SCHLADMING IS THERE FOR YOU. GB Wild Water Invigorating waterside walks in the Untertal and Obertal Valleys 12 pull-out leafl ets showing diff erent routes We are there for you. Thundering hydropower – Talbachklamm Gorge Brave hikers – Alpine Trail »Höll« 2 Crystal clear, in natural purity... Waterside adventure walks through the Talbachklamm Gorge Wild Waters – welcome to life on high! Everything starts with water. It forms the What began in the Untertal Valley has gone one stage land-scape, gives life, and fascinates us by further in the neighbouring Obertal Valley. »Wild Waters« its diversity. To take exercise by water is an has become »Wild Waters Level 2«. Level 2 stands for the two valleys, in all their unspoilt natural beauty. And even adventure for all five senses. Refreshing, more: highly attractive walking trails by the water, leading healthy and invigorating. Since 2005 the- through two high valleys to high Alpine meadows and high se water walks in Schladming have had a peaks – all that is »Wild Waters Level 2«. name: »Wild Waters«. Quite special facilities for walking and adventure. In praise of waters, in praise of life! 3 Playful, lively, refreshing… Riesach Waterfall Postcard motif – Duisitzkarsee Lake Enjoying natural drinking water – at your landlord's place, too Giglachsee Lake One of nature's wonders: the Klafferkessel Corrie – a relic of the Ice Age Near the water | Alpine trail »Höll« Vitalizing water | Obertal Inn Tour 4 Diving in – enjoying the Alpine life Postcard motif – Duisitzkarsee Lake The Wonderful World of Wild Waters Water makes things into shapes. Formless, soft – and Did you know? at the same time stronger than stone – it changes • The human body consists of 70 % water. rocks, ravines and whole valleys. Experience this par- • The human brain actually consists of 90 % water. ticular power of water. Right up. From softly flowing, • Water covers 72 % of the earth's surface. • 97 % of all water is sea water, 2,7 % freshwater to wildly rushing. From the mouth of the Talbach and only 0,3 % is drinking water. River where it flows into the Enns, right up to frothing • Sea water and human blood have the same springs. In the heart of the Schladming Tauern. Where pH value of 7,4. this great gift of nature has its origin. 5 Test your courage on the 50 m (!) long rope bridge Many paths lead through two high valleys In the Untertal Valley, along the Untertalbach River, You will find interesting facts about the histo- you can discover wondrous treasures of nature – from ry of the valleys in the Hopfriesen Nickel the wild and romantic Talbachklamm Gorge and the Museum, a restored smelting furnace. Round it runs a barrier-free walking trail, which will »Toteisboden«, to the mystic and beautiful Tettermoor. bring you carefully back to natural scenery. In the Obertal Valley you will walk along the Obertal- bach River in the footsteps of the mountain miners. Bad Ischl Bischofsmütze Pyhrnpass Hoher Dachstein Bad Aussee 2430 Grimming Torstein 2995 2351 Mitterspitz Hoher Krippenstein Liezen 2109 Kammspitze 2139 Röthelstein Stoderzinken 2247 2048 Hochrettelstein 2220 Walchental Gumpeneck 2226 Mandling Großsölktal Hauser Kaibling Gumpental Seewigtal 2015 Hochwildstelle Sattental 2747 U n t e r t a l Planai Gasselhöhe Gr. Knallstein 2001 Hochwurzen 2599 O b e r t a l Information about tours and rest stops at the trailheads Rest at the Giglachsee Lake Waldhorn F o r s t a u t a l 2702 Deneck Preuneggtal Steirische Kalk Sp. 2433 2459 6 Kleinsölktal Hochgolling Predigtstuhl 2862 2543 Sölkpass Lungauer Kalk Sp. 2471 Many paths lead through two high valleys … up and away The Alpine Trail »Höll« in the Untertal Valley will take In the Obertal Valley you can break off from the you past the impressive Riesach Waterfalls, the highest Nickel Museum in the direction of the Almenrunde waterfalls in Styria. Trail. It will lead you to the fiord-like Giglach Lakes Boldly you will cross the 50 m long rope suspension bridge and and to nature's jewel – the Duisitzkarsee Lake. after 500 steps reach the idyllic Riesach Lake. For a right royal Starting from the Eschachalm you have a choice: adventure you can walk on up to the Klafferkessel Corries in either take the Duisitzkarsee circular trail, in the footsteps the high Alps. With more than 30 mountain lakes, they form of the silver miners to the Keinprechthütte Chalet, or via the cradle of the Schladming Tauern waters. the Mountain Lake Trail to the Ursprungalm Inn. Facts • 1.000 km of walking trails Bad Ischl Bischofsmütze Pyhrnpass Hoher Dachstein Bad Aussee • 300 mountain lakes 2430 Grimming Torstein 2995 2351 Mitterspitz Hoher Krippenstein Liezen • 950 bike kilometres 2109 Kammspitze 2139 Röthelstein Stoderzinken • Biggest Nordic Walking 2247 2048 network in the Alps Hochrettelstein •2220 different theme paths Walchental Gumpeneck 2226 The villages in the Mandling Großsölktal Schladming-Dachstein Seewigtal Hauser Kaibling Gumpental region convince with their 2015 Hochwildstelle Sattental 2747 U n t e r t a l Planai Gasselhöhe Gr. Knallstein variety of offers and Styri- 2001 Hochwurzen 2599 O b e r t a l Untertal an hospitality. Schladming Waldhorn F o r s t a u t a l 2702 is a member of »Austrian Deneck Preuneggtal Steirische Kalk Sp. 2433 Hiking Villages«. 