Lake District day 2 · 4 people walk the three Gosausee lakes together (caught the delayed 541 at 10:31)
Key times
- —Arrive at Hallstatt Gosaumühle (the 541 is about 9′ late): if the 10:45 542 is still there, take it (Plan A); if it has left, take a taxi from here to Gasthof Gosausee (Plan B); if no taxi, wait for the 11:45 542 (Plan C)
- 14:35(Plans A and B) Latest time to start back from the back lake, Hinterer Gosausee, to catch the 16:52 bus
- 15:00(Plan C) Start back from the back lake, 15:30 at the latest; if you haven't reached Gosaulacke by 14:00, go only that far and take the 16:52
- 16:52From the Zwieselalmbahn stop take the 542 → Gosaumühle 17:17, then the 541 back to Bad Ischl (not the last bus)
- 17:47Last 542 from the Zwieselalmbahn stop → Steeg/Hallstätter See Traunbrücke 18:19 → 541 back to Bad Ischl; if you miss it, walk 17′ to Hintertal b.Gosau Schmiedweg and take the 18:49 → arrive 19:39
Places to go first timeline set, by time
- 11:45–13:50
Gosausee (front lake to back lake)
Vorderer Gosausee → Hinterer Gosausee, GosauMap ↗ - 14:15–16:05
Gosausee (front lake to back lake)
Vorderer Gosausee → Hinterer Gosausee, GosauMap ↗
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Splitting up and regrouping
- All day the 4 of us are together, no splitting (D-60).
- If someone can't keep up: turn back together at Gosaulacke, or let the faster ones go on to the back lake while the rest wait at Gosaulacke (about 1 h 10 one way). I didn't check phone signal in the valley; agree on a turn-back time before splitting up.
Transport
School holidays (10-27 to 11-02) follow the winter timetable. The departures were checked on Transitous on 10-29 between 01:45 and 10:59 (Thursday, timetable, no real-time data); the 541 was about 9′ late in Bad Ischl (per the user).
Tickets: The 541 runs after 09:00, so the Freizeit-Ticket is valid. When boarding the 541, ask the driver for 2 ("Zwei Freizeit-Tickets, bitte"); one €26.50 ticket covers 2 adults, with unlimited rides from that day until 03:00 the next day, valid on the 541, 542, 543 and 544. Single tickets would cost about €20.80 per person (€10.40 there, the return estimated at the same price), about €83.20 for 4.
Hard time limits for this day:
| # | Which leg | Cut-off time | What if you miss it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Ischl → Gosausee | The 541 was boarded in Bad Ischl, about 9′ late, and rode to Gosaumühle; the 542 timetable departs 10:45 → Zwieselalmbahn 11:09 | 542 gone: take a taxi from Gosaumühle to Gasthof Gosausee (about 15 km, price not checked; Gosauer Taxi, Taxi Egger, or wait for the 11:45 → 12:09, and the next one after that is 12:32 → 12:56 |
| 2 | Walking back from the back lake | Plans A and B: latest 14:35 (to catch the 16:52); Plan C: 15:00, latest 15:30 (to catch the last bus at 17:47) | If you haven't reached Gosaulacke by 13:00 (Plans A and B) or 14:00 (Plan C), turn back at Gosaulacke and take the 16:52 |
| 3 | Front lake → Zwieselalmbahn stop | Walk 24′ (1.7 km). For the 16:52 bus you must leave the front lake at 16:25; for the last bus at 17:47, at 17:20 | After dark this section needs a flashlight; whether there are street lights not checked |
| 4 | Zwieselalmbahn → Bad Ischl | 16:52 → Gosaumühle 17:17 → 541 back to Bad Ischl | Last bus 17:47 → Steeg/Hallstätter See Traunbrücke 18:19 → 541 back to Bad Ischl; if you miss that too: walk 17′ to Hintertal Schmiedweg, 18:49 → Traunbrücke 19:19 → 541 back to Bad Ischl |
- Route: North end of the front lake → back lake and return 13.2 km (places table; AllTrails average 3 h 46, the sources say 4–4.5 h). Straight-line map distances: Gasthof Gosausee → Gosaulacke about 2.8 km, → back lake about 5.2 km (Nominatim, checked 10-29), so Gosaulacke is about halfway. Times are estimated for 4 people walking together: 2 h 05 out, 1 h 50 back.
