View of the Upper Giglachsee – View of the Upper Giglachsee loop from Ursprungalm

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View of the Upper Giglachsee – View of the Upper Giglachsee loop from Ursprungalm

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View of the Upper Giglachsee – View of the Upper Giglachsee loop from Ursprungalm

02:42

7.40km

400m

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 29, 2026

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ESG Niedere Tauern

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.45 km

View of the Upper Giglachsee

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We start our hike from the Ursprungalm, a small alpine village, which is picturesquely situated at the foot of the Steirische Kalkspitze in a green basin. After about an hour …

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3.41 km

Ignaz-Mattis Hut at Giglachsee

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The Ignaz Mattis Hut is located in a secluded location high up in the Schladminger Tauern. Directly below the hut are the Giglach lakes in a barren high mountain valley …

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3.48 km

Ignaz-Mattis Hut (1986 m)

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First drive to the hut and at the last bend, slide down the trail to the right, then you can do a complete tour of the lake!

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4.23 km

View of the Upper Giglachsee

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Walk around the lake and stop at the Ignaz Mattis Hut

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4.75 km

Giglachsee Hut

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The Giglachseehütte is, as the name suggests, right next to the idyllic Giglachsee and at the foot of the Styrian Kalkspitze (2,459 m) in the Schladminger Tauern. The hut can …

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5.87 km

Historic Roman Road to Giglach Lakes

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6.27 km

Spring at the Ursprungalm

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7.40 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.86 km

1.43 km

1.10 km

Surfaces

3.42 km

1.72 km

1.46 km

799 m

Elevation

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June 8, 2024,Ursprungalm Giglachseen ⛅️🇦🇹

Today, on the last day of vacation, we took the 972 🚌 to the Ursprungalm. From there we climbed up to the Giglachseen to the Giglachseehütte and then along the two lakes. Unfortunately, the Ignatz Hütte was closed. We took the last bus back along the winding forest path. Tomorrow we're unfortunately going home again on the ÖBB train.

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September 24, 2021,Ursprungquellweg - von der Ursprungalm zu den Giglachseen

The Giglachsee, consisting of the Upper and Lower Giglachsee, are two mountain lakes in the Lower Tauern in the Austrian federal state
state of Styria. You form that
Heart of the western
Schladminger Tauern. The Giglach Lakes are located in the municipality of Schladming, embedded in the valley of the same name between the Schiedeckkamm in the north and the …

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July 19, 2022,🥾🥾🐕🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️Wanderung Ursprungalm zum Giglachsee☀️☀️👍⛰️

Today there was a real adventure ride with the bus to the Ursprungalm... ☠️8km gravel natural road, towel wide without crash barriers, 15% incline, lots of hairpin bends...😳 Then a strenuous round to the beautiful Giglachseen. Final stop at the Ursprungalm with free-ranging poultry 🐔🐔

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June 20, 2024,Giglachseen – Blick auf Unteren Giglachsee Runde von Obertauern

Beautiful hike in beautiful nature. ⛰️
Unfortunately there are always fast-driving e-mountain bikers on the road. 😡
The journey to the car park costs €22 in tolls. 🫣
As it is a gravel road, you will definitely have to wash your car afterwards. 🙈

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July 7, 2023,Wanderung Ursprungsalm Giglachsee Hin-und zurück

Ursprungalm and Giglachsee
We started early in the morning and parked our car in the multi-storey car park at the Planai valley station. From there we continued by bus to the Ursprungalm. The bus ride alone is an experience, which was underlined in a super positive way by the great bus organization and our bus driver. In the most beautiful …

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July 6, 2023,🇦🇹 Schladming - 3-Tages Rundwanderung (1/3) - Zur Ignaz-Mattis Hütte - Von Dahoam in die Nachbarländer

Start of the 3-day circular hike from 🅿️ "Parkplatz Ursprungsalm" near Schladming.

The goal of the first stage was the beautifully situated Ignaz-Mattis Hütte at the Giglachseen ❤️

The rather short hike at noon was ideal after the journey 👍 The weather 🌦️ unfortunately not, but with a great forecast ☀️ for the next two days it was manageable 😉.

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August 25, 2021,🇦🇹 herrlichste Natur an den Giglachseen 🗻

Although we started the day again today with rain (I actually like the sound of the rain at night 😃) and the mountain peaks were even more cloudy than on the previous days, the sun fought its way bit by bit through the cloud cover. While we made a stop in Saalfelden and then drove towards Dachstein, the clouds released …

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July 17, 2023,🇦🇹Preuneggtal: Ursprungalm - Giglachseen

The clouds were very low today🌫 and rain and thunderstorms were reported for this afternoon. Nevertheless, we implemented our plan and took the bus🚍 up the seemingly endless serpentines🤢 up to the Quellealm (1604 m). The toll road costs €19.00 for cars and €5.00 for bicycles.
Once we got to the top, we had to decide whether we wanted to …

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