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Lunzer See - Obersee - Dürrenstein - Ybbstaler Hut
Hiking tour Starting from Hiking start point Seehof
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 15,15 km
- Duration: 6:30 h
- Ascent: 1241 m elevation gain
- Descent: 515 m elevation gain
Hike through the Seetal valley up to the summit of Dürrenstein, here opens up a breathtaking 360° panorama.
- Starting point of the tour
- Hiking start point Seehof
- Tour destination
- Ybbstaler Hut
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 15,15 km
- Duration: 6:30 h
- Ascent: 1241 m elevation gain
- Descent: 515 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:5/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:6/6
- Lowest point615 m
- Highest point1811 m
- Stage tour
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
- Summit tour
Description
The path leads past Seehof castle through the Seebach valley towards Obersee. After about an hour you reach Mittersee with crystal-clear spring water. It gets even louder as soon as you pass the 60m high Ludwigfall waterfall and shortly thereafter the “roaring bull”, an underground waterfall! Upon reaching the mystical natural jewel Obersee, you immediately sense that there are still numerous hidden natural treasures to discover here.
The subsequent steep ascent to the Leonhardikreuz near the Herrenalm (temporarily closed) then takes you past the “Großes Schneeloch” (large shaft doline). Shortly thereafter you stand at the Dürrenstein summit (1878 m) with its elaborate Töpper cross.
The summit opens up a breathtaking 360° panorama.
The descent leads over a karst plateau with deep doline depressions and rich alpine flora, covered with krummholz and tall herbaceous plants, to the Ybbstaler Hut.
- Equipment Mountain equipment required.
- Route description Trail marking: 2
- Parking directly at the hiking start point
- Getting there By car – from Linz, Salzburg, Munich or Vienna via the A1 to the Ybbs an der Donau exit – then continue via the B25 to Lunz am See
- Public transport By bus & train – by train to Scheibbs or Waidhofen an der Ybbs and from there onwards by bus to Lunz am See
- Editor’s tip We recommend staying overnight at the Ybbstaler Hut. Various descent options are possible – the hut keeper will be happy to advise you!
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Current weather on site
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Tomorrow, 12.02.2026
Light rain shower
Wind speed1,4 km/h
Tourism Office Ybbstaler Alps
Amonstraße 16, 3293 Lunz am See
T +43 7486 93049
E info@ybbstaler-alpen.at
www.ybbstaler-alpen.at