- Darkness: Calculated with astronomical formulas (47.56 N, 13.65 E) for 10-29, winter time CET: sunset 16:53; end of civil twilight 17:25 (after that you need a flashlight); end of nautical twilight 18:01 (cross-checked with the astral library). The valley is in shade from 15:30. Plans A and B are back at the stop at 16:49, still light; Plan C walks the stretch to the stop at 17:20–17:44, already dark.
- Most opening hours come from official or tourist-office listings, not checked on site.
Timeline for the day
From morning to night, one column per track for each plan, side by side for comparison. Block height roughly follows duration; when the text does not fit, the block grows taller and the times below move down, so read the hour marks and the times written on the blocks, not the lengths. Blocks with a solid border are fixed (on the timetable or booked); most of the rest are estimates. Click a block for details.
our stop in Bad Ischl → Hallstatt Gosaumühle
Actual today ①: caught the 10:45 542 (it waited or was also late) → back at 16:52, not tied to the last bus · whole group
- Type
- Transit · 541 (the one, about 9′ late)
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Source
- The user said that they boarded; timetable → Gosaumühle
- Transport tickets
- Freizeit day ticket, €13.25 per person (2 tickets €53.00) · Tickets and reservations
- Notes
- Ask the driver for 2 Freizeit-Tickets when boarding ("Zwei Freizeit-Tickets, bitte"). You can ask the driver to check whether the 542 will wait: "Wir möchten den Anschluss an den 542 nach Gosau erreichen."
Hallstatt Gosaumühle → Hintertal b.Gosau Zwieselalmbahn
Actual today ①: caught the 10:45 542 (it waited or was also late) → back at 16:52, not tied to the last bus · whole group
- Time
- 10:50–11:14 (24 min)
- Type
- Transit · 542 (timetable 10:45 → 11:09; about 5′ late if we connect)
- Certainty
- TBD TBD: not known yet, a slot is held
- Source
- Checked on Transitous on 10-29 at 10:59 (timetable, no real-time data)
- Transport tickets
- Freizeit day ticket, €13.25 per person (2 tickets €53.00) · Tickets and reservations
- Notes
- Missed connection: set 2 (taxi) or set 3 (11:45)
Zwieselalmbahn stop → north end of the front lake (search Google Maps for Gasthof Gosausee)
Actual today ①: caught the 10:45 542 (it waited or was also late) → back at 16:52, not tied to the last bus · whole group
- Time
- 11:14–11:40 (26 min)
- Type
- Transit · walk 24′ (1.7 km)
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Source
- Transitous walk 24′
- Transport tickets
- Free
Gosausee (front lake to back lake)
Actual today ①: caught the 10:45 542 (it waited or was also late) → back at 16:52, not tied to the last bus · whole group
- Time
- 11:45–13:50 (2 h 05)
- Type
- Activity
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Notes
- Walk along the front lake shore to the south end, then uphill via Gosaulacke (about 12:45) to the back lake, Hinterer Gosausee. About 6.6 km one way; the back lake is about 220 m higher than the front lake, estimated at about 2 h 05 for 4 people. If you haven't reached Gosaulacke by 13:00, go only that far and turn back. Rocks and roots are slippery; the official site says there is no winter maintenance and warns of falling rocks
- Place
- Gosausee (front lake to back lake) · See card
Picnic (bring your own), by the back lake
Actual today ①: caught the 10:45 542 (it waited or was also late) → back at 16:52, not tied to the last bus · whole group
- Time
- 13:50–14:15 (25 min)
- Type
- Eat
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Notes
- Hohe Holzmeisteralm by the back lake closed at the end of September. The valley is in shade from 15:30, sunset 16:53
Gosausee (front lake to back lake)
Actual today ①: caught the 10:45 542 (it waited or was also late) → back at 16:52, not tied to the last bus · whole group
- Time
- 14:15–16:05 (1 h 50)
- Type
- Activity
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Notes
- Return the same way to the front lake, about 1 h 50. Cut-off: turn around at the back lake by 14:35 at the latest
- Place
- Gosausee (front lake to back lake) · See card
Gasthof Gosausee at the north end of the front lake: something hot and a rest (open until 20:00)
Actual today ①: caught the 10:45 542 (it waited or was also late) → back at 16:52, not tied to the last bus · whole group
- Time
- 16:05–16:25 (20 min)
- Type
