As an outdoor activity, mountain hiking presents great opportunities for health, companion-ship and adventure. The Alpine Associations gives the following recommendations to make mountain hiking as safe and enjoyable as possible.1. Healthy in the mountains: Mountain hiking is an endurance activity. This exertion of the heart and circulation requires sound health and a realistic assessment of one’s own capabili-ties. Avoid time pressure and choose a pace that ensures no one in the group will get out of breath.2. Careful planning: Hiking maps, guide books, the Internet and experts will inform you on the length, altitude difference, difficulty and current conditions of the trail of interest. Always choose tours to suit the whole group! Pay special attention to weather reports since rain, wind and cold all increase the risk of accidents.3. Fully equipped: Adapt your gear or equipment to your activity and keep the weight of your backpack low. Always carry rain, cold and sun protection in your backpack, as well as a first aid kit and mobile telephone (Euro emergency number 112). Maps or GPS will help with orientation.4. Wear suitable shoes: Good hiking shoes protect and minimise strain on feet and improve sure footing! Choose shoes that fit perfectly, have non-slip treaded soles, are watertight and light in weight.5. Surefootedness is key: Falls resulting from slipping and stumbling are the most common cause of accident! Be aware that walking too fast or when tired will seriously impair your surefootedness and concentration. Watch out for falling rocks: Walk mindfully to avoid kicking stones loose.
6. Stay on marked trails: Walking off trails increases the risk of becoming lost, falling, and causing or suffering rock fall. Avoid taking shortcuts and return to the last known point if you ever stray from the trail. Frequently underestimated and highly dangerous are steep fields covered with old snow!7. Regular breaks: Taking breaks at the right times allows you to recover and to enjoy the landscape and company. You need to eat and drink to maintain your stamina and concentrati-on. Isotonic drinks are ideal thirst-quenchers. Muesli bars, dried fruits and crackers stave off hunger while you are underway.8. Responsibility for children: Know that variety and playful discovery come first for children! In passages with a risk of falling, one adult can only supervise one child. Very exposed tours that require sustained concentration over a long time are not suitable for children.9. Small groups: Small groups guarantee flexibility and allow the group members to help one another. Inform trusted persons of your destination, route and return. Stay together in the group. Attention solo hikers: Even seemingly minor incidents can lead to serious emergency situations.10. Respect for nature and environment: To protect the mountain nature: Do not leave any rubbish, do not make unnecessary noise, stay on the trails, do not alarm wild or grazing animals, do not trample or pick at plants, and respect protected areas. Use public transport or carpooling to get to your destination.
01 Blasiteich02 Pritzteich03 Agrarteich04 St. Egidi05 Outdoor Pool & Minature Golf06 climbing wall / Hapimag07 Alpenkräutergarten08 Sport & Recreation Area/ Jufa Lungau09 Tennis Court "Sportclub"10 Recreation Area "Murinsel"11 Church of St. Michael12 Unique view over13 Church of St. Martin14 Golf course15 Augustinkapelle St. Michael/St. Martin
17 Ponyalm18 Horse center / play fields / Katschhausen19 Adventure parc20 Katschi`s Gold Run21 Herzerlweg22 Maria chapel23 Open-air pool Gries24 Church of St. Georgen25 Church of St. Peter26 Village of flowers St. Peter27 Water flower Rennweg28 Choo-choo-train29 Bacherlebnisweg30 Lieser waterfall31 Source of the Lieser32 Valley of 1000 orchids
33 Roman milestones - Grainwald34 Water-path Leisnitz35 Old mill36 Pfarrkirche St. Margarethen37 Lime trees at the church St. Augustin38 Recreation Area "Unterbayrdorf"39 Hl. Martin in der Lärche
40 Kugellärche41 Show dairy42 Castle ruin Edenfest43 pilgrimage church Hl. Georg & priest effigy44 Hubertuskapelle45 Blast furnace museum46 Hl. Familie in der Zirbe47 Josefshütte
48 Model flying field49 Castle Moosham50 Beekeeper infopoint51 Hubertuskapelle52 Culture cycle path53 Church of Unternberg54 Pond with tennis and beachvolleyball area55 Frimlkapelle56 Recreation Area "Murstrand"
Safe mountain hiking – Recommendations of the Alpine Association
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St. Michael tourist information Raikaplatz 242 | 5582 St. Michael im LungauDesign and map: Die Medienwerkstatt GmbH | TamswegPrint: Samsondruck | St. MargarethenPhoto Credits: St. Michael tourist information, Tourismusregion Katschberg, Ferienregion Salzburger Lungau3. edition, august 2018
Legend
Circular route
Straight route
Summit tour
Magnificent views
Culinary
Family-friendly
Flora
Suitable for prams
Geocaching
Funicular
Children’s playground
Accessible with buggy
Car park
Accessible by bike
Regional specialities
Petting zoo
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Description: Starting from the tourist office. Follow the street “Schulgasse” in the direction of sports facilities and just turn right in front of the sports hall building and follow the street to the end of the football field. There, turn right again to follow a slightly steeper path uphill. After. 200 m, the terrain becomes much flatter, where you follow the road to the left. First, it is a wide forest road, after a few hundred meters you leave this trail and crosses uphill through the high forest - after about 50 m you reach a forest path again. Follow this road on the left downhill to the bend, where you leave the path on the right via a wooden walkway and follow this path through the forest and later through woods and meadows. Along the way you cross the pasture fence twice over wooden overpasses and finally reach the "Boarnwiese" with a beautiful view towards to the Castle of Moosham. Continue for a few hundred meters to the village of Pichlern. Once there, you have several options to go back to St. Margarethen - either via the Thomataler country road or via the village of Pischelsdorf, from there on the well-known Murradweg.
