Village Tour

easy Hiking · Schladming

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Tour-Infos

Distance: 6.5 km

Duration: 02:00 h

Ascent: 160 m

Descent: 160 m

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The tour

In Pichl, this nice walking tour runs along meadow trails and along the edge of the forest on the sunny side of the Ennstal valley. Along the tour you pass through the idyllic villages of Gleiming, Pichl, Grubdörfl, Warterdorf and Audorf.

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Turn-by-turn directions

From the hiking trail head at the Badesee Pichl, follow the signs through the underpass at the train station and go up to the Pichlmayrgut Hotel. Right at the start of the hotel village, turn left and follow the meadow loop over the scenic Ennstal to the slightly rising Aberg. Benches invite you to linger. Then continue through the forest and meadow edges to Grubdörfl. Follow slightly uphill and downhill through meadow edges to Warterdorf. Turn off across a piece of meadow downhill to Audorf and through the underpass onto the footpath and cycle path (R7). From here, you can follow the railway line back to Pichl train station and the starting point.

Getting there

Exit from the federal highway B320 in Pichl (approximately 4.5 km west of Schladming) and follow the signs to Freizeitsee Pichl.

The trail head at Freizeitsee Pichl can be reached from Schladming via the buses of Postbus.

www.postbus.at

The trail head can also be reached via train (station Pichl an der Enns).

www.oebb.at

Parking

Parking is available at Freizeitsee Pichl.

Start

Hotel-Gasthof Brunner, Gleiming

Destination

Hotel-Gasthof Brunner, Gleiming

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 orienteering

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

Good walking shoes and custom-fit Nordic Walking poles are the standard equipment. We also recommend a belt for carrying a drinking bottle.

Author’s recommendation

The tour is also possible with starting point in Gleiming.

Tips, hints and links

Info about buses: www.postbus.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.