Estimated net time	5-6 hours
Difficulty	No difficulties. The whole hike is done on road, mountain road and path.
Drinking water	Access to running water from several small streams crossing the path through the forest. Also possible to buy drinks and food at the restaurants at Schafbergalm (1350m) and at the summit.
GSM coverage	Coverage at the start of the route and above the forest (July 2010).
Parking	Room for many cars at various car parks around the trail head. Expect to pay typically EUR 3 per day per 2010.
Start height	545 metres
Vertical metres	1260 metres for the roundtrip.
Trip distance	16.2 km
GPS-file	X (ascent only)
Map
Google Interactive Map
Route photo	Schafberg trail head by SchafbergBahn station.   Turn right onto Robert-Stolz Straße, 50m from SchafbergBahn.   Schafberg from Schafbergalm.

From Salzburg drive around 40 km east on road B158, to the village Strobl at the east end of lake Wolfgangsee. From Strobl follow signs for St. Wolfgang, approximately 5 km. Drive through St. Wolfgang, and turn right when you get to the SchafbergBahn railway station. Find parking at one of the car parks.

Walk back down to the lake, to the SchafbergBahn railway station (this railway runs almost all the way to the summit of Schafberg). From the railway station walk west (in the opposite direction you arrived), and turn right after 50 metres, onto Robert-Stolz Straße. Walk up this road, some 300 metres, until you meet the street Sternallee. Turn left and walk a little more than 300 metres. Then turn right and follow the road north-east until you're close to the railway. The route to Schafberg is now signed, and you follow the signed road up to Aschenschwand.

From Aschenschwand follow the gravel road north-west through the forest, all the way up to Schafbergalm, above the forest. From Schafbergalm follow the marked path more or less directly to the summit.

Descend by reversing your ascent route.

14. July 2010

This Wednesday hike was a family expedition, but of the less physical type. The plan was to take the train from St. Wolfgang up to Schafberg, and maybe do some walking while descending. I knew the schedule for the day and realised that if I was going to get some physical exercise done it would have to be in the morning. Hence everything was served for an early start and a hike up to Schafberg. Sigurd was easily persuaded to join me, and we left Strobl immediately after breakfast.

We found space at one of the car parks close to the Schafberg Bahn mountain railway station, and after some minor navigational problems we found the (or one of the several) routes to Schafberg. The pace was fairly high right from the beginning, and we passed several hikers up along the the wide path through the forest. When we got above the forest we were starting to feel the pace, and the temperature was also starting to hit us. We therefore decided to stop for a short rest at the Gasthof Schafberg-Alpe, where we treated ourselves with a large Coke. We now had a little more than 400 vertical metres left, and I assume we both knew that the rest of the hike would be a competition trying to get to the summit first.

With less than 200 vertical metres to go I started to drift ahead of Sigurd, and I was thinking that maybe he was starting to feel the pain. I certainly was. But he gradually picked up the difference and caught up with me some 50 metres below the summit. I decided to give him a good fight, but when he changed gear into fast running I was unable to even stay close. I wasn't only beaten, but quite humiliated, and had to admit that dad was too old and not fit enough to play with the youngsters.

The rest of the team (14 in total) had arrived the summit a few minutes before us, and were already in the queue to buy ice cream and drinks. I ordered a couple of Cokes and consumed them in seconds. Very refreshing.

After taking photos and enjoying the views we started the walk back down to Schafberg-Alpe for lunch. The team soon split into several groups, with the youngsters running down in a few minutes. When we all gathered at Schafberg-Alpe we had a light lunch, before taking on the descent back down to St. Wolfgang.
Photos 14.07.2010