Description: Starting from the tourist office, along the “Oberdorfstraße”, you come to the junction Leisnitzweg / Schlögelbergweg. You turn right uphill towards Schlögelberger. After about 450 m, the last houses left behind, you can branch off in good weather on the old hiking trail left or you go straight on on the paved road to the Alp-guesthouse Schlögelberger. Passing the guesthouse along with the Hubertus Chapel, continue on, passing a barrier, always along the forest road. After about 1.2 km you come back to a bend, where you go straight to Moosgraben, crosses it laterally over a wooden walkway and then comes to the old, uninhabited Karlsberg-haus. Straight on to the pump station of the cable cars. Here you turn right down to the slope (meadow) which you cross. You reach again the meadow edge goes through the forest always down in a turn and comes back to the piste or meadow. Now go downhill along the edge of the meadow and then comes back to the goods road and crosses the meadow a second time. Follow the forest road to the end of the A1 (in winter a ski slope). The path leads over the Moosgraben again and this grave you follow left down to the old mill. Shortly before the mill there are two passages for hikers and one arrives at the lift car park - over the large parking lot, past the hotels, one comes back to the village.
Bonnerhüttenweg
Start: St. Margarethen tourist information
Description: Starting from the tourist office, you will go up to the Upper Village, where you will follow the waterway Leisnitz and the river Leisnitz. Following the river you reach the turn-off to the Römersteine after approx. 1 h. The path leads right over the bridge and then immediately to the left, following the river or the hiking trail marking Bonner Hütte or Kößlbacheralm. Finally you arrive at a broad forest road. Follow this road for about 100 m up to a large fork. Straight ahead the path takes you to Kößlbacher/Branntweinerhütte. But our way to the Bonner Hütte leads to the left to Esseralm huts with a magnificent view of the Murtal. Following the path / markings, you reach the border to Carinthia over swampy, flat terrain (laid out with boards). After about 10 minutes you reach the Bonner Hütte.
Description: Starting from the tourist office or Wasserstein you can reach the upper end of the village Schlögelbergweg / Leisnitzweg in just a few minutes via Ober-dorfstraße. Follow the signs to the left of the waterway Leisnitz. Soon you will be re-minded of the first floods, information and history panels, the revenge of the dwarfs and the lonely giant at the Aineck - a related book and treasure map for the children. At the numerous rest stops, which are indicated by mosaic stones, one has the possibility to stop at the water, to play and to relax. An ideal way for children´s hikes with the dwarves` cave and the playground with water pump and Kasmandl hut. Shortly after the Kasmandl hut, take the turnoff to the Schlögelberger mountain uphill and you will reach the shallow Roßbach, cross it and then you will see the Rossbach Römerstein on your left. A little steeper uphill, on a neat forest floor, you come to a clearing with benches for resting. From there, straight towards Schlögelberger. At the end of the path you will see the Hubertuskapelle and you have the possibility to stop at the inn with playground and petting zoo. Well recovered and strengthened you follow the paved road back to the valley St. Margarethen.
Wegbeschreibung: The flower trail was created in spring 2017 and leads over 4 stations with resting places to stay and to inform. It starts at the waterflower near the fire station, leads to the local community,continue along Gries over the bridge at the beginning of the village take the "Auenweg" and further over the Kirchsteig to St. Peter to the village of the flowers “Blumendorf”. The informational panels are arranged on the basis of the thematically designed resting places according to the basic elements of water, earth, fire and air and their connection to the floral splendor of the Katsch Valley. There is not only information about the valley and refreshments, rather a panel is also reserved for an artistic design.
Description: From the tourist office you will go to the Upper Village until you reach the fork to Schlögelberger.
Follow the Schlögelbergweg to Gasthof Schlögelberger with the Hubertuskapelle. Pass the chapel and follow the path until you reach the yellow hiking trail mark to the left, uphill on the meadow (slope) until you get back to the trail after approx. 20 m - follow this path slightly uphill on the left (Sign of Kößlbacherhütte, Branntweinerhütte or Aineck) - you reach the Kösslbacherhütte after approx. 1 ½ hours, shortly there-after the Branntweinerhütte. You can go on your way to the summit of the Aineck.
