Hike through the Partnach Gorge and back via Graseck

Start: Parking lot at Olympia Ski Stadium - Destination: Parking lot at Olympia Ski Stadium

You start your hike to the Partnach Gorge at the Olympia Ski Stadium and follow the road alongside the Partnach upstream. On the right at the roadside are crosses that remember those who died in accidents. Further along you will soon pass the valley station of the cable car to Graseck. Shortly after, an asphalted path leads you to the entrance of the Partnach Gorge. Now the route always leads you directly along the Partnach, over footbridges, through tunnels and galleries, always safely secured and with impressive views into the deeply cut gorge and up to the top, where the sunlight breaks in the misting and dripping waters. At the end of the gorge, the Partnach opens out into a wide river valley that you can view from a bench before turning back and hiking back along the same route to the starting point at the stadium.

The more varied alternative is the route via Graseck. For this, you hike a little further straight ahead after the gorge ends until a path with signs for Eckbauer / Graseck branches off upwards to the left. You follow this ascent and shortly arrive at a suspension bridge with grating steps (caution for dog owners). After about a 20-minute ascent, you reach the farms of Graseck. Here you can stop nicely and enjoy a well-deserved break. The return goes along the road out of Graseck down steep switchbacks until you reach the path through the Wildenau, which you already took on the way there.

Now the route back to the Olympia Ski Stadium is known and not far anymore.