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Einsiedelei - Gmailkapelle

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  • MediumLevel
  • access_time2:45 hDuration
  • arrow_right_alt7,4 kmDistance
  • terrain970 mHighest point
  • trending_up305 mUphill
  • trending_down311 mDownhill
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Tour information

Start your hike in the center of St. Johann in Tirol at the Tourist Office.

Walk in the direction of the Hinterkaiser district, past the soccer field and continue until you reach the former Cafe Hinterkaiser. There you turn right and follow the path past the Schwentling farm. At the end of the gravel road keep left. Soon after the small forest you have a beautiful panoramic view of St. Johann in Tirol. At the Saubichlhof farm begins a narrow path that winds up through the forest. This path leads to the Way of the Cross, designed by artist Horst Pali, up to the Maria Blut Hermitage. The hermitage has been inhabited and cared for by hermits for 300 years. Under shady trees, the hiking trail now leads steeply up to the Gmail chapel on the Niederkaiser ridge. There will be many views of the Kitzbüheler Horn as well as the valley of St. Johann until Oberndorf. The Gmail Chapel is a baroque building with rococo stuccoes inside the building. A true place of power!
The descent is first via the same route. At the Maria Blut hermitage, keep straight on to descend into the valley. Across green pastures you reach the district of Bärnstetten. Passing the Aggstein distillery, you reach the Großache via Gasteiger Straße, which leads you back to the center.

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Einsiedelei - Gmailkapelle

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  • Asphalt, forest path, narrow rooted trails
  • - outdoor clothing
    - sturdy shoes
    - Sufficient food and drinks
    - First aid kit
    - Mobile phone with full battery & charger
    - Hiking map & guide literature
    - GPS device or download the GPS data to your mobile phone if necessary
    - Sun protection (sunglasses, sun cream, cap)
    - Rain protection
    - Cash
  • Coming from Salzburg on the B178, take the Salzburger Straße into the roundabout, take the third exit and park at the Steinlechnerplatz car park. 
    Coming from the direction of Kitzbühel on the B161, enter the roundabout and take the first exit, turn left at the next junction to the Steinlechner car park and park.

    Now it is only a few metres to the start of the hike by crossing the Großachenbrücke bridge in Kaiserstraße and continuing to Poststraße.  

    This is how you get to the St. Johann in Tirol region: https://www.kitzbueheler-alpen.com/en/stjo/getting-here/holidays.html

  • Bus: Linie 4000, 4012, 4060 Bus stop: Haltestelle St. Johann in Tirol Steinlechnerplatz
    Or you can take the convenient and free Okto hiking bus from Monday to Friday in the summer months.
    Train: 201 Giselabahn Bahnhof St. Johann in Tirol

    Bus and traintimes: 
    kitzalps.cc/mobile
  • Parking lots Steinlechnerplatz, Koasastadion, Wieshoferstraße

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