Long hike round Katschberg mountain via Gontal (18/19/20)
Hiking route
· Katschberg-Liesertal-Maltatal
Distance 9.3 km
Author’s recommendation

Author
Sigi Peitler
Update: August 31, 2022
Highest point
1,913 m
Lowest point
1,655 m
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Track types
Asphalt
0.3 km
Unknown
9 km
Start
Katschberg tourist information (1,654 m)
Coordinates:
DD
47.058124, 13.614348
DMS
47°03'29.2"N 13°36'51.7"E
UTM
33T 394769 5212554
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Destination
Dorfplatz Katschberg
Turn-by-turn directions
Starting from Katschberg tourist information, the walk leads through the hotel village. When you reach Hotel Cristallo, take the slightly uphill path on the left that doesn’t lead through the tunnel. This takes you over Hüttendorf Landal. After a few hundred metres you’ll see trail no. 19 signposted on the right (large gate) to Gamskogelhütte. Stay on this path (also called Herzerlweg), and you’ll soon reach the Marienkapelle and beyond it to the left is a track that leads past a small pond and up round the mountain to Gontalscharte at 1,911m. From here take trail no.18 downhill towards Pritzhütte or Hanslbauerhütte (chalet). Return via forest path no. 20 from Pritzhütte to Katschberghöhe. If you have chosen the path over Hanslbauerhütte, continue over flat terrain for a short while and then slightly downhill until you reach a gate with a signpost directing to the right. Here a narrow steep track leads to Oberkatschberg. You arrive right back at Gasthof Bacher on asphalted trail no. 20.
Note
all notes on protected areas
Getting there
Parking
Coordinates
DD
47.058124, 13.614348
DMS
47°03'29.2"N 13°36'51.7"E
UTM
33T 394769 5212554
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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike
Equipment
Distance
9.3 km
Duration
3:00 h
Ascent
359 m
Descent
359 m
Highest point
1,913 m
Lowest point
1,655 m
Statistics
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Maps and trails
- 4 Waypoints
- 4 Waypoints
Distance
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Duration
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Ascent
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Descent
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Highest point
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Lowest point
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