From Heutal to the Sonntagshorn in Salzburger Saalachtal Valley

The shortest and easiest way to the summit is via the Hochalm in Salzburger Saalachtal Valley, which is run by the Vitzthum family. From there it is a somewhat steeper climb in serpentines up to the summit. At the top, you are directly on the border between Germany and Austria. From the summit, you can enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of Bavaria, Lake Chiemsee and the foothills of the Alps, the Wilder Kaiser in the west, the Hohe Tauern, Loferer and Leoganger Steinberge mountains and the Berchtesgaden Alps in the south and the city of Salzburg in the east.

You are seldom alone at the summit, but it is a real tour tip - not only on Sunday!

From the car park at Heutalbauer (trail no. 19), walk along the Lahnerbach stream into the valley. After crossing a forest road, you reach the Lochtrettalm and after a short forest section the Hochalm. Follow the road up to the last alpine huts until the moderately steep trail branches off to the left to the highest peak of the Chiemgau mountains, the Sonntagshorn.

Return via the same path or from the Hochalm along the Hochalm road via Gschwendter Alm to Guten Hirten. Here you then turn right (trail no.19a) via the Pichleralm back to the Heutal valley.