Eschachalm Loop

easy Hiking · Schladming

Current Conditions
Elevated on 18/08/24

Due to an increased risk of rockfall, the forest road from the Eschachalm to the Duisitzkarsee is closed. The duration of the closure is currently unknown.

01/11/2024 - 30/04/2025

In the Obertal from Hopfriesen there is a winter closure from 1. November  to 30. April

Tour characteristics
Stamina
Technique
Tour-Infos
Distance: 1.15 km
Duration: 00:21 h
Ascent: 44 m
Descent: 44 m
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The tour

The Eschachalm trail is a short walk in the rear Obertal valley. You start at the Eschach hiking portal at the ‘Eschachboden’, walk along the Obertalbach stream and through a forest and then reach the Eschachalm where you can stop for a bite to eat.

 

Turn-by-turn directions

From the the trail head you pass over the bridge of Obertalbach creek and make a left following the forest road towards Duisitzkarsee and Keinprechthütte. The road ascends slightly uphill and after a couple of minutes you reach the branch-off of this small loop tour.

You walk down to the wooden bridge, cross over to the other shore and then continue on the trail leading you out of the valley on the other side. It is only a couple of minutes until you reach the Eschachalm chalet, where you have earned yourself a cake and a cup of coffee.

Getting there
From Schladming take provincial highway L722 (Rohrmoosstraße road) to Rohrmoos and at the roundabout continue on provincial highway L723 (Tälerstraße road) towards the village of Untertal. In the village of Untertal make a right on Obertalstraße road and follow it to Hopfriesen and further on to the trail head at Eschachalm (about 2 kms gravel road).

With the Planai buses from Schladming (Planet-Planai, Lendplatz) or Rohrmoos (Rohrmoos-Zentrum) to Obertal - bus stop Eschachalm.

Parking
Parking is available directly at the trail head at Eschachalm.
Start
Trail head Eschachalm
Destination
Trail head Eschachalm
Equipment

Changes in weather patterns, quick falls in temperature, thunderstorms, wind, fog and snow are some of the dangers that can be encountered on a hiking tour. Hosts of alpine huts and mountain refuges have a lot of experience in the mountains and can give good advice about weather and the trails. Poor equipment, overestimation of one's own capabilities, carelessness, poor personal constitution and/or wrong judgement  can lead to critical situations. In case of thunderstorms: avoid summits, ridges and steel ropes.

GPS data and orientation

Available GPS data - just like hiking maps - is only a guidance for orientation and can never depict a trail exactly with all its details. Especially at dangerous spots it is essential to judge on site how to proceed.

In an emergency please call:

  • 140 - for Alpine emergencies (all over Austria)
  • 112 - European GSM emergency number
Hiking or trekking shoes with grip sole, jacket.

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Weather forecast

Date
in the morning
-3°C
at noon
3°C
in the evening
0°C
Rather cloudy in the morning, then sunny spells will develop gradually.
in the morning
-1°C
at noon
6°C
in the evening
1°C
Some clouds in the morning, lateron much sunshine and hardly any clouds
in the morning
-4°C
at noon
7°C
in the evening
0°C
Dry and sunny throughout the day with hardly any clouds.

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