The Arno Trail (german: Arnoweg) is an approximately

long-distance trail A long-distance trail (or long-distance footpath, track, way, greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas used for hiking, backpacking, cycling, horse riding or cross-country skiing. They exist on all continents excep ...

through the Austrian

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. The highest point is atop the

Sonnblick A number of mountains are called Sonnblick: * Sonnblick–Böseck Group, a subdivision of the Goldberg Group ** Hoher Sonnblick, or Rauriser Sonnblick * Großer Sonnblick or Malteiner Sonnblick, in the Ankogel Group ** Mittlerer Sonnblick, a su ...

() near Bad Gastein, and in total the trail has over of elevation gain. The highest elevations are in the western portion of the trail, in the Kalkberge, Pinzgauer Grasberge and Keesberge. The Arno Trail forms a loop which passes through such towns as

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, Neukirchen, Bad Gastein and Nußdorf. It runs predominantly through

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, although two stages pass through Germany's

Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden () is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich. It lies in the Berchtesgaden Alps, south of Berchtesgaden; the ...

Alps and by the Königssee. The trail can be completed in just over 60 stages, many of which end at

alpine huts A mountain hut is a building located high in the mountains, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers, climbers and hikers. Mountain huts are usually operated by an Alpine Club or some organization d ...

run by the

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. It can be shortened by just under a week by crossing from Fuschl immediately to

in two stages and thus avoiding seven stages in the relatively low-lying foothills.

External links

Website for the Arnoweg (in German and English)User-Blog about the Arnoweg with many pictures (in German)
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See also

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