Wolfsschlucht – Schildenstein

Exciting tour on the Blaubergkamm ridge The tour over the Schildenstein offers hikers stark contrasts. While the ascent takes place against a seemingly walled, rocky backdrop, the horizon suddenly opens up in the alpine pasture area, and from the summit of the Schildenstein you can enjoy a panorama that extends to the south-east as far as the Großglockner. History comes alive on the Königsalm; Empress Sisi of Austria is said to have visited here. Unlike the Russian Tsarina Alexandra, who had herself carried up from Wildbad Kreuth in a sedan chair, however, she walked ...