2459 Kleinsölktal 7 Obertal Hochgolling Predigtstuhl 2862 2543 Sölkpass Lungauer Kalk Sp. 2471 19 Walk to the Keinprechthütte Chalet 661 m 4:30 h 13 Neualm-Duisitzkar Corrie Tour 12 675 m 4:30 h 17 18 11 Klaff erkessel King's Tour 10 1759 m 10:00 h 16 9 7 8 Family walk 204 m 2:30 h Alpine Trail »Höll« 282 m 1:45 h Sonntagskarseen Lakes 6 15 1100 m 8:00 h 5 »Wild Waters« Theme Trail 4 747 m 6:00 h Wild Waters Walking time to Riesachsee Lake in the Untertal Valley and back to Seeleiten Car Park Planai 3 2 Untertal Valley panoramic tour 260 m 3:00 h 1 Fastenberg Talbachklamm Gorge 168 m 1:30 h Variante 2 121 m 1:15 h Schladming 8 S Get there safely E W with 12 handy trail leaflets to detach N 1.) Detach the trail leaflet along 2.) Fold it lengthwise the perforated edge The Mountain Lake Trail 711 m 5:00 h 21 20 3.) Fold it across into four, put it in your pocket, and start the tour of your choice – enjoy ;-) Obertal Inn Tour 22 1176 m 6:00 h Smelting Furnace Tour 160 m 1:30 h Symbols Inns, restaurants Wild Waters Preuneggtal Information in the Obertal Valley Car park Landscape highlights Public toilet Cultural highlights Chalet refuge Starting point, trailhead Rest stop E-bike charging station Hochwurzen Trail suitable for family walking 14 Trail suitable for children's pushchairs Sports or leisure shoes required Mountain or trekking shoes required Miners' Trail 249 m 3:00 h Round trip (there and back) Option 2 298 m 3:00 h One-Way Route (different start and finishing point) Circular tour Bus stop and walkers' bus Rohrmoos The walkers' bus of Planai-Hochwurzen-Bahnen runs from Schladming to the Untertal Valley, up to Seeleiten Car Park, to the Obertal Valley up to Eschachalm and on to the Preuneggtal Valley as far as the Ursprungalm Inn. Depending on the season, the bus runs up to 7 times daily to Untertal, 4 times daily to Obertal and 3 times daily to Preuneggtal. There are plenty of well-signposted bus stops. Summer Card holders travel free. Publisher's details: Schladming Tourist Information Office ©2021 Conception and design: www.lemon.co.at Texts: Martin Huber and TVB Schladming. Photo- graphs: Andy Kocher, Harald Steiner/Foto MOOM, Gerhard Pilz, Herbert Raffalt, Photo Austria, Martin Huber, Ikarus.cc, Andy Küchenmeister, Planai-Hochwurzen-Bahnen, Hagspiel Photo- graphy-8952, TVB Archive Schladming. Print: Wallig/Gröbming. 9 Amendments, research, setting errors and misprints reserved. Wild Waters Restaurants and Walkers' Bus Chalets and catering stops 18) Duisitzkarseehütte Chalet, Obertal Tel.: +43 664 97 33 684 5) Sondlalm Inn, Untertal www.duisitzkar.at Tel.: +43 3687 61509 www.sondlhof-alm.at 19) Keinprechthütte Chalet, Obertal Tel.: +43 664 43 30 346 8) Gfölleralm Inn, Untertal/Riesachsee Tel.: +43 676 59 08 068 20) Ignaz-Mattis-Hütte Chalet, Giglachkar www.gfoelleralm.at Tel.: +43 664 42 33 823 www.alpenverein.at 9) Kaltenbachalm Inn, Untertal/Riesachsee Tel.: +43 664 41 60 817, +43 3687 23 477 21) Giglachseehütte Chalet, Preuneggtal www.starchlhof.at/kaltenbachalm-wilde- Tel.: +43 664 90 88 188 wasser.html www.giglachsee-huette.at 10) Berallerhütte Chalet/Kotalm Inn, Inns and restaurants Untertal/Riesach Tel.: +43 664 50 59 974 1) Landalm & Landauer, Untertal-Village www.feichtlehner.at Tel.: +43 3687 61573 www.landalm.at 11) Waldhornalm Inn, Untertal Bus lines Tel.: +43 3687 61475 2) Gasthof Michlbauer, Untertal Buses operated by Planai-Hochwurzen www.eliashof.at Tel.: +43 3687 61270 www.michlbauerhof.at Bahnen run regularly from Schladming 15) Wehrhofalm Inn, Obertal into the valleys. The exact timetables can Tel.: +43 3687 61197 3) Tetter Inn, Untertal be obtained at the Schladming Tourist Open on Sundays and holidays www.facebook.comAWehrhofalm Office or can be read on the website of Tel.: +43 3687 61130 16) Eschachalm Chalet, Obertal www.tetter.com Planai-Hochwurzen Bahnen: Tel.: +43 664 10 44 838 www.planaibus.at www.eiblhof.at 4) Waldhäuslalm, Untertal Tel.: +43 3687 61592 22) Ursprungalm Inn, Preuneggtal www.waldhaeuslalm.at Tel.: +43 664 903 80 38 www.ursprungalm.at 6) Weiße-Wand Inn, Untertal Tel.: +43 3687 61307 Chalet refuges 7) Almgasthaus Riesachfall, Untertal 12) Preintalerhütte Chalet, Untertal Tel.: +43 3687 61678 You will find information on every aspect of Tel.: +43 664 14 48 881 www.gasthaus-riesachfall.at leisure walking and all tourist information at preintaler.at/agp/index.php/unsere- www.wildewasser.at, at the Schladming huetten/preintalerhuette, booking online 14) Windbacherstube, Obertal Tourist Information Office, or on our website.