View of Purtschellerhaus – Rossfeld Panoramic Road loop from Berghof

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View of Purtschellerhaus – Rossfeld Panoramic Road loop from Berghof

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View of Purtschellerhaus – Rossfeld Panoramic Road loop from Berghof

05:23

14.0km

860m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 947 m for 42 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.91 km

Salzburger Weg to Purtschellerhaus

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Both the Salzburg Way and the German Way are super, super strenuous, but worth it. German Way up, Salzburg Way down - that would be my tip.

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5.46 km

Wooden Staircase to Purtschellerhaus

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A small part of the path to the Purtscheller house. There are about 580 steps. These lead across a muddy cow pasture, so the shoes stay clean and dry.

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5.75 km

View of Purtschellerhaus

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The ascent is extremely strenuous, but you have to go on it

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6.54 km

Ahornkaser Alpine Hut

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The inn is called Ahornkaser-Alm, not Ahornfaser. And certainly not Palme ;-)

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7.35 km

Viewpoint

7.96 km

Hennenköpfl — View of the Chiemgau Alps

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Beautiful panoramic view. Weather permitting

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8.22 km

Rossfeld Panorama Road Viewpoint

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Here is a view from the panoramic road towards Salzburg with Untersberg massif.

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9.19 km

Rossfeld Panoramic Road

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14.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.79 km

3.23 km

2.28 km

2.01 km

698 m

Surfaces

4.99 km

4.23 km

3.67 km

828 m

290 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,660 m)

Lowest point (960 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

11°C

6°C

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Comments

September 4, 2021,Von der Buchenhöhe zum Purtschellerhaus und über die Rossfeldstrasse und In den Resten zurück zur Buchenhöhe

Today we went from the Buchenhöhe to the Purtschellerhaus.
Even if it doesn't seem like it at first, there are plenty of parking spaces at Buchenhöhe. The path led initially over beautiful root paths, then over alpine pastures, where the film crew for "Lena Lorenz" was currently creating.
After the gentian distillery, we continued uphill on a wide forest path. …

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