Description: Start at the bridge "Murbrücke" and walk along the river "Mur" to the village Oberweißburg. Along the 6 km of the "Mur" you can find 10 different stations for all your senses.
Description: Start the trail no. 92 at the pharmacy (narrow alley) and turn left behind the pharmacy. Follow the trail along the street “Schwimmbadgasse” and a stream slightly uphill, past the chapel “Lourdes-Kapelle” to another chapel. Take the forest road after this house to reach a third chapel where you leave trail no. 96. Take the trail no. 92 (“Mühlsteig”), which turns right uphill. This is the start of the bird path, which ends after 1.5 km. From there you can either descend along the same way or take the trail no. 92 (“Mühlsteig”) back to St. Michael.
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Description: Starting from car park 1 (barbeque area), follow the “Bacherlebisweg” signs for approximately 5km downstream, passing various information panels with puzzles and games, with plenty of places to sit and relax before reaching the Kochlöffelhütte. The Bacherlebnisweg is a wonderful family trail (no ascent), which is suitable for all age groups. Return to car park 1 (barbeque area) via the same route or on the asphalted road (this is also suitable for buggies), or take the comfortable option: return by choo-choo train (stops right in front of Kochlöffelhütte).
Note: Note smaller hiking routes: there are several places along the Bacherlebnis-weg (Schoberblickhütte, Veitnhütte, climbing wall, fish pond) where there are small bridges to the other side (asphalted road), allowing you to take a shortcut and walk back to car park 1 (starting point) from there.
Tip: A trip on the choo choo train is free with the Carinthia card. The choo choo train runs to and from Rennweg 1x in the morning and 1x in the evening. In the Pölla valley, it runs every hour from the barbecue area to the Kochlöffel hut and back.
Description: From the church follow signpost no. 2 uphill until you reach a forest road (old road) that leads into the forest and to Oberfrankenberg. Here there is a beautiful view down to Rennweg. Follow the asphalted road down to Unterfranken-berg and continue to Aschbach. Turn right below Aschbach following signpost no. 1 along a forest road, passing a small chapel, back to St. Georgen.
Note: From Oberfrankenberg you can carry on to Teuerlnock by following trail no. 111a, which takes you through forests and meadows.
Description: After the end of the village of Oberdorf, at the Abwerzg fork, we turn off to the right and hike for approx. 500 metres along the tarmac road upwards to Ab-werzg and then on towards Zanaischg. When you reach the signpost for Winkler and/or road no. 11, follow this road (turning right). When you reach Winkler farmhouse (gate), a short, wide section of a forest road leads to Leitensteig. This partially flat and/or sloping road leads through the forest beyond Oberdorf towards Gries. There are plenty of wooden benches along the way where you can stop a while and enjoy the countryside. You can leave Leitensteig via the crossroads with the Way of the Cross to Oberdorf or you can continue to the end point in Saraberg/Mühlbach, retur-ning on the asphalted road via Gries (access road) to the starting point in Oberdorf.
Note: Connecting route no. 12 leads from Zanaischg over Strafneralm (unmanaged) with beautiful views of unspoilt nature.
Description: Start on trail no. 8a in the flower village of St. Peter. From Gasthof “Zum Platzer”, walk approximately 200 metres down the street. Then turn right towards Wirnsberg. After approximately 20 minutes you reach a fork in the road. Go right here, following a forest road until it separates again. Turn right here and walk uphill back to Gasthof “Zum Platzer” in St. Peter, enjoying the beautiful views.
Tip: The St. Peter floral village is well worth seeing: it has received prizes in the Carinthia Flower Olympics on multiple occasions.
Description: Start at Bonner Hütte. From here follow trail no. 113 (standing in front of the hut and on the right when facing the hut), first towards Heißalm and then continue down a valley to Plareitbach (small bridge). Turning left you can continue on to Laußnitzer Hütte (approx. 20 minutes) or turning right a wide road leads up to Ebenwaldhöhe. To get back to Bonner Hütte go through Ebenwald until you reach the access road. From there continue right, ascending slightly, along the forest road until you reach Bonner Hütte.
Description: Start at Laußnitztal (at the Ebenwald-Laußnitzer Hütte junction). From here take forest road no. 113, which is a comfortable route to Ebenwaldhöhe. When the road splits, continue right on trail no. 114 “Krametbichl”. The road then narrows into a small trail that leads through meadows (often very wet underfoot) and then you reach the cross on the summit of Krametbichl. From here you can enjoy a well-earned rest and magnificent views of Katschtal and Pöllatal. Return via the same route.
Note: From Krametbichl you can also reach Atzensberg via Rennweg, Aschbach and Laußnitz and continue to the summit cross via trail no. 21.
Description: This trail leads from the village of Steinwand (beyond Krangl) on forest trail no. 8 through Krangler Alm (unmanaged). You pass various huts before hiking up to the Hirneck summit on a steep hiking track. Return via the same route.
