Miners' Trail - Short Variant via Johannahöhe

Easy and family-friendly walk from Rohrmoos to Obertal valley and back via Johannahöhe - good view and lots of variety.

Short alternative to the Miners Trail to Hopfriesen. This tour takes you half-way to Obertal and loops back to Rohrmoos via a nice trail through the forest.

