The Saalach Valley Ridgeway ( German : Saalachtaler Höhenweg ) is a roughly five-hour long ridgeway trail in the Salzburg part of the Kitzbühel Alps between Leogang and Saalfelden .
6-652: The way runs along the mountain chain that separates the valley of the Glemmtal in the south from the Leoganger Tal in the north. The marked trail runs from the Asitz Hut near the top station of the Asitzbahn (1,752 m) south of Leogang in a southwestern direction to the 1,914 m high Asitzkopf . It then continues over the 188 m high Schabergkogel and the 1,853 m Geierkogel eastwards to
12-669: Is the valley of the roughly 30 km long upper reaches of the River Saalach . It belongs to the northern Pinzgau region and separates the Kitzbühel Alps in an east-west direction. Its main settlement is the village of Saalbach in Zell am See district. The Saalbach flows through the upper 10 km of the valley , whose largest headstream, the Schwarzenbach , rises at about 1800 m above sea level between
18-904: The Geißstein , the Tristkogel and the Spieleckkogel mountains. After uniting with several streams and the white waters of the Voglalpgraben it flows as the Saalbach through the Hinterglemm (Hinterglemm valley) , from where several summer and winter routes head north leading to the Saalach Valley Ridgeway ( Saalachtaler Höhenweg ) and south to the Pinzgau Ridgeway ( Pinzgauer Höhenweg ). Near
24-513: The 1,875 m high Haiderbergkogel . Crossing the 1,764 m high Durchenkopf , the 1,616 m high Weikersbacherköpfl , the 1,541 m high Weikersbacher Kopf and the Biberg it carries on to the top station of the Huggenbergalm above Saalfelden . From here the journey to the valley may be made using the cable car or the sommerrodelbahn . A variation of the route starts at
30-677: The confluence of the Schwarzachengraben lie several scattered settlements and, on the southern valley floor is the Karl Renner Haus belonging to the Friends of Nature . Several kilometres downstream the valley broadens and one enters the well-known Saalbach-Hinterglemm ski region and the village of Saalbach , from where the Saalbach is called the "Saalach" and the valley the "Lower Glemm Valley" or Vorderglemmtal . Here
36-657: The summit station of the Kohlmaisbahn on the Kohlmaiskopf (1,794 m) above Saalbach and runs over the 1,910 m high Wildenkarkogel to the Asitzkopf. This variation takes about an hour longer and is more challenging. This Salzburg state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Glemmtal The Glemmtal ("Glemm Valley") in the Austrian state of Salzburg
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