Puch: Almerberg - circular trail (No. 15, 8 points)

From the Kirchenwirt in an easterly direction, slightly uphill. After the motorway bridge at Filindgut, turn right along a gravel road. After approx. 500 metres, turn left uphill in several serpentines to the Almerberg. On a small saddle right through the forest you reach the highest point of the Almerberg, where you will also find the stamp for the Tennengau Hiking Pass (8 points). From here, the shorter return route leads down to Oberalm.

The longer version continues straight ahead, steeply downhill to the maple tree natural monument at Schartengut. Turn right there, past the Reichengut to a forest road with a barrier. Along this road, slightly uphill again to the next crossroads in the forest, from where it then goes downhill through a wonderful deciduous forest. Now straight on to Oberalm (bus 160) or immediately right past the Wiesengut and Filindgut, back to the starting point in Puch.

At the Schartengut, you can choose the somewhat steeper trail no. 15b over the Eberstein to Tratten or the easier panorama trail no. 17 back to Puch. The Oberalm hiking trail no. 101 leads from the Almberg into the Wiestal valley.

By car from Vienna on the A1 autobahn or from Munich on the A9, shortly before reaching the Tennengau (Hallein) you will come to a big interchange where you will merge onto the A10 (Tauern Autobahn), continuing south. Puch/Urstein (Exit 11) is the northernmost autobahn exit in Tennengau. If you are driving in from the south on the A10 from Villach/Kärnten, also leave the Tauern Autobahn in Puch Urstein, taking Exit 11. From this exit. drive either south into Puch itself or north following signs for Salzburg City as far as St. Jakob am Thurn.