Note: You can reach Karscharte from the new way junction (Krangler Alm) via connecting route no. 8c. From Karscharte you have the option of walking further into Wolfsbachtal towards Luckasee. Or from Karscharte to Stubeck, and on to Torscharte in Wolfsbachtal. From Karscharte you can also take the Gratwander trail to Hirneck.
Description: Begin at the car park in Wolfsbachtal. From here go right on trail no. 10, which leads through Wolfsbachtal to Sternspitze. Sternspitze is Rennweg’s local mountain. Upon reaching the summit you’re rewarded with a majestic view. Return via the same route.Version 2: you can also reach Sternspitze from St. Peter, via Peitleralm ridge and Stammpatzspitz (day tour).
Tip: This hiking tour is particularly worthwhile for great nature-lovers: you can find typical limestone-loving plants such as the trailing Gypsophila, fragrant Erysi-mum cheiranthoides, Kernera, the Alpine daisy, grape-like saxifrage, milkwort and mountain houseleek among the plants on the Wolfbachtal trails. The pointed and broad-leafed as well as the speckled wild orchid and the fire-red chalices of the tiger lilies also accompany you.
Description: Start at Bonner Hütte on trail no. 113, northwest towards Lungau. After 10 minutes you reach a passage (also border of Kärnten and Salzburg). Go through the passage, following the steep track that leads through marshy, flat terrain. The boards laid down stop your feet getting wet. Continue on this road until you reach a crossroads of forest roads. Choose the road leading down the valley (and follow the signage) and you’ll reach the unmanaged Esseralm huts, which offer a majestic view of the Murtal. Continue on the forest road leading down the valley until you come to another fork. Turn left here, cross the small Leisnitz stream and slip through the pas-sage next to the gate. You’ll soon see the unmanaged Meisnitzeralm hut on the right. Pay attention here: take the road approximately 20m beyond the hut (look for the yellow trail markings) and continue on this road through meadows and then into high forest. Continue on this road, which is often marshy and wet, until you reach a hatch. From here you can continue straight or take the road downhill on the right, which leads to a wide forest road. Follow this road for a few minutes and you will reach a fork. You can already see Kößlbacher Alm from here and Branntweinerhütte is just a little further. At this last fork, road B and then trail no. 111 lead back to Bonner Hütte via Aineckhütten and Sackstadl.
Tip: In 2016, the Bonner Hütte is closed. More Information in the tourist office Katschberg or Rennweg.
Ebenwald – Krametbichl – Laußnitzer See – Ebenwald circular route
Start: Laußnitztal - Ebenwald
Description: Start at Laußnitztal (at the junction Ebenwald-Laußnitzer hut). From here take forest road no. 113, which is a comfortable road up to Ebenwaldhöhe. When the road splits, continue right on trail no. 114 “Krametbichl”. The road then narrows into a small trail that leads through meadows (often very wet underfoot) and then you reach the cross on the summit of Krametbichl. Stop here a while to catch your breath and enjoy the magnificent view of Katschtal and Pöllatal. Continue your hike on trail no. 114a towards Schereck and Roter Riegel to Laußnitzer See. From here a steep track leads down to Laußnitzer hut (opportunity for a well-earned rest). The circular walk then leads down to a basin (stream) via trail no. 113, over a small bridge and up a short road on the other side to Ebenwaldhöhe and to Ebenwald, which is the starting point.
Tip: Caution - it's often very wet on the last stretch before the summit cross.
Description: Drive from Rennweg to St. Peter, passing “Zum Platzer” guesthouse and continue on a forest road until you reach Wolfsbachtal car park. The walk starts here on agricultural road no. 9, passing meadows in bloom, until you reach Torschar-te. From Torscharte take the slightly steeper track on the left that leads to Stubeck (magnificent view of Nockberge and Hohen Tauern). Here take trail no. 8c – an easy high ridge – that leads down to Karscharte. Further below you can see a small moun-tain lake, the Luckasee, which is the next destination. You can get back to the starting point through the meadows and a subsequent steep track and forest road, passing Wansinghütte (chalet) and then back to Wolfsbachtal car park.
Note: You can also reach Wolfsbachtal from the village of St. Peter, via shady trail no. 8b or forest trail no. 9 (duration: 2 hours).You can reach Reitereck from Torscharte (difficult tour – only recommended for hikers with Alpine experience, suitable gear and sure-footedness!)via trail no. 9a (steeper incline over Poisnig and Wandspitze).
Start: Start: car park 1 (barbecue area) at Pöllatal
Description: Travel from Rennweg to car park 1 (barbecue area) at Pöllatal either by choo-choo train or by car. From here, first walk along the asphalted road until you reach the first bridge on the left and go over this bridge. Continue straight along trail no. 13 to a forest road. After approximately 300 metres you can continue along the well-constructed forest road or take a steeper shortcut (narrow steep track, mostly in the forest, passing Lasörn waterfall, and finally leading back to the forest road). The forest road takes you on a wide trail with curved and straight sections that leads to the hut. From Lasörnhütte a steep track leads up to Lasörnsee. At the top you can enjoy pure nature: alpine asters, alpine azalea and coal roses are just some of the plants that can be found here. On the return route you can go back on trail no. 13 to Lasörnhütte and then to car park 1 (barbecue area) at Pöllatal, where you can travel back out of the valley to Rennweg either by choo-choo train or by car.