- Buffer
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
North end of the front lake → Zwieselalmbahn stop
Actual today ①: caught the 10:45 542 (it waited or was also late) → back at 16:52, not tied to the last bus · whole group
- Time
- 16:25–16:49 (24 min)
- Type
- Transit · walk 24′
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Source
- Transitous walk 24′
- Transport tickets
- Free
- Notes
- Cut-off: for the 16:52 bus you must leave the front lake at 16:25. If you can't make it, take the last bus from this stop at 17:47 (leave the front lake at 17:20, it will already be dark, use a flashlight)
Zwieselalmbahn → our stop in Bad Ischl
Actual today ①: caught the 10:45 542 (it waited or was also late) → back at 16:52, not tied to the last bus · whole group
- Type
- Transit · 542 → Hallstatt Gosaumühle, then the 541
- Certainty
- Fixed Fixed: on the timetable, or already booked
- Source
- Newly checked on Transitous 10-29 (Thu)
- Transport tickets
- Freizeit day ticket, €13.25 per person (2 tickets €53.00) · Tickets and reservations
- Notes
- Last bus → Steeg/Hallstätter See Traunbrücke → 541 back to Bad Ischl
EUROSPAR: buy groceries for dinner (open until 19:00)
Actual today ①: caught the 10:45 542 (it waited or was also late) → back at 16:52, not tied to the last bus · whole group
- Time
- 17:39–17:55 (16 min)
- Type
- Buffer
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
Cook dinner at the lodging (D-18), pack
Actual today ①: caught the 10:45 542 (it waited or was also late) → back at 16:52, not tied to the last bus · whole group
- Type
- Buffer
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Notes
- Tomorrow, 10-30: I leave first, then the companions; check out before 10:00
our stop in Bad Ischl → Hallstatt Gosaumühle
②: missed the 542, take a taxi from Gosaumühle to the lake → back at 16:52 · whole group
- Type
- Transit · 541 (the one, about 9′ late)
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Source
- The user said that they boarded; timetable → Gosaumühle
- Transport tickets
- Freizeit day ticket, €13.25 per person (2 tickets €53.00) · Tickets and reservations
- Notes
- Ask the driver for 2 Freizeit-Tickets when boarding ("Zwei Freizeit-Tickets, bitte"). You can ask the driver to check whether the 542 will wait: "Wir möchten den Anschluss an den 542 nach Gosau erreichen."
Hallstatt Gosaumühle → Gasthof Gosausee (north end of the front lake)
②: missed the 542, take a taxi from Gosaumühle to the lake → back at 16:52 · whole group
- Time
- 10:50–11:30 (40 min)
- Type
- Transit · taxi (waiting plus driving about 40′, est.)
- Certainty
- TBD TBD: not known yet, a slot is held
- Source
- Taxi numbers: from the salzkammergut.at tourist office directory, checked 10-29
- Transport tickets
- Taxi (price not checked, ask before getting in)
- Notes
- To say on the phone: "Ein Taxi für 4 Personen, jetzt, von der Bushaltestelle Hallstatt Gosaumühle zum Gasthof Gosausee. Was kostet das?" Price not checked
Gosausee (front lake to back lake)
②: missed the 542, take a taxi from Gosaumühle to the lake → back at 16:52 · whole group
- Time
- 11:35–13:40 (2 h 05)
- Type
- Activity
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Notes
- Front lake → Gosaulacke (about 12:35) → back lake. If you haven't reached Gosaulacke by 13:00, go only that far and turn back
- Place
- Gosausee (front lake to back lake) · See card
Picnic (bring your own), by the back lake
②: missed the 542, take a taxi from Gosaumühle to the lake → back at 16:52 · whole group
- Time
- 13:40–14:05 (25 min)
- Type
- Eat
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
Gosausee (front lake to back lake)
②: missed the 542, take a taxi from Gosaumühle to the lake → back at 16:52 · whole group
- Time
- 14:05–15:55 (1 h 50)
- Type
- Activity
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Notes
- Back the same way to the front lake. Cut-off: turn around at the back lake by 14:35 at the latest
- Place
- Gosausee (front lake to back lake) · See card
Gasthof Gosausee at the north end of the front lake: something hot and a rest
②: missed the 542, take a taxi from Gosaumühle to the lake → back at 16:52 · whole group
- Time
- 15:55–16:25 (30 min)
- Type
- Buffer
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
North end of the front lake → Zwieselalmbahn stop
②: missed the 542, take a taxi from Gosaumühle to the lake → back at 16:52 · whole group
