We started from Saalbach Schattberg Xpress top station, as the Zell-am-See gondala was open to 5pm, whereas the Schattberg Xpress stopped at 4pm. Our travel pass covered the cost of the Zell-am-See gondola. At our pace the walk took about 6 to 7 hours, and so we needed to keep our stops fairly short. There are shelters, but no refreshment stops apart from the gondola stations, so take plenty of liquid. Anybody feeling fit can divert off the main path at various points to bag some of the tops. The main path contours below the peaks on the ridge generally staying around the 1900m contour. The total ascent (we did not do any tops) for the day was under 600m.
We were blest with sunny weather, and so had excellent views of the Grossglockner range to the south. From the top station we followed the path south, over to the west there was good views across to Geisstein, the highest mountain in the Glemm valley. After a while the path comes to a small lake at Seetorl. From here the path contours around the slopes of Hochkogel, and path rejoins the ridge at Klingertorl (2059m).
The path continues conturing below the tops on the ridges, past a couple of shelters marked on the map as Unterstandhutte. The one at Klammscharte is just over half way, and contains the stamp (35 points). The path continues on towards Schmittenhohe.
There is a sting to the tail as there is a 200m ascent at the end of the walk to reach the cable car station at Schmittenhohe. From here there are good views down to Zell and the lake.
From the base station it is a good 20 minute walk to the central bus station, where you pick up the bus to Saalbach. We missed the bus by a few minutes, and so had an hour to spareand ambled down to the Lakeside. The bus back to Saalbach was not covered by travel pass, but it was only a few euros.
