The Best Hiking Trails in Wildkogel Arena

Starting out at the Speichersee Skiarena Wildkogel lakes and then passing over a famous summit and down to a charming mountain hut, this takes in about as much as any short hike could do....

The Wildkogelbahn cable car turns this hike from an epic, high-mountain trip into a lovely half day stroll. You still get to stand on top of a gorgeous peak but in return for only 230 metres of vertical height gain, as opposed to 1000+ if you came up from the valley....

There can't be many better day hikes in Austria than this - it's a long and wild trip through some beautiful scenery and yet remains remarkably quiet. The trip starts out at the top of the Wildkogelbahn cable car and finishes back at the mid-station of the same lift, so there are no logistical considerations to take into account other than the need to be back at the lift by the time it closes - descending on foot from the mid-station is simple enough but it's a bit of a knee-grinding slog! Leave the top station of the cable car and - having taken a few moments to savour the staggering view - follow a jeep track west and pass through the farm of solar panels which power much of the Wildkogel Arena's infrastructure....