Trail Running at the Nockberge-Trail

from the Neuen Bonner-Hütte to the Turracher Höhe

The “royal” stage: Over many soft peaks, along panoramic summit crests and past small mountain lakes in a somewhat scandinavian landscape to Turracher Höhe.

From the Neue Bonner Hütte you first follow the wide road slightly downhill, which only leads east towards Rennweg in the Laußnitztal valley. After about 800m you come to a turn-off. Here you keep going towards Ebenwald-Laußnitzer Hütte: first you take the forest path no. 113 up to Ebenwaldhöhe. At the junction you stay on your way and walk straight ahead first downhill and then a little steeper uphill to the rustic Laußnitzer Hütte. From here the trail no. 113 leads up to the idyllic Laußnitzsee, which you follow along its eastern shore. Now it goes a bit steeper uphill and then gently ascending (at the junction to the left) to the Schwarzwand (2214m).

Now you run more or less along the wonderful ridges (always following trail no. 113) just below the Gmeinnock (2.130m) past the nameless mountain lakes to the beautifully situated lake Anderlesee. Continue over the Kameritzhöhe (2.167m) to the Gaipahöhe (2.192m). Here you leave the ridge and walk down the Wiesensteig for about 180m until you reach a road. Follow that road to the left (east) almost without loss of altitude until you reach the “Blutigen Alm Hütte” (1.195m). Here you have the opportunity to inform yourself about the Speik, a small inconspicuous plant which, in fact, only occurs in the Nockberge mountains.
At the hut, choose trail no. 114 down south, past a reservoir, always along the marked hiking trail. It leads westward of the gondola to Innerkrems.

In Innerkrems you choose path no. 4 eastwards along the beautiful Donnerschlucht gorge to the beginning of the Schönfeld just before the Dr. Josef-Mehrl-Hütte: To get to the start of the path you follow the road eastwards past the hotels Frühauf and Berghof until a small road with path mark no. 4 branches off to the left.

Shortly before the Dr. Josef-Mehrl-Hütte you do not turn north into the Schönfeld, but choose the gravel road (path no. 126) following the stream Kremsbach to the south; this turns into a path and leads through the scenic valley floor of the Rosaninalm gently uphill. Remarkable is the strongly meandering river Kremsbach, whose winding stream bed results from the very low gradient. A little later the path moves away from the stream and the terrain becomes steeper. Passing an ecologically valuable marshland, you reach the slandering Rosanin Lake at 2.057m above sea level, which is surrounded to the southeast. From the lake you go in serpentines up to the crest of the north-western foothills of the Großer Königstuhl, where you meet trail no. 125. Follow this to the left until you reach the summit of the Großen Königstuhl (2.336m), one of the most famous mountains of the Nockberge.

The following section of the trail highlights the vastness of the Nockberge mountains particularly well: from Königstuhl take trail no. 125 over the mountain ridge to the slightly lower Karlnock. On the other side you descend a few meters and now leave the ridge: You cross the Stangboden to the west below the Stangnock until you reach the Stangscharte. Now continue along path no. 123 (later no. 126) below Gregerlnock via Schneegrubensattel to Pregatscharte. Now you cross over path no. 126 north of the Simmerleck until you reach a crossing at 1.969m above sea level.

Here you choose path no. 126 down to the Winkleralm. Continue without height gain or loss over the Schafalm and after a short ascent over the Steinturrach down to the Turracher Höhe and the beautiful lake Turrachsee.

Difficulty: medium
Length: 37,9 km
Ascent: 1.880 Hm
Decent: 1.814 Hm