Mary's Rock Chapel loop from Matreier Tauernhaus

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Mary's Rock Chapel loop from Matreier Tauernhaus

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Mary's Rock Chapel loop from Matreier Tauernhaus

03:28

11.3km

240m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Nationalpark Hohe Tauern

Schutzzone Gams/Steinbock

Waypoints

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Parking

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1.85 km

Gschlößtal Valley and the Old Tauern Trail

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The Gschlößtal is a side valley of the Tauerntal. There are 2 alpine settlements here: Outer Gschlöß and Inner Gschlöß - both rustic alpine settlements. The highlight of the valley …

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4.83 km

Innergschlöss Alpine Village and Glacier View

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Great old house huts (some souvenir shops) along the way, where a visit is definitely worth it. It is possible to travel from the Matreier Tauernhaus to Innergschlöss with a tractor-train.

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5.00 km

Gschlößtal Valley by the Großvenediger

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Beautiful valley with rustic alpine settlements and a great view of the Großvenediger and the Schlattenkees.

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7.45 km

Glacier view at Gschlößbach

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Wonderful view of the Großvenediger with its glacier

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7.51 km

View of Großvenediger (3,657 m)

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The beautiful view of the "Großvenediger" can be reached via a great, not too difficult circular hiking trail on foot or via the Gschlöss road, by hiking taxi, the Gschlössbähnle (small train), or even by bike!

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7.80 km

Mary's Rock Chapel

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The rock chapel is located in the Gschlößtal between the two alpine settlements of Außergschlöß and Innergschlöß. The small chapel was built in 1688 by the pastoralists of the valley …

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9.04 km

View of the Gschlöß Valley and Glacier

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Here you have a beautiful view of the glacier. And there is a bench there

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9.28 km

View of the waterfalls from the Tauernbach Bridge

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Simply fascinating, worth it.

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11.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.62 km

2.44 km

162 m

119 m

Surfaces

5.48 km

2.59 km

2.55 km

723 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 8 October

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Comments

August 2, 2022,Innerschlöss nella valle del Großvenediger

Simple hike in the Grossvenediger valley, which is part of the Hone Tauern National Park. Wonderful landscapes. I recommend getting at least under the waterfall as we did. If you want you can continue.
We found a source on the way back. Furthermore, in the refuge at the end of the valley, you can obviously fill your water bottle.
The …

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August 15, 2024,Vom Tauernhaus bis hinter Innergschöß und zurück, 15.08.2024

The walking time is more like 4.5 hours! Fantastically beautiful landscape. If you want to add the loop to the glacier at the turning point of the tour, it will take another 4 hours. Bergheil. Heri.

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July 25, 2024,Tauer | 5. Tag Tauernhaus - Außergschlöß - Innergschlöss – Gletscherblick Runde

What amazing weather. Hardly a cloud in the sky and a pleasant 21 degrees for hiking. We had to take advantage of that and drove to the Tauernhaus to hike to the Innergschlöss and the famous glacier view. Today we were rewarded with a dream tour. We had a magnificent view of the Großvenediger.

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July 3, 2025,Innergschlöss – Gletscherblick am Gschlößbach Runde von Außergschlöß

And at the end of the holiday, another dream tour in the rather well-known Gschlößtal, according to critics and connoisseurs, one of the most beautiful valley ends in Austria, or rather Tyrol, and definitely a wonderful region. Here you can either enjoy the scenery on the slow train to the Gschlößalmen, or take a leisurely stroll towards the end of …

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September 14, 2022,Gschlösstal Wanderung im Naturpark Hohe Tauern🚶‍♂️🏞🌳🌲🐄🗻🚶‍♂️

We started from the parking lot at the Matreier Tauernhaus. From there it goes to the first bridge over the Gschlössbach. Here we change from the road to trail 925. This gradually leads us up and offers wonderful views of the valley and the beautiful mountains of the Hohe Tauern. In the end, we're glad we went in that direction. …

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July 12, 2022,Hike to Innergschlöß

Great tour that can also be done with a stroller.

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June 4, 2022,Wanderung nach Innergschlöß in Osttirol 🇦🇹

Choosing the most beautiful from the abundance of pictures is particularly difficult today, because today every view was impressive. Snow-covered the Großvenediger with the glacier in front, countless waterfalls, ancient mountain huts, a rock church, gentian and other beautiful flowers...
It was a long way to the Hohe Tauern National Park, to the Ausser- and Innergschöss in East Tyrol. But …

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