Saalachtaler Höhenweg and Alpenrosenweg - Scenic ridge hike from Biberg to the Sausteige

From the chairlift, you first hike comfortably over the forest road in several serpentine bends to the Biberg mountain inn. From here, continue uphill and after about 300 meters in a left hairpin bend, follow a narrower forest path uphill to the right. Continue over the Weikersbacher Kopf, always along the ridge on the Saalachtaler Höhenweg. Shortly before the Durchenkopf, the Alpenrosenweg branches off to the right (signposting, marking 77). The path now leads with gentle ups and downs mostly along the forest edge through a magnificent dwarf shrub heath below the Haiderbergkogel and the Sausteige. From May to July, the magnificent Alpenrosen, a rhododendron species native to the mountains of Europe, bloom here. But also later in the year, botany enthusiasts will enjoy the diverse flora, and those less interested in botany will certainly appreciate the richly laden blueberry bushes. Above the Gstallneralm, you reach the idyllic alpine meadows on the southern flank of the Sausteige and hike over these sometimes steeper, sometimes flatter to the scenic highlight of the tour. Along the Hüttenweg (marking 11), continue along the ridge over the Haderbergkogel and the Durchenkopf back towards the starting point. Always in view are the mighty Leoganger Steinberge with their highest peak, the 2634-meter-high Birnhorn, and the characteristic rock layering. Part of the view to the west reaches as far as the Wilder Kaiser. A variation is possible here by hiking northwest below the Saalachtaler Höhenweg along the slope (marking 773). Now the Biberg inn invites you to stop and the crowning finale of the tour is the ride down the 1.6 km long summer toboggan run back to the parking lot.