Tip: Travel on the choo choo train for free with the Carinthia card. After the first straight (ascent) on the Lasörnweg, continue straight (don't stay on the forest road) on a forest trail which leads to the waterfall. From there, a steep section goes up through the forest, then keep left and you come back the Lasörnweg.
Description: Either arrive at Kochlöffelhütte at Hinteres Pöllatal by car by 9am (the Pöllatal nature and wildlife reserve is closed to all vehicles, except authorised vehicles, from 9am-5pm), by parking in car park 2 and start walking from there, or travel directly to Kochlöffelhütte from Rennweg or from car park 1 (barbecue area) by choo-choo train. On foot from car park 2 or Kochlöffelhütte, take forest road no. 16 to Lanischalpe. The walk continues on a steady, slight incline on a wide, bendy forest road, leading past Lieserursprung up to Ochsenhütte (chalet). Continue from Ochsenhütte on a narrow trail, passing Lanisch waterfall. The steep hiking track then continues along to the first Lanischsee. After another 20 minutes uphill you reach the second Lanischsee. After a break, return via the same route. Then return to Rennweg by choo-choo train or by car.
Tip: On this hike, you become aware for the first time of the oft-heard title "the valley of a thousand waters" since waterfalls tumble from every hillside down to the narrow valley floor from the Upper Pölla valley to Lanischalpe. Because this is a full-day hike, you should plan sufficient time for this hike and start first thing in the morning. A trip on the choo choo train is free with the Carinthia card.
Description: From Katschberg tourist information, follow trail no. 20 through the hotel village, passing through the tunnel at pizzeria Stamperl, then continue uphill, always keeping to the road (2nd tunnel), passing Gasthof Bacher. This road becomes a forest trail that leads through the forest to the managed Pritzhütte in the wonderful Gontal nature reserve. You can return via the same route or you can reserve a horse-drawn carriage in advance for the return journey.
Tip: Horse-drawn carriage rides are out and about on this road.
Description: This walk begins at the Ebenwald-Laußnitzer hut junction at Laußnitztal. From there take forest trail no. 113, which is a comfortable route up to Ebenwaldhö-he. When the trail splits, stay on course and continue straight down the hill and then take the somewhat steeper road uphill until you reach the managed Laußnitzer hut. From here a steep track leads to idyllic Laußnitzer See. Return via the same route.
Description: Starting from Katschberg tourist information, the walk leads through the hotel village. When you reach Hotel Cristallo, take the slightly uphill road on the left that doesn’t lead through the tunnel. This takes you over Hüttendorf Landal. After a few hundred metres you’ll see trail no. 97 signposted on the right (large gate) to Gamskogelhütte. Stay on this road (also called Herzerlweg), and you’ll soon reach the Maria chapel and beyond it to the left is a track that leads past a small pond and up round the mountain to Gontalscharte at 1,911m. From here take trail no. 97 downhill towards Pritzhütte or Hanslbauerhütte (chalet). Return via forest road no. 97 from Pritzhütte to Katschberghöhe. If you have chosen the road over Hanslbauer-hütte, continue over flat terrain for a short while and then slightly downhill until you reach a gate with a signpost directing to the right. Here a narrow steep track leads to Oberkatschberg. You arrive right back at Gasthof Bacher on asphalted trail no. 97.
Tip: Nature trail tables, Herzerlweg up to the Gamskogel hut.
Description: Starting from the Katschberg tourist office, past HotelCristallo, turn left before the Pizzeria Stamperl underpass. This takes you over Hüttendorf Landal. After a few hundred metres you’ll see trail no. 19 signposted on the right (large gate). Stay on this road (also called Herzerlweg), and you’ll soon reach your destination, first the Maria chapel and then the comfortable Gamskogelhütte with children’s playground, where you can stop for a rest. From Gamskogelhütte you can then take the Rodel-weg, which begins below the hut, downhill until you reach the asphalted road. Down the road on the right you’ll reach Pizzeria Stamperl, go through the tunnel and you’re back at the starting point.
Tip: The Maria Chapel next to the Gamskogel hut is well worth a visit. Astonishingly, before its completion, a spring was discovered right next to the chapel from which clockwise rotating water flowed, which is said to have beneficial effects for the eyes, stomach, bowel and wound healing, which will be precisely observed and analysed in the future. The broad forest road is also accessible for sports buggies. The walk is along the nature trail.
