Ore Trail
moderate Hiking · Schladming
Tour characteristics
Stamina
Technique
Tour-Infos
Distance: 7.22 km
Duration: 02:28 h
Ascent: 351 m
Descent: 351 m
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The tour
The trail is situated at an altitude between 1,050 m and 1,350 m above sea-level and therefore offers a terrific panoramic view to the plateau of Ramsau and the Dachstein massif as well as Rohrmoos.
The Ore Trail has its name from the mining of argentiferous copper ores, that were mined for at Krahbergzinken, starting from the 17th century. For this purpose the miners used the "Ore Trail" to transport the ore to the town of Schladming.
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Turn-by-turn directions
From Hotel Poserhof you pass by Gästehaus Bergwelt and then walk along the Brandweg road. When you reach the trail junction with trail n° 50, you take this trail uphill to the Wieslechnerhof farm. There you make a right and walk along trail n° 100 to a hairpin in the forest road. About 50 meters after the hairpin you turn-off right onto the hiking trail, which is the historic Ore Trail, that takes you through the forest and over meadows (ski pistes in winter) to the moutain terminal of the 1st section of the Planai cable-car. A few steps further you reach a hairpin of Planaistraße road, wich you walk downhill for about 500 m to Berggasthof Jager inn. Walk past the inn and descend via a meadow trail to Planaistraße road below. Here you continue to the right via a forest road (a ski trail in winter). Once you leave the forest you make your way across a ski piste again and pass by under a ski lift station and follow the forest road downhill to Hotel Breilerhof . At the hotel you follow trail n° 100 through the forest until you reach the hairpin above the Wieslechnerhof farm again, from where you take the known way back to your starting point.
Getting there
Exit from federal highway B320 East of Schladming (at the gas stations) and continue on Planaistraße road towards Fastenberg. After about 3.5 kms you reach Hotel Poserhof where the trail head is located.
No public transport to the starting point.
Parking
Parking is available at Hotel Poserhof on Fastenberg.
Start
car park Poserhof, Fastenberg
Destination
car park Poserhof, Fastenberg
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
Author’s recommendation
Esepcially nice in the evening.
Tips, hints and links
Tourist information: www.schladming.com
- Hiking map Schladming, 1:25.000, available at the tourist office Schladming.
- Tourist map "Hiking - Running - Walking", available at the tourist office Schladming.
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Weather forecast
Date
The day starts sunny, but will be partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
Dry and sunny throughout the day with hardly any clouds.
