Mountain hikes Dorfersee

Kals am Großglockner / Granatspitze Group
Difficulty ratings: medium
Route length: 17.4 km
Duration: 6:00 h

Wunderschön gelegener Bergsee

Tour information

  • Requirement: medium
  • Length: 17.4 km
  • Duration: 6:00 h
  • Elevation uphill:517 hm
  • Elevation downhill:521 hm
Highest point1,949 m

Starting point

Parking Dorfertal

Finishing point

Parkplatz Dorfertal
  • Fitness level 3 / 6
  • Technique 3 / 6

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Trail condition

Forest track to the Kalser Tauernhaus, then a path, partly over large stones

Equipment

Hiking boots with good traction
Source: TVB Osttirol

Description

Hike through the Dabaklamm gorge into the Dorfertal valley; it takes about 1 hour to reach the Bergeralm snack bar (1,637 m), and another hour to the Kalser Tauernhaus (1,754 m). From there, the trail climbs gently for another hour until you reach the Dorfersee (1,935 m), which was formed after a massive rockslide;

Along the trail above the Tauernhaus, five National Park educational signs guide you through the biotope conservation area, providing detailed information about the valuable flora and fauna of the upper Dorfertal and the still-intact slope moor landscape found there. An overall easy hike with plenty of varied informational opportunities; however, an ascent in the final section requires a certain level of fitness. Rewarding photo opportunities and cultural and natural history trail information await you;

A taxi transfer is available to the Kalser Tauernhaus. Reservations: Taxi Glocknertours, Tel. +43 664 5219089

Nearby huts and mountain restaurants

Getting here

  • Arrival by public transport

    with bus line 952 until bus stop Kals /Taurer

  • Parking

    Parking lot Dorfertal

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