Description: start at Aineckbahn valley station, where you can take the funicular up the mountain (check opening times), or you can go up on foot on trail no. 111. This trail is steep in some places and leads to Adlerhorst (duration is 2 hours longer if you don’t take the funicular). Once you’ve arrived at the Aineck by foot or by funicular, walk on the other side of the mountain, taking path C down to Branntweiner Hütte and/or Kößlbacher Alm (both managed). Then take road B to the St. Martin / St. Michael / Katschberghöhe junction. On the forest road, go left towards Katschberg on road A, which leads slightly uphill and downhill back to Katschberghöhe.
Option 2: take the Aineckbahn funicular up the Aineck and continue on foot on road 111 to the starting point – Aineckbahn funicular valley station. Duration approxima-tely 1 to 1.5 hours.
Option 3: take the Aineckbahn funicular up to the Aineck, continue along mountain trail no. 111 to the Teuerlnock summit cross. From the summit take road no. 111 down towards Bonner Hütte until you reach the information board for Kößlbacher Alm – Branntweiner Hütte. Take the road on the left and continue along a narrow steep track, through mountain pastures until you reach the Kößlbacher Alm – Brannt-weiner Hütte (optional refreshment stop). From here take road no. C uphill to the Aineck mountain station. Duration: approximately 3 to 4 hours.
Option 4: take the Aineckbahn funicular up to the Aineck, then continue to Teuerl-nock. From here walk through Laußnitzer Alm to Bonner Hütte. You can either take the same route back to the Aineck or take a taxi back to Rennweg and then on to Katschberghöhe. Duration: approximately 3 to 4 hours there and back.
Description: The starting point for this hike is the Katschberg tourist office. We hike past Hotel Lärchenhof (turn off to the left before the Pizzeria Stamperl under-pass), walk along above the Landal holiday complex and take trail No. 17 at the next fork, through forests and meadows, down the valley to Saraberg.
From here the asphalted road leads down to the main road, which you cross. This is the Rennweg/Mühlbach district and here you walk over a small bridge that leads to Adenberg on trail no. 5, and from there up to Katschberg. You come out at Ferienan-lage Hotel Falkensteiner Funimantion and you have to change sides here to get back to the starting point.Please close gates and fences along the hike.
Description: From Katschberg tourist information follow trail no. 97 through the hotel village, passing through the tunnel at pizzeria Stamperl, then continue uphill, always staying on this road (2nd tunnel), and passing Gasthof Bacher. This road becomes a forest trail that leads through the forest to Pritzhütte. After approximately 400 metres the road becomes moderately steeper but is not a dangerous road up to the summit of the Kareck, heading northeast on a narrow steep hiking track. From the summit and on a fine day, you can enjoy magnificent panoramic views as far as the Dachstein Massif and Karawanken. Return via the same route. Alternatively you can choose trail no. 97 in the Gontal, which leads to Gontalscharte and then on to Gamskogelhütte. From there you can take the so-called Rodelweg or the nature trail (Herzerlweg) no. 97. Both routes take you back to Katschberghöhe.
Tip: This full-day hike is particularly worthwhile because of the glorious panoramic view of the peaks which you can enjoy from the summit of Kareck.
Description: From Katschberg tourist information follow trail no. 97 through Katsch-berg hotel village, passing through the tunnel at pizzeria Stamperl, then continue uphill, always staying on this road (2nd tunnel), and passing Gasthof Bacher. This road becomes a forest trail that leads through the forest to Pritzhütte in Gontal. Continue upwards until the trail leads down to Doktoralm (both unmanaged), and keep to the marked road until you reach the wonderfully situated original Stöcklalm. Here you can enjoy homemade cuisine. Return via the same route.
Description: Go past the guest house “Schlickwirt”. Take the trail no. 55 (for the shorter version also trail no. 96), which starts at the right of highest point of the country road. Continue over the motorway bridge and then turn left to the asphalt road towards the two farms of the “Lanschütz Bauern” (about 30 minutes). Climb over the fence at the upper farm to the meadow path. After about 30 minutes you will reach the village of “Fell”. Cross the stream “Zederhausbach” to reach the lake “Blasiteich” under the motorway bridge after a short ascent. Hike through the woods and cross the clearing until you reach the forest road. After about 300 m follow the trail to the left into the “fairytale woods”. After about an hour (from the “Blasiteich”) you will again reach the bridge “Trautl-Brücke”, the village of Oberweißburg and the car park. If you want to enlarge your route, you could follow the trail no. 96 at the bridge “Trautl-Brücke” back to St. Michael (see there).
Description: Choose the trail no. 91 (see there) to the guest house “Hollerberger”. Hike downhill to the housing estate “Staig” while you are enjoying the panoramic view to the valley with the protected area “Saumoss” and the golf course. Immedi-ately before the first farm, the trail no. 56 turns off to the right leading back to the starting point.
