The Hochwurzen Tour

From the hiking portal, walk past the valley station of the Hochwurzen summit lift in a westerly direction. At the top station of the Rohrmoos II chairlift, trail #60 branches off onto the Hochwurzen. A good 15 minutes later, keep left at the trail crossing and continue uphill. Through beautiful forest passages, across clearings and meadows - where skiers carve down into the valley in winter - you hike towards the summit. Right at the summit is the Hochwurzenhütte, from where you can enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of the Schladminger Tauern, the Enns Valley and the Ramsau high plateau with the imposing Dachstein massif. From the summit, you can either take the cable car or return to the valley via 3 different routes:

• The forest and meadow trail #60 is also recommended for the hike down to the valley.
• The 4-season trail is an easy variant suitable for pushchairs.
• Trail #61 leads from the Hüttecksattel on the Obertal side of the Hochwurzen into the valley. The moderately difficult trail also has some steeper sections, but is more direct and offers beautiful views of Rohrmoos and the Obertal valley.

In winter the Hochwurzenstraße road is a toboggan run, in summer you can also rent a Mountain Gokart for your way back down the mountain.

With the Planai buses from Schladming (Planet-Planai, Lendplatz) or Rohrmoos (Rohrmoos-Zentrum) to the valley terminal of the Hochwurzen cable-car - bus stop "Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen".

• Buses of Planai-Hochwurzen-Bahnen: www.planaibus.at

Car parking is available at the valley terminal of the cable-car.

Information about bus schedules and cable-car operating times: www.planai.at

• Hiking map ‘Hiking WEST’ available at the information offices in the region.
• Schladming hiking map, 1:25,000, available at the Schladming information office.
• Hiking map Schladming-Dachstein, 1:50,000, available at the information offices in the region.
• Hiking guide Schladming-Dachstein by Herbert Raffalt, available at the information offices in the region.