- Time
- 16:25–16:49 (24 min)
- Type
- Transit · walk 24′
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Source
- Transitous walk 24′
- Transport tickets
- Free
- Notes
- Cut-off: for the 16:52 bus you must leave the front lake at 16:25. If you can't make it, take the last bus from this stop at 17:47 (leave the front lake at 17:20, it will already be dark, use a flashlight)
Zwieselalmbahn → our stop in Bad Ischl
②: missed the 542, take a taxi from Gosaumühle to the lake → back at 16:52 · whole group
- Type
- Transit · 542 → Hallstatt Gosaumühle, then the 541
- Certainty
- Fixed Fixed: on the timetable, or already booked
- Source
- Newly checked on Transitous 10-29 (Thu)
- Transport tickets
- Freizeit day ticket, €13.25 per person (2 tickets €53.00) · Tickets and reservations
- Notes
- Last bus → Steeg/Hallstätter See Traunbrücke → 541 back to Bad Ischl
EUROSPAR: buy groceries for dinner (open until 19:00)
②: missed the 542, take a taxi from Gosaumühle to the lake → back at 16:52 · whole group
- Time
- 17:39–17:55 (16 min)
- Type
- Buffer
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
Cook dinner at the lodging (D-18), pack
②: missed the 542, take a taxi from Gosaumühle to the lake → back at 16:52 · whole group
- Type
- Buffer
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Notes
- Tomorrow, 10-30: I leave first, then the companions; check out before 10:00
our stop in Bad Ischl → Hallstatt Gosaumühle
③: missed it and no taxi, the 11:45 542 → still walk all three lakes, back on the 17:47 last bus · whole group
- Type
- Transit · 541 (the one, about 9′ late)
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Source
- The user said that they boarded; timetable → Gosaumühle
- Transport tickets
- Freizeit day ticket, €13.25 per person (2 tickets €53.00) · Tickets and reservations
- Notes
- Ask the driver for 2 Freizeit-Tickets when boarding ("Zwei Freizeit-Tickets, bitte"). You can ask the driver to check whether the 542 will wait: "Wir möchten den Anschluss an den 542 nach Gosau erreichen."
Wait at Gosaumühle for the 11:45 542 (the stop is right on the shore at the north end of Hallstätter See)
③: missed it and no taxi, the 11:45 542 → still walk all three lakes, back on the 17:47 last bus · whole group
- Time
- 10:50–11:45 (55 min)
- Type
- Buffer
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
Hallstatt Gosaumühle → Hintertal b.Gosau Zwieselalmbahn
③: missed it and no taxi, the 11:45 542 → still walk all three lakes, back on the 17:47 last bus · whole group
- Time
- 11:45–12:09 (24 min)
- Type
- Transit · 542
- Certainty
- Fixed Fixed: on the timetable, or already booked
- Source
- Newly checked on Transitous 10-29 10:56 (Thu)
- Transport tickets
- Freizeit day ticket, €13.25 per person (2 tickets €53.00) · Tickets and reservations
Zwieselalmbahn stop → north end of the front lake (search Google Maps for Gasthof Gosausee)
③: missed it and no taxi, the 11:45 542 → still walk all three lakes, back on the 17:47 last bus · whole group
- Time
- 12:09–12:35 (26 min)
- Type
- Transit · walk 24′ (1.7 km)
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Source
- Transitous walk 24′
- Transport tickets
- Free
Gosausee (front lake to back lake)
③: missed it and no taxi, the 11:45 542 → still walk all three lakes, back on the 17:47 last bus · whole group
- Time
- 12:40–14:45 (2 h 05)
- Type
- Activity
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Notes
- Via Gosaulacke (about 13:40) to the back lake. Cut-off: if you haven't reached Gosaulacke by 14:00, turn back there and take the 16:52 instead
- Place
- Gosausee (front lake to back lake) · See card
Picnic (bring your own), by the back lake
③: missed it and no taxi, the 11:45 542 → still walk all three lakes, back on the 17:47 last bus · whole group
- Time
- 14:45–15:00 (15 min)
- Type
- Eat
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
Gosausee (front lake to back lake)
③: missed it and no taxi, the 11:45 542 → still walk all three lakes, back on the 17:47 last bus · whole group
- Time
- 15:00–16:45 (1 h 45)
- Type
- Activity
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Notes
- Return the same way to the front lake, about 1 h 50. Turn around at the back lake by 15:30 at the latest; sunset is 16:53, so try to be out of the forest before sunset
- Place
- Gosausee (front lake to back lake) · See card
