"Mountain lake tour" form the Ursprung Alp to lake Duisitzkarsee
Tour description
The tour
Map, elevation profile & further information
Ursprungalm is the starting point for this hike. From here you take trail #771 which takes you to the Giglachseen Lakes, lying in a breathtaking mountain scenery. On the way to the Lakes you walk along a historic trade route, that was already used 2,000 years ago, in the time of the Roman empire. The path back then was a trade route and alpine pass.
Once you reach the Giglachkar cirque you pass by Giglachsee Hütte chalet and walk along the Giglachseen Lakes on trail #702. You pass by Ignaz-Mattis-Hütte chalet and soon after you reach the trail junction with trail #776 at the lower end of the bigger of the two Giglachseen Lakes. You walk along trail #776 until you reach the trail crossing with trail #775 a couple of minutes later. Walking along trail #775 now you hike up along the slopes of Murspitzen, finally reaching Murspitzsattel mountain saddle at Ferchtlhöhe ridge. From there you get a first glimpse of Duisitzkarsee Lake.
The steep descent takes you down to the lake. Through a larch forest you reach Duisitzkarseehütte and Fahrlechhütte chalets at the lake. The last part of the tour takes you downhill from the lake to Eschachalm.
Parking is available near several bus stops where you can hop-on the bus to Ursprungalm and hop-off the bus from Eschachalm:
- valley terminal of Planai cable-car
- valley terminal of Hochwurzen cable-car
- Rohrmoos village center
With the Planai buses from Schladming (Planai stadion, Lendplatz) or Rohrmoos (Rohrmoos-Zentrum) to Preuneggtal valley - bus stop Ursprungalm. From Eschachalm in Obertal valley you take the bus back to Schladming and Rohrmoos.
- Buses of Planai-Hochwurzen-Bahnen: www.planaibus.at
Changes in weather patterns, quick falls in temperature, thunderstorms, wind, fog and snow are some of the dangers that can be encountered on a hiking tour. Hosts of alpine huts and mountain refuges have a lot of experience in the mountains and can give good advice about weather and the trails. Poor equipment, overestimation of one's own capabilities, carelessness, poor personal constitution and/or wrong judgement can lead to critical situations. In case of thunderstorms: avoid summits, ridges and steel ropes.
GPS data and orienteering
Available GPS data - just like hiking maps - is only a guidance for orientation and can never depict a trail exactly with all its details. Especially at dangerous spots it is essential to judge on site how to proceed.
In an emergency please call:
- 140 - for Alpine emergencies (all over Austria)
- 112 - European GSM emergency number
From the valley head at Eschachalm further into Obertal the landowners do not allow to bring along dogs.
Tourist information: www.schladming.com
Information about bus schedules: www.planaibus.at
360° drone images
Get yourself an overview with our 360° drone images:
- View over Giglachkar cirque: https://vonoben.schladming-dachstein.at/sommer/index.php?S=307
- Giglachseen and Kalkspitzen summits: https://vonoben.schladming-dachstein.at/sommer/index.php?S=308
- Lower Giglachsee Lake and Vetternkar cirque: https://vonoben.schladming-dachstein.at/sommer/index.php?S=309
- Duisitzkarsee Lake: https://vonoben.schladming-dachstein.at/sommer/index.php?S=311
- Hiking map ‘Hiking WEST’ available at the information offices in the region.
- Schladming hiking map, 1:25,000, available at the Schladming information office.
- Hiking map Schladming-Dachstein, 1:50,000, available at the information offices in the region.
- Hiking guide Schladming-Dachstein by Herbert Raffalt, available at the information offices in the region.
