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Bad Gastein: Sportgastein - Oberer Bockhartsee

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Distance
5.41 mi
Elevation gain
1,873 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
1,873 ft
Max elevation
6,793 ft
TrailRank 
41
Min elevation
5,190 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
2 hours 50 minutes
Time
3 hours 40 minutes
Coordinates
1608
Uploaded
July 31, 2021
Recorded
July 2021
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near Passau, Salzburg (Austria)

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Itinerary description

We park the car in one of the big parkings of Sportgastein. The access to the road costs 5 €/person.
The excursion starts in a narrow uphill path, always upwards upto the Bockhartseehütte, using natural steps made by stones and roots during aprox 2 kms. The path is easy without any technical difficulty, although you need to be fit enough.
Just by the hütte is the big Unterer Bockhartsee. Now the route borders the leak and then it goes on along a narrow but flat path by a stream for another 2 kms up to the Oberer Bockhartsee.
Here we come back following the same path, although you can also continue to reach the summit Bockhartsch (2.226 m), which you can see from the lake.

Waypoints

PictographCar park Altitude 5,400 ft
Photo ofInitial parking

Initial parking

PictographPanorama Altitude 5,285 ft
Photo ofPanorámica

Panorámica

PictographPanorama Altitude 5,349 ft
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Panorámica

PictographPanorama Altitude 6,106 ft
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Panorámica

PictographPanorama Altitude 6,232 ft
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Panorámica

PictographProvisioning Altitude 6,291 ft
Photo ofBockhartseehütte 1.950 m

Bockhartseehütte 1.950 m

PictographLake Altitude 6,263 ft
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Lago

PictographPanorama Altitude 6,417 ft
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Panorámica

PictographWaterfall Altitude 6,581 ft
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Cascada

PictographLake Altitude 6,618 ft
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Lago

PictographLake Altitude 6,784 ft
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Lago

PictographRiver Altitude 6,636 ft
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Río

PictographRiver Altitude 6,626 ft
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Río

PictographLake Altitude 6,543 ft
Photo ofLago

Lago

PictographPanorama Altitude 6,265 ft
Photo ofPanorámica

Panorámica

PictographProvisioning Altitude 6,264 ft
Photo ofAvituallamiento

Avituallamiento

PictographPanorama Altitude 6,298 ft
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Panorámica

PictographPanorama Altitude 6,315 ft
Photo ofPanorámica

Panorámica

PictographPanorama Altitude 6,315 ft
Photo ofPanorámica

Panorámica

PictographPanorama Altitude 6,219 ft
Photo ofPanorámica

Panorámica

PictographPanorama Altitude 6,168 ft
Photo ofPanorámica

Panorámica

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