Gasthof Gosausee at the north end of the front lake: something hot and a rest
③: missed it and no taxi, the 11:45 542 → still walk all three lakes, back on the 17:47 last bus · whole group
- Time
- 16:45–17:20 (35 min)
- Type
- Buffer
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
North end of the front lake → Zwieselalmbahn stop
③: missed it and no taxi, the 11:45 542 → still walk all three lakes, back on the 17:47 last bus · whole group
- Time
- 17:20–17:44 (24 min)
- Type
- Transit · walk 24′
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Source
- Transitous walk 24′
- Transport tickets
- Free
- Notes
- Already dark (civil twilight ends at 17:25), use the phone flashlight; whether there are street lights was not checked
Zwieselalmbahn → our stop in Bad Ischl
③: missed it and no taxi, the 11:45 542 → still walk all three lakes, back on the 17:47 last bus · whole group
- Type
- Transit · 542 → Steeg/Hallstätter See Traunbrücke, then the 541
- Certainty
- Fixed Fixed: on the timetable, or already booked
- Source
- Newly checked on Transitous 10-29 (Thu)
- Transport tickets
- Freizeit day ticket, €13.25 per person (2 tickets €53.00) · Tickets and reservations
- Notes
- Cut-off: the last bus from this stop. If you miss it: walk down the road for 17′ to Hintertal b.Gosau Schmiedweg, 542 → Traunbrücke → 541 back to Bad Ischl; if you miss that too, Schmiedweg → Steeg-Gosau → train R 3435 → Bad Ischl, which is the very last one
EUROSPAR: buy groceries for dinner (closes 19:00)
③: missed it and no taxi, the 11:45 542 → still walk all three lakes, back on the 17:47 last bus · whole group
- Time
- 18:39–19:00 (21 min)
- Type
- Buffer
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
Cook dinner at the lodging, pack
③: missed it and no taxi, the 11:45 542 → still walk all three lakes, back on the 17:47 last bus · whole group
- Type
- Buffer
- Certainty
- Est. Est.: estimated stay or walking time
- Notes
- Tomorrow, 10-30: I leave first, then the companions; check out before 10:00
Places for this day
The places to visit in the first timeline plan, in time order; each card says what time and who goes. Alternatives for meals are in the timeline blocks.
Top pickGosausee (front lake to back lake)
Details
Open Walkable when there is no snow or ice; Gasthof Gosausee by the lake is open until 10/31, every day 09–20
Cost Free
Source 4 posts in the materials
Rain Not advisable
Coordinates are for the front lake; the winter timetable of bus 542 (from 10/27) ends at Hintertal Zwieselalm, about 1.7 km and a 24′ walk from the stop to the front lake (Transitous; 23–42′ in the sources); the back-lake hut Hohe Holzmeisteralm closed at the end of September, so bring your own food; no winter maintenance, and the official site warns of rockfall; 10-29 all 4 of us leave by bus in the morning: turn around at the back lake by 14:35 at the latest and leave the front lake at 16:25 (D-60); my own words on 10-22: "the three lakes at Gosausee (Gosausee), I'm definitely going to hike all of them"
Checked: 2026-10-20 (route C, transit via Transitous); restaurant 2026-10-18 store (V-012)
Map
Dark: the recommended plan; blue: other candidates and mentioned places. Click a dot for the name and transit directions. Grey dots are other places in the database within 5 km of the day's location: dark grey ≤2.5 km (walkable), light grey 2.5–5 km (need a ride).
Notes for this day
We boarded the 541 in Bad Ischl, about 9′ late, and rode to Hallstatt Gosaumühle. Three ways to go, ordered from the most likely and best: ①if the 10:45 542 waited or is also late, we connect, reach Zwieselalmbahn at about 11:10, leave the front lake at 11:45, turn back from the back lake by 14:35 at the latest, be back at 16:52, and reach Bad Ischl, with no last bus and no walking in the dark; ②if the 542 has gone, take a taxi from Gosaumühle straight to the lake (arriving at about 11:30) and be back at 16:52 the same way; ③if no taxi, wait for the 11:45 542, arriving at 12:09, still walk the three lakes, start back from the back lake at 15:00 (15:30 at the latest), take the last bus at 17:47, with the last 24′ of road in the dark. To find the lake, search Google Maps for Gasthof Gosausee. Buy 2 Freizeit-Tickets from the driver when boarding. No cable car, no Hallstatt (D-60, D-62).
Alternatives by time slot
The first item in each slot is the recommended one; the others are swaps.