Description: Hike along the trail no. 99 on the street “Marktstraße” down to the valley past the “Hotel Wastlwirt” and turn left into the street “Scheidergasse”. Follow this street over the interstate until you reach a field path and the bridge “Murbrücke”. Immediately after the bridge at the rest area with the information board (“Murin-sel”), the trail leads downriver past the golf course to the village of “Oberbayrdorf”. The trail turns right at the first farms to the nature area “Saumoos” (with botanical rarities like menyanthes or und sundew) and the farm “Wiesenbauer”. Hike to the chapel “Augustinkapelle” along the natural reserve. There you can find a small spring with clockwise wa-ter (medicinal water for the eyes). After that, follow the trail no. 99 back to the river “Mur” leading to the starting point.
Description: Go uphill to the „Hotel Post“ and cross the streets “Schulstraße” and “Bergstrasse” to reach the fork with information board and rest area after about 40 minutes. The trails no. 91 and 56 turn right to pass two farms (“Sticklerbauer” and “Martinihof”). Hike between these two farms on the forest road slightly uphill until you reach the hairpin bend. There you walk through the woods and over the meadow to the guest house “Hollerberger” (about one hour) while enjoying the breath-taking view to the village of St. Michael. Begin the descent on the access road of the housing estate “Staig”. Leave the trail no. 56 before the first farm. After the houses walk under the interstate (tun-nel) and turn right downhill to the valley. Cross the interstate in the valley to reach the river “Mur”. The trail leads along the “Treppelweg” upriver past the golf course (from the village of “Ober-bayrdorf” together with trail no. 90) back to village of St. Michael.
Description: Start the trail no. 92 at the pharmacy (narrow alley) and turn left behind the pharmacy. Follow the trail along the street “Schwimmbadgasse” and a stream slightly uphill, past the chapel “Lourdes-Kapelle” to another chapel. Take the forest road after this house to reach a third chapel where you leave trail no. 96. Take the trail no. 92 (“Mühlsteig”), which turns right uphill. Climb the stairs and other steps in the terrain to reach a housing estate. There you can:
a) turn right downhill to reach the village of St. Michael or
b) go back the access road (asphalt road) to village of St. Michael or
c) continue uphill to the hut ruin “Piendl-Hütte” (1.322 m). Follow the dirt road until shortly after the cattle grid, where you turn right to go through the woods and over meadows to the mountain farmer and the village of “Sonndörfl”. Descend along the access road leading back to the starting point.
Start: Centre of St. Michael – start at tourist office
Description: Start at the tourist office. Trail nos. 92, 96 and 94 begin at the che-mists (narrow lane). Behind the chemists (Leitnergasse junction) continue left on Schwimmbadgasse, which has a small stream running alongside it, going slightly uphill, passing Lourdes Kapelle and then another chapel further up the hill before reaching the last house. After this house is a forest trail and after a few steps you will reach a third chapel. At this chapel, leave trail no. 96. Mühlsteig no. 92 begins up on the right. A narrow steep track leads through the beautiful mixed woodland to a small bench with panoramic views of the holiday destination of St. Michael. Continue on some steps and a small terrace to a couple of houses. From here you can either a) go right, down to St. Michael, b) take the access road (asphalted road) to St. Michael or c) continue beyond the houses to Piendl Hütte (ruin) (trail no. 94). From there continue left between the ruin and a well, climb over the fence and continue up on the steep track. This takes you across the forest path a few times. Continue on to Speiereck-Halterhütte where you can stop for refreshments. Return via the same route or take a shortcut on trail no. 94 to the centre of St. Michael.
Tip: hosted from middle of june to end of septemper
Description: Walk downhill from the tourist information to the “Hotel Post”, where the street “Schulstraße” and the trails no. 91, 56 and 93 start diagonally opposite. After the street “Schulstraße” and “Bergstraße” after about 40 minutes you will reach the fork with information board and rest area. The trail no. 93 leads left to the village of “Sonndörfl”. At the first farm on the right (“Bacherhof”) you reach a terrain gap, where the trail leads along the edge of the field, sometimes steep uphill, to the “Grubental”, 1.538 m above sea level (about one and half hours from the tourist information). On the left side you can see a larch tree with a “Marterl” (a roadside shrine with a niche for a crucifix or saint’s image). Turn right, at first steep uphill, to the highest pint of the mountain “Hollerberg” (1.600 m above sea level). Descend on the wonderful path “Höhenweg” to the farm “Sticklerbauer” at the mountain “St. Martinberg” and take trail no. 91 leading back to the village of St. Michael.
Description: At the pharmacy (narrow alley) take the street “Leitnergasse” to reach the abandoned farm “Leitnerbauer” and the old farm “Granglergut”. There, take trail no. 92 (“Mühlsteig”), which leads uphill to the hut ruin “Piendl-Alm“ at 1.322 m above sea level (about 30 minutes). On the left side, climb over the fence between the ruin and the well to hike uphill on the well signposted path. Continue to the hut “Speiereck-Halterhütte” at 1.933 m above sea level with the opportunity to stop (about 2 hours). Here you can:
a) continue on the well signposted and easy path to the peak of the mountain “Spei-ereck” at 2.411 m (about 1 hour from the hut) or
b) continue on the right side of the hut to the hut “Peterbauer Almstub’n” at 1910 m and to the hut “Trogalm-Hütte” at 1809 m. From the hut “Trogalm” the trail leads to the bottom station of a ski tow and to the “Grubental” (1.538 m). There on the right side (see description no. 93) you get back past the “Sonndörfl” to St. Michael. Or you can take trail no. 94, which follows the forest road past a shooting box, down to the valley to the lower hut “Piendl-Hütte” before descending to the village of St. Michael.
