The Saalach Valley Ridgeway (german: Saalachtaler Höhenweg) is a roughly five-hour long ridgeway trail in the

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

part of the

Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps (german: Kitzbüheler Alpen or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone ( greywacke zon ...

between

Leogang Leogang is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria. It is a famous winter sports and summer mountain hiking resort. Population Sights : Mining and Gothic Museum :tourist mine Schwarzl ...

and

Saalfelden Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer is a town in the district of Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg. With approximately 16,000 inhabitants, Saalfelden is the district's largest town and the third of the federal state after Salzburg and H ...

. The way runs along the mountain chain that separates the valley of the

Glemmtal The Glemmtal ("Glemm Valley") in the Austrian state of Salzburg is the valley of the roughly 30 km long upper reaches of the River Saalach. It belongs to the northern Pinzgau The Bezirk Zell am See is an administrative district ('' Bezirk ...

in the south from the Leoganger Tal in the north. The marked trail runs from the ''Asitz Hut'' near the top station of the Asitzbahn (1,752 m) south of

in a southwestern direction to the 1,914 m high ''Asitzkopf''. It then continues over the 188 m high ''Schabergkogel'' and the 1,853 m ''Geierkogel'' eastwards to the 1,875 m high ''Haiderbergkogel''. Crossing the 1,764 m high ''Durchenkopf'', the 1,616 m high ''Weikersbacherköpfl'', the 1,541 m high ''Weikersbacher Kopf'' and the ''Biberg'' it carries on to the top station of the ''Huggenbergalm'' above

. From here the journey to the valley may be made using the

cable car Cable car most commonly refers to the following cable transportation systems: * Aerial lift, such as aerial tramways and gondola lifts, in which the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable ** Aerial tramway ** Chairlift ** Gondola lift ** ...

or the

sommerrodelbahn A summer toboggan is an amusement or recreational ride which uses a bobsled-like sled or cart to run down a track usually built on the side of a hill. There are two main types: an Alpine coaster or mountain coaster is a type of roller coaster ...

. A variation of the route starts at the summit station of the Kohlmaisbahn on the ''Kohlmaiskopf'' (1,794 m) above Saalbach and runs over the 1,910 m high ''Wildenkarkogel'' to the Asitzkopf. This variation takes about an hour longer and is more challenging.

References

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