Spechtensee XC Trail
easy open Cross-country skiing · Stainach-Pürgg
Tour characteristics
Stamina
Technique
Tour-Infos
Distance: 5.6 km
Duration: 01:00 h
Ascent: 60 m
Descent: 60 m
Best time of year
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The tour
Wonderful cross-country ski trail with a circuit of the Spechtensee lake, which is idyllic whatever the season.
More information
Turn-by-turn directions
From the valley station you first run eastwards in the direction of the Spechtenseehütte and there - slightly downhill to the Spechtensee lake. In an anti-clockwise direction, you now go around the lake and over two loops a little further east, before you make your way back towards the Spechtenseelift.
Getting there
Leave the B145 Salzkammergut highway at Klachau/Zlem in the direction of Wörschachwald and follow the Wörschachwaldweg for about 6 km to the Spechtenseelift.
Parking
Car parking is available at the Spechtenseelift.
Start
Car park Spechtenseelift, Wörschachwald
Destination
Car park Spechtenseelift, Wörschachwald
Equipment
- Cross-country equipment with cross-country skis, sticks and shoes depending on your preferred cross-country skiing style - classic or skating.
- Warm, breathable clothing.
- Gloves, hood & sunglasses
Author’s recommendation
Stop at the Spechtensee hut.
Tips, hints and links
All information about cross-country skiing in the Schladming-Dachstein region: www.schladming-dachstein.at/cross-country-skiing
Tourismusverband Schladming-Dachstein
Ramsauerstraße 756
8970 Schladming
+43 3687 23310
info@schladming-dachstein.at
Weather forecast
Date
Snow showers continuing into the afternoon, afterwards clouds breaking up.
Partly sunny in the morning, gradually becoming cloudy in the afternoon.
Light snowfall in the early morning, but most of the day will be dry.