Description: Walk from the tourist information through the centre downhill, across the roundabout into the village of “Stranach”. At the guest house “Stranachwirt” cross the interstate past a nursery and market garden to a summer cottage at the edge of the woods (forest road). The forest road turns left along a stream slightly uphill. Stay on the trail no. 95 on the right side above meadows through the woods. Cross the interstate again at a house and hike uphill over a beautiful meadow past the village of St. Michael to the guest house “Petersbründl”. Immediately after the bottom station of the ski lift, the trail leads precipitously downhill along the winter toboggan run to the housing estate “Glashütte”. After the guest house “Gasthaus zur Glashütte” on the right side, the trail leads over the bridge “Murbrücke”, on the left bank of the river to the village of “Au”.
Description: Start the trail no. 92 at the pharmacy (narrow alley) and turn left behind the pharmacy. Follow the trail along the street “Schwimmbadgasse”, past the chapel “Lourdes-Kapelle” until you reach a third chapel in the woods. Walk through the woods and over the meadows to the church “St. Egidi Kirchlein” (about 30 minutes). At the house the trail leads to the mountain farmer estate “Dasl”. After these farms, a field path turns off to the right leading to the motorway bridge (overpass), to the village of “Oberweißburg” and to the guest house “Schlickwirt”. Opposite of the guest house “Schlickwirt” the trail leads over the stream “Zederhausbach” and the bridge “Trautl-Brücke“ downriver past a fish pond to the rest area “Neuhauserstadl”. Afterwards, the trail leads to the vil-lage of “Unterweißburg” and to the river mouth of the “Zederhausbach” into the river “Mur”. Walk under the motorway bridge along the river bank to reach the village of St. Michael.
Description: Take the trail no. 90 downhill following the street “Marktstraße” past the “Hotel Wastlwirt” and turn left into the street “Scheidergasse”. Cross the interstate and take the field path to the bridge “Murbrücke”. Continue downriver immediately after the river expansion ("Murerweiterung") to the next bridge. Turn right and continue hiking until you reach the woods (“Herbert Bayer-Weg”) and continue on the forest road uphill. After about one to one and a half hours you will reach a sea level of about 1650 m. Continue on the trail no. 111. Now you can either choose the trail no. 111/AC on the left (see there) leading to the huts “Branntweinerhütte” or “Kössel-bacheralm” or the trail no. 99/A/C leading to the “Katschberghöhe” slightly downhill and uphill (about one and a half hours). Don’t forget to enjoy the panoramic view to the holiday destination St. Michael and its surround-ings. At the “Passhöhe”, the trail leads past the hotel “Alpenhaus Katschberg 1640” leading to the ski slopes into the valley back to the village of “Glashütte” (trail no. 95) and back to St. Michael.
Description: Start at Arsenhaus car park and take a small asphalted path, which has signposted shortcuts (slightly steep) leading to special botany (aquilegia, mountain larkspur, oregano/wild marjoram, various orchids, etc.). From the hut, where you can rest and soak up the majestic mountains, a comfortable, short trail leads beyond the lake to the rear lakeside.
Note: You can continue to Oberer Rotgüldensee. Warning! On the way to Oberer Rot-güldensee, there are high alpine steep tracks, with fixed ropes, which are precarious in parts. Mountain experience and sure-footedness essential!
Start: Parking place at the village spare in Unternberg
Description: The forest nature trail in Unternberg runs at the foot of the Schwarzen-berg and is intended to inspire its visitors to observe the native nature, to listen and maybe rediscover. The trail should ideally start from the village square in the direction of Neustatt. There you will find after a short climb at the last houses at the edge of the forest, the welcome table, where the gnome "Goldi" all children welcome. The following ten stations provide an interesting insight into the history and the life and nature of Unternberg. The path offers plenty of information in additi-on to resting and viewing areas and for our active and curious children opportunities for entertaining movement and happy game. After the last panel, the path leads back into the valley and over Stranach and the village road back to the starting point.
Description: Walk along the Thomataler country road in the direction of St. Mar-garethen until just before the signpost Thomatal and then turn right. Follow this road, which leads past some houses, until you come to a gravel road. Follow this road until you reach a small chapel dedicated to St. Mary and Child. Turn right into a forest path. Follow the signs until you reach the highest point and enjoy the beautiful view over the village of Gruben to the Speiereck. Then you go down a serpentine path back down the valley and come back to the provincial road at the parish church and pilgrimage Thomatal. After a visit to our church, treat yourself to a cold drink and a snack at guesthouse Kempenbruck on the village square.