Daytime (11:30–17:20)
RecommendedMust-seeWhole group Gosausee (front lake to back lake)
Details
Open Walkable when there is no snow or ice; Gasthof Gosausee by the lake is open until 10/31, every day 09–20
Cost Free
Source 4 posts in the materials
Rain Not advisable
Coordinates are for the front lake; the winter timetable of bus 542 (from 10/27) ends at Hintertal Zwieselalm, about 1.7 km and a 24′ walk from the stop to the front lake (Transitous; 23–42′ in the sources); the back-lake hut Hohe Holzmeisteralm closed at the end of September, so bring your own food; no winter maintenance, and the official site warns of rockfall; 10-29 all 4 of us leave by bus in the morning: turn around at the back lake by 14:35 at the latest and leave the front lake at 16:25 (D-60); my own words on 10-22: "the three lakes at Gosausee (Gosausee), I'm definitely going to hike all of them"
Checked: 2026-10-20 (route C, transit via Transitous); restaurant 2026-10-18 store (V-012)
OptionalWhole group Gasthof Gosausee (restaurant by the front lake)
Details
Open Every day 09:00–20:00; small menu 09–11, full menu from 11; season 3/28–10/31 (official site)
Rating Google Maps (via a Wanderlog page, Google Maps not opened directly) 4.3 (1,678 reviews) (checked 2026-10-22)
Source 2 posts in the materials
Rain OK to go
Mixed reviews: a Xiaohongshu blogger says "so delicious, highly recommended", a Xiaohongshu blogger says "not recommended, not tasty"; Wanderlog reviews also include a bad review about cold potatoes; meeting point
Checked: 2026-10-22 official site (opening hours); rating from Google Maps via Wanderlog
What if it rains
- Forecast (Open-Meteo, queried 10-29 01:45, Gosausee 950 m point): no rain all day (precipitation probability ≤ 23%, 0 mm); around 11:00 it is 6–7 °C, 13–15 h 7–8 °C; cloud cover 89–100% from 10–12 h, about 65% at 13–14 h, fully overcast after 17:00; very little wind. Last night between 16 and 20 h there was about 3 mm of light rain and 5–6 °C by the lake overnight, so no ice, but the rocks and roots are wet.
- If it really rains: go only as far as Gosaulacke and back, or just stroll around the front lake and shelter in Gasthof Gosausee; home at 16:52.
Heads-up for tomorrow
- The companions return to Vienna on the morning of 10-30: leave the lodging and take the 150 at 09:24; check out before 10:00, two small suitcases.
- I go hiking at Altaussee on 10-30 and return to Vienna that night (see the 10-30 day page): leave by bus from Bad Ischl; pack the backpack tonight, check out in the morning.
- Where the 4 of us stay in Vienna on the night of 10-30 is not decided yet (Q-01).
Transport costs for this day
Costs per person; the data comes from the "Tickets and reservations" page and is not written separately here. Buses, metro, trains and boats count as transport; cable cars and sight admissions do not. Walking costs nothing and is not listed.
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541 (it was late) → 542 to Zwieselalmbahn; 16:52 542 → 541 back (or the last bus at 17:47). Unlimited rides all day€13.25Freizeit-Ticket OÖ (€26.50 per ticket, shared by 2 adults) · whole group · 4 people buy 2 tickets (€53.00 in total), 1 ticket per 2 people · buy on the spot · Tickets and reservations →Valid from 09:00, so the morning 541 works. Recommended default. Going to Hallstatt (Plan B) costs nothing extra.
Another way to buy, or alternatives
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Single tickets for the same route: our stop in Bad Ischl → Hintertal Zwieselalmbahn €10.40 (541+542); Zwieselalmbahn → our stop in Bad Ischl estimated at the same price in reverse€20.80 (est.)OÖVV single ticket · whole group · buy on the spot · Tickets and reservations →Alternative: Another way to buy, not counted in the totalOutbound price read from the official OÖVV lookup on 10-24; the return was not checked separately. About €30 more than Freizeit (for 4 people), and going to Hallstatt would cost extra on top.
On 10-29 the plan changed to 4 people together (D-60); we actually boarded the delayed 541 (D-62); buying 2 Freizeit-Tickets is the cheapest. The taxi price for Plan B was not checked and is not counted in the transport costs. The Gosaukammbahn cable car is no longer planned. The original plan (10:21), the plan that only went to Gosaulacke and the Hallstatt-in-the-evening plan are in the git history.