Gosausee-Run 2026

The Gosausee Rundlauf is a running experience unlike any other in Austria — 4.2 kilometres around one of the most beautiful high-altitude mountain lakes in the entire Alps, at almost 1,000 metres above sea level, with the full panorama of the Dachstein glacier filling the horizon at every turn. The start gun fires at 6pm, sending runners off into one of the most breathtaking natural amphitheatres in the mountain world. Whether you are a competitive runner aiming for a fast time or a leisure runner simply wanting to experience this extraordinary landscape on foot, the Gosausee Rundlauf is an event that rewards everyone who takes part.

The Gosausee owes its extraordinary beauty to the combination of its emerald-green glacial water, the jagged limestone peaks of the Gosaukamm rising sheer from the western shore, and the Dachstein glacier — one of the few remaining permanent ice fields in the Eastern Alps — gleaming white above the treeline to the east. Running around this lake is to be surrounded on all sides by the finest Alpine scenery the Salzkammergut has to offer, at a time of day when the evening light falls golden across the glacier and the water mirrors the mountains in perfect stillness.

The village of Gosau, at the foot of the valley below the lake, is one of the most picturesque Alpine villages in Upper Austria. The valley road from Hallstatt rises gently through forest and meadow before arriving at the lake, and the combination of pastoral lower valley and dramatic high-mountain setting at the Gosausee is striking. The village itself has good restaurants and a warm, welcoming atmosphere that makes the event day pleasant from start to finish, whatever your finishing time on the course.

From Hallstatt Hideaway, Gosau is just fifteen minutes away by car — making this one of the most accessible and rewarding sporting events on the calendar for active guests staying in Hallstatt. After the run, the drive back to the Hideaway takes just a few minutes, and the combination of physical effort, extraordinary natural beauty and the evening peace of the Hallstätter See waiting at the end of the day makes the Gosausee Rundlauf an experience of genuinely memorable quality.