Offensee

The Offensee is a mountain lake at the foot of the Totes Gebirge (Salzkammergut, Upper Austria ) in idyllic countryside, away from large infrastructure.

The Offensee

The lake has a maximum length and width of each about 900 meters and a maximum depth of 38 meters. He has natural gravel beaches and is also an excellent fishing waters. In the summer the water temperature reaches values ​​around 22 ° C.

He's in his entire circumference as a nature reserve Offensee ( N142, 58.8 ha).

Development

The hunting lodge Offensee, a former hunting lodge of Emperor Franz Joseph I can be reached by car. ( The restaurant adjacent " to a hunting lodge Offensee " is currently closed. ) In addition, a snack station exists ( Seeau ), which can be reached in 30 minutes' walk from the parking lot. About five minutes from the restaurant is the refuge corner of the house. Until 1954 there existed at the skidding a forest path ( Offenseebahn ).

Hiking trails

• Rundwanderweg
• To Almsee, Gschirreck (1410 m above sea level. A. )
• At Rinner hut ( 1474 m above sea level. A. )

Rinner Kogel

Looking north towards the Eibenberg