View of the Postalm Mountains – Postalm Plateau loop from Postalm Abzw. Welserhütte

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View of the Postalm Mountains – Postalm Plateau loop from Postalm Abzw. Welserhütte

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View of the Postalm Mountains – Postalm Plateau loop from Postalm Abzw. Welserhütte

03:53

11.7km

500m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.89 km

View of the Postalm Mountains

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A well-developed road leads up to the Postalm, but it costs money. But you can park at about 1,100 meters and also get great views with shorter tours! :-) Otherwise …

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3.10 km

Erlbach Hut

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Fantastic !! Did the winter hike in the most beautiful sunshine. It is the largest alpine pasture area in Austria.

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3.22 km

There are regional, natural products on the terrace or in the hut if the weather is not cooperating. There are also overnight accommodations here.

You can find more information here: schafbergblickhuette.at.

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4.03 km

Postalm Plateau

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You can reach the Postalm via the toll road. Beautiful mountain panorama and many different tours and circular routes. There are enough benches along the way and beautiful flower meadows. …

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4.66 km

Thoralm

Alpine Hut

5.01 km

View of Postalm

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5.82 km

Thorhöhe Summit

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The ascent from the Postlam to the Thorhöhe is easy and at the top your view sweeps over the wide mountain meadows down to the Wolfgangsee and up to the Tennengebirge.

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6.20 km

View of Lake Wolfgang (Wolfgangsee)

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9.31 km

Historic Postalm Hut

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Rustic, rustic, Postalmhütte: It's located on the popular Postalm, the second-largest high Alpine plateau in Europe. Enjoy homemade pastries, Kaiserschmarrn (sweet pancakes), fresh milk, or sandwiches. There's also a small playground. Open daily from mid-May to mid-October.

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11.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.05 km

3.66 km

1.48 km

1.17 km

301 m

Surfaces

4.75 km

2.86 km

2.62 km

969 m

410 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

14°C

7°C

99 %

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

October 19, 2021,Postalm-Traum an diesigem Dienstag

a hazy Tuesday in mid-October:
there is enough at P3 !! Parking spaces,
It's relaxed and lonely from 10:30 in the direction of Thorhöhe with a view of all the peaks, even if without the sun.
Many huts are closed !!

Simply a relaxed alpine tour -

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December 27, 2025,🇦🇹❄️ Thorhöhe & Windkogel

Thanks to @Bergziege76 for posting this beautiful tour:

komoot.com/de-DE/tour/2726690268?ref=itd
two days ago. The wonderful white layer of snow in your photos had already melted, but the joy of the magnificent scenery remained. 🤩

We slightly modified the original tour to pass by the chapel on the Postalm and the Postalm hut. Our route then led us downhill on trails, before …

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February 22, 2025,Thorhöhe und Windkogel 🇦🇹☀️

A snowshoe hike was actually planned - but unfortunately the winter splendor of the Postalm turned into a puzzle of snow fields and spring green within two days. So instead of fluffy powder snow, there was an exciting mix of hiking, sliding and creative route selection.
Nevertheless: two peaks, great weather and great views - you can almost forgive the …

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August 15, 2022,Tolle Aussicht – Thorhöhe Runde

A beautiful tour over the extensive alpine meadows of the Postalm with wonderful views of Lake Wolfgang. Numerous alpine huts invite you to feast and linger.

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October 1, 2024,Herbstwanderung auf der Postalm mit Windkogel ⛰1546m & Thorhöhe ⛰1533m ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️🍂🍁 01.10.2024

On this grey autumn day looking for colour, there is still some colour in nature...except the trees 😊

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June 24, 2024,Wanderung Wolfgangsee-Postalm zum Windkogel und Thorhöhe

Rather easy but beautiful tour, private road toll to Postalm 17€, not all of the huts that are supposedly open are actually open

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September 4, 2021,Postalm-Rundweg Thoralm R6

The Postalm, the largest Austrian alpine pasture area, has had another, above all, very promising circular route since 2018, which is not yet registered everywhere. The start is at parking lot P3, but the path can also be easily connected with the other circular routes. My tour includes a small. Detour with a beautiful view of the Wolfgangsee. Surefootedness and …

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