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Woerthersee circular trail

Wörthersee circular hiking trail - the somewhat different hiking destination

The lovely landscape around Lake Wörthersee is not a mountain landscape. Because here dominate firstly gentle hills, secondly green forests and thirdly wide forest paths. In addition, the Mediterranean feeling and the view of the beautiful turquoise-blue of Lake Wörthersee is omnipresent.

So on the one hand, the Wörthersee circular hiking trail offers a sun-drenched hiking landscape. But on the other hand, it's also a whopping 58,5 km and 1500 meters of elevation gain. A really big challenge for hikers!

Therefore, many hikers divide the total distance into smaller individual parts and hike the circular hiking trail in manageable stages. With the 50% discount of the Wörthersee PlusCard on the Wörthersee boat trip, this can be done ideally by boat.

Alternatively, public buses are available on the south shore and trains on the north shore. So you can use the public transport either comfortably to the starting points of the sections. Or from the day's end point back to his accommodation.

The southern flair and the light-flooded hiking trails on the gentle hills are an invitation to all pleasure hikers. In addition, there are the high-quality refreshment stops in the evening and the omnipresent "dolce vita". Together, these enjoyable ingredients make the Wörthersee circular hiking trail truly a hiking destination of a different kind!

Wörthersee circular hiking trail - detailed information

The terrain is hilly with some steep ascents and descents (lake heights from 440 to 850 meters, approx. +/- 1,500 meters in altitude), the route runs mostly in wooded areas, whereby magnificent views of both Lake Wörthersee and the Karawanken Mountains are offered again and again.

The circular trail can be started and interrupted at will (the most suitable places for this are the landing stages around the lake and the train stations) and can be walked in both directions. If you do not want to interrupt, you should not be irritated by the "feeder paths" (such as from Krumpendorf and Pörtschach), which are usually marked blue-white-blue!

And in between again and again highlights

Zillhöhe, Pirkerkogel, Hohe Gloriette and Trattnigteich are recommended as special places to stop. And there is no way around the wooden tower on Pyramidenkogel anyway.

Hiking map

The hiking map for the circular hiking trail is available free of charge at all tourist offices around Lake Wörthersee. In addition, you can find all information about the stages, as well as the gpx data in our tour portal.

Wörthersee Rundwanderweg

„Wandern im Licht des Südens“ – das Motto des 58,8 km langen Wörthersee Rundwanderweges (gesamt 1.500 Höhenmeter) könnte nicht besser gewählt sein, denn der einzigartige Erlebnisweg begeistert Wanderer fast das ganze Jahr über mit seinen unverwechselbaren Besonderheiten.

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Wörthersee circular hiking trail

Wörthersee Rundwanderweg Etappe Velden - Reifnitz

Difficulty: medium

Length: 18 km

Duration: 300 min

Wörthersee Rundwanderweg Etappe Reifnitz - Klagenfurt

Difficulty: medium

Length: 11.4 km

Duration: 210 min

Wörthersee Rundwanderweg Etappe Klagenfurt - Pörtschach

Difficulty: medium

Length: 18.7 km

Duration: 382 min

Wörthersee Rundwanderweg Etappe Pörtschach - Velden

Difficulty: medium

Length: 13 km

Duration: 270 min

The Wörthersee circular hiking trail The four stages at a glance

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The Wörthersee Ultra Hikes joint hiking with event character

However, Lake Wörthersee is not only enchanting when wandering through the gentle hilly landscapes and colorful mixed forests alone, but is also the setting for 2 hiking events. The events each include an ultra hike around the entire Wörthersee and enjoyable short distances with experience stations and many nice surprises.

During the long-distance hikes of the individual hiking events on Lake Wörthersee, no one needs to walk alone. So-called "pacemakers" from the Mach3 association go along, setting the pace. There are 3 different paces so that there is something for every level of ability and fitness. Along the route there are enough refreshment stations, with local delicacies and enough drinks.

All those who want to experience magical moments and little surprises on a leisurely hike with not so many kilometers will find this at the Magical Solstice Hike.

Here you can find a short list of our hiking events:

Extrem ins neue Jahr wandern: 62km und 1.800 Höhenmeter mitten im Winter!

Wörthersee EXTREM

Österreichs extremste Winterwanderung - das bedeutet 62 km und 1.800 hm im tiefsten Winter! Egal ob Schnee, Sturm oder Kälte. Es wird marschiert. Stell dich dieser sportlich mehr als toughen Neujahrs-

Challenge! Jeder der harten Finisher wird’s dir bestätigen: Sometimes you better walk on the wild side!

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