Seekarlsee - Caribbean feeling guaranteed

moderate Water hikes · Naturpark Sölktäler

Tour characteristics
Stamina
Technique
Tour-Infos
Distance: 11.98 km
Duration: 06:30 h
Ascent: 1000 m
Descent: 1000 m
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The tour
Dear hikers, enjoy the uniqueness of this landscape and please be careful with it! Take garbage back to the valley. No pollution in the lake. Please do not go into the water and bathe! Otherwise, the lake bottom will be clearly dark discoloured as a result of turbulence.

Thanks to your common sense, the uniqueness and beauty will be preserved for everyone. Thank you very much! The Nature Park Team and the Alm Community
Turn-by-turn directions
From the Tuchmoar car park (WGS84: O 13,940455, N 47,329039) take path no. 790 along the forest road towards Tuchmoaralm, past the huts and then left following the signs for Seekarlscharte. Follow the path through a high forest. In serpentines the path leads over a steep step. In the area of the forest line the terrain becomes somewhat flatter and leads directly to the turquoise Seekarlsee at 2,140m above sea level.
Getting there
Von der Ennstalbundesstraße B320 bei Pruggern (vom Westen) bzw. Espang (Osten) zu den Sölktälern abzweigen. In Stein a.d. Enns in das Kleinsölktal. Beim Kesslerkreuz links abbiegen und weiter bis zum Parkplatz Tuchmoar (WGS84: O 13,940455, N 47,329039).

Arrival at Stein/Enns train station with ÖBB.
Cab Stefan Mayer: +43 676 54 09 858

Valley bus from July 5 to September 7, 2025 - this makes crossings in the Sölktäler Nature Park possible. You can also travel comfortably by train and the valley bus will take you to the starting point of your hike. Click here for the timetable.

Parking

Tuchmoar parking lot at the barrier.
Start
Car park Tuchmoar
Destination
Seekarlsee
Equipment

In the area of the Tuchmoaralm you can meet free-roaming grazing cattle. Caution is required, especially with dogs.

Weather changes, rapid drop in temperature, thunderstorms, wind, fog and snow fields are objective dangers and require the right behavior on the way. Hut keepers are experienced mountain connoisseurs, they can give good tips on the weather and the course of the trail. Lack of equipment, overestimation of one's own abilities, carelessness, poor physical condition and a wrong assessment can lead to critical situations. During thunderstorms: avoid peaks, ridges and rope belays at all costs.

GPS data and orientation aids: Available GPS data - as well as hiking maps - are only an orientation aid, since they can never represent an exact image or the richness of detail of a path in reality. Especially in the case of danger spots, it must therefore always be decided in the end on the basis of the conditions on site whether and how the further course of the path looks like.

In case of emergency, please dial the following emergency numbers:
No. 140 - for alpine emergencies - Austria-wide
No. 112 - Euro emergency call GSM emergency call service

Take rainproof and warm clothes and enough water, possibly also a snack, wear shoes with non-slip profile soles. A first aid kit should also be in your backpack.

Weather forecast

Date
in the morning
22°C
at noon
30°C
in the evening
24°C
Fair in the early morning, later variable with frequent showers.
in the morning
17°C
at noon
17°C
in the evening
16°C
Little sunshine and frequent showers. Also persistent rain at times.
in the morning
14°C
at noon
22°C
in the evening
21°C
Early clouds will gradually clear to leave the region with a dry and sunny day.

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