Brief information:
- Where is the lake? The Schwarzensee is a fish-rich mountain lake in the Salzkammergut near St. Wolfgang on Lake Wolfgang.
- How do you get there? The best way to get there is by car via an asphalt access road from Russbach. There is a large car park.
- Is there a fee for parking? Yes, it costs about 2.5€
- How big is the lake? At its deepest point it measures 54 m and a circuit around the lake is 4.3 km long
- Can you walk round the lake? Yes, it takes about an hour. The walk around is easy for young and old and even with a stroller.
Circumnavigating the lake
We start in Bad Ischl and arrive at Schwarzensee at around 10:00 a.m. At the end of November we are the first car. We buy a parking ticket from the machine for €2.50. We want to walk our tour anti-clockwise. The path is asphalted and goes slightly downhill and is therefore easy with the stroller to manage something.
After just a few meters you have the first beautiful view of the lake. Unfortunately, it is quite overcast during our visit. Let's hope the sun comes out. After half an hour of continuous walking downhill, you reach the opposite side of the lake.
From here we continue to the right towards Moosalm or Attersee. However, we want to go around the lake on the left. Now we continue on a forest road. However, strollers can still be pushed on the flat road without any problem. We now continue straight along the lake through the beautiful autumn forest.
Towards the end of our tour we finally reach the Alpine Restaurant “To the Lore” Schwarzensee. Here we treat ourselves to a cheese dumpling and a meat strudel soup. For the main course we have a Surbratl. Since everything tastes so excellent, we order a plum cake for dessert, which also exceeds our expectations.
The last 5 minutes of the tour are a slight uphill walk to the inn and the parking lot. about 1 hour walking time we circled the lake.
The sun has come out now, so we walk another few hundred meters to the beautiful viewpoint. In our opinion, you have the best view of the lake from here, as you look down from above. What a view!
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Short info:
- Where is the lake? The Schwarzensee is a fish-rich mountain lake in the Salzkammergut near St. Wolfgang on Wolfgangsee.
- how to get there? The best way is to come by car from Russbach via a paved access road. There is a large parking lot.
- Is the parking chargeable? Yes, it costs around €2.5
- how big is the lake? At its deepest point, it measures 54 m and one circuit around the lake is 4.3 km long
- Can you walk around the lake? Yes, it takes about 1 hour. The circumnavigation is easy for young and old and even with a pram.
Circumnavigation of the lake
We start in Bad Ischl and arrive at the Schwarzensee at around 10:00 am. At the end of November we are the first car. We buy a parking ticket from the machine for €2.50. We want to do our tour counterclockwise. The path is paved and goes slightly downhill and is therefore easy to manage with a stroller.
After just a few meters you have the first beautiful view of the lake. Unfortunately it was quite overcast during our visit. Let's hope the sun comes out. After half an hour of continuous downhill walking, you reach the opposite side of the lake.
Here you turn right in the direction of Moosalm or Attersee. However, we want to go around the lake on the left. Now we continue on a forest road. Strollers can still be pushed without any problems. It now goes straight ahead along the lake through the beautiful autumnal forest.
Towards the end of our tour we finally reach the alpine restaurant “To the Lore” Schwarzsee. Here we treat ourselves to a cheese dumpling soup and a meat strudel soup. The main course is a surbratl. Since everything tastes so excellent, we order a plum cake for dessert, which also exceeds our expectations.
The last 5 minutes of the tour lead to the inn again slightly uphill to the car park. After about 1 hour of walking we circled the lake.
In the meantime the sun has come out, so we walk forward again these few hundred meters to the beautiful vantage point. In our opinion, this is where you get the best view of the lake, as you look down a little from the top. What a view!
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