HOHE TAUERN PANORAMA TRAIL | ET05: Rettenstein View | Wildkogelbahn Mountain Station/Neukirchen-Bramberg - Hollersbach

How do you get to the start of your stage? Before this stage, you overnight in the valley in Bramberg or Neukirchen.

If you stay overnight in Neukirchen, then you take the Wildkogelbahn in Neukirchen from the valley station in the town center up to the mountain station. From here, you always hike south of the ridge towards the east until you reach the mountain station of the Smaragdbahn after 20 minutes. Alternatively, you can also take the Smaragdbahn in Bramberg up to the mountain station. From the mountain station of the Smaragdbahn, you start the stage coming from the mountain station of the Wildkogelbahn.

The first ascent starts at both cable cars at 9:00 am – if you register in time the day before by 12:00 noon (by email to info@wildkogel-arena.at or by phone at +43 720 710 730), usually the cable car can already be used from 8:00 am.

Here you can find the opening times of the cable cars >>

Tip: With the National Park Summer Card, a ride on the cable car is free of charge. You get the National Park Summer Card from the first night at the participating accommodations.

Right behind the Christophorus Chapel at the mountain station of the Smaragdbahn, the hiking trail ascends to the summit of Wildkogel (2,224 m). From here, follow the path slightly downhill along the ridge. At the weather cross, the path leads into the forest and soon meets a forest road. Turn right here to stay on the hiking trail. When you next meet the forest road, follow it a few meters to the left and then turn right back onto the hiking trail. Keep left at the next two junctions and follow the path to a parking lot. Continue straight on the hiking trail until it joins a street. Turn right onto this street and follow the hairpin bends to the Bergkristall guesthouse and further to the Geislhof guesthouse. Behind Geislhof, the hiking trail starts again. It leads downhill in a few bends. At the next opportunity, turn right and follow the path into the village area of Mühlbach. There you will meet an asphalt road again. Keep right here and cross the stream over the bridge on the left side. Immediately afterwards, turn left again. At the fork, choose the right path and then go straight ahead. The path initially ascends slightly to the forest. There, turn right off the asphalt road onto the hiking trail and go slightly downhill again. Then continue on mostly level terrain until the path meets a street again. At this point, keep right and pass the farmhouse. Then go under the Kitzbüheler Alpen Panorama Cable Car and at the next junction take a left again. Walk straight past the wayside shrine and the following waysign and then turn right onto a steep path leading down towards the railway track. Walk along the street beside the railway tracks to the bridge. To reach today's stage destination, the village square Hollersbach, cross the Salzach here and then first turn right and then left. Walk over the parking lot by the bathing lake towards the town center. The path passes the sports field and goes between the houses.

Note: If weather conditions do not allow stage 05, then the alternative route 05 Sonnenweg | Bramberg-Hollersbach is recommended.

Alpine hiking equipment is needed for the Hohe Tauern Panorama Trail:

Day hiking backpack (approx. 20 liters) with rain cover Sturdy and comfortable footwear Weather-adapted and durable clothing in layers. The Hohe Tauern Panorama Trail is usually at altitudes between 1,300m and 2,450m - this must be considered when selecting your hiking equipment (especially clothing). Trekking poles are recommended due to often long descents Sun and rain protection Make sure to bring enough provisions and sufficiently large drinking bottles since not all stages have refreshment stops or wells (e.g., on stages 5 and 7) First aid kit Pocket knife Mobile phone Stage description or hiking map

If weather conditions do not allow stage 05 from Wildkogelhaus in Bramberg to Hollersbach, then the alternative route 05 Sonnenweg | Bramberg-Hollersbach is recommended.

From the north: Inntal Autobahn A12 (toll vignette required), exit Zillertal, Bundesstraße B169. From Munich on the A12 to exit Kufstein Süd (St-Johann-Kitzbühel-Pass Thurn) and continue via B165 to Wald/Königsleiten or to the exit Zillertal, continue via B169 to Zell am Ziller and B165 Hainzenberg and Gerlospass to Bramberg. From the east: A10 Tauern Autobahn to Werfen, B311 to Schwarzach, Zell am See, then on B168 to Mittersill and further on B165 Autobahn A12 direction Salzburg - exit Zillertal via B169 to Zell am Ziller and B165 Hainzenberg and Gerlospass to Bramberg.

Start is at the mountain station of the Wildkogelbahn or Smaragdbahn.

Coming from Zell am See 1st option starting stage in 5733 Bramberg: From Zell am See train station take regional bus 670 (Krimml via Uttendorf-Mittersill-Neukirchen) to Bramberg train station. From there about 5 minutes walk to the valley station of the Smaragdbahn Bramberg (Senningerfeld 1, 5733 Bramberg) (ATTENTION: daily operation: 27.06. - 14.09.2025), the starting point of the stage.

Coming from Zell am See 2nd option starting stage in 5741 Neukirchen: From Zell am See train station take regional bus 670 (Krimml via Uttendorf-Mittersill-Neukirchen) to Neukirchen town center. From there about 3 minutes walk to the valley station of the Wildkogelbahn Neukirchen (Wildkogelbahnstraße 343, 5741 Neukirchen), the starting point of the stage.

Coming from Zillertal from Zell am Ziller train station take regional bus 4094 to Almdorf Königsleiten Abzw.Gerlospass. Change to regional bus 673 (Wald town center via Krimml). At Krimml train station change to regional bus 670 (Mittersill train station via Neukirchen) to the stop Neukirchen town center. From there about 3 minutes walk to the valley station of the Wildkogelbahn Neukirchen (Wildkogelbahnstraße 343, 5741 Neukirchen). Or stop Bramberg train station with 5 minutes walk to the valley station Smaragdbahn Bramberg (Senningerfeld 1, 5733 Bramberg).

Current timetables at https://fahrplan.salzburg-verkehr.at/

Parking spaces are available at the respective starting points of the trail journey. Most parking lots are free of charge and not supervised!

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Gerlosstraße 18 5730 Mittersill, Austria
Tel. +43 6562 40939, Email: hohetauerntrail@nationalpark.at

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Please bring enough provisions and water on this stage – you will not pass any refreshment stops or wells.

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