hike up the well-marked Vienna Woods long-distance path 404 to the Groß-Sonnleiten estate and its chapel located beforehand. A short detour to the high stand on the locally situated "Hochwiese" is rewarded with a wonderful view into the Michelbach Valley and to the Hegerberg. We leave the 404 and now follow, left of the Sonnleiten estate, the white-blue-white marking on a lovely path with beautiful views into the Gölsental and the foothills of the Alps to the Gföhlberg Saddle. Once there, we are excellently signed and marked, initially over a wooden path up to 2 m deep, leading to the Gföhlberg Hut (825 m). After a final rest, the path leads over a partly quite rocky old cart path, steadily downhill, again very well marked, back to our starting point Klammhöhe.

Parking lot of the inn Klammhöhe

Westautobahn A1, exit Altlengbach (Exit 35), roundabout towards Hainfeld into Laabental L119 up to Klammhöhe

By regional train from St. Pölten or Vienna West to Neulengbach Markt or Eichgraben/Altlengbach. By ÖBB bus to Laaben/Klamm, stop Klammhöhe

A special natural experience is a hike in early spring to see the snowdrops in bloom – best to take the path to the Gföhlberg summit at the crossroads by the bench with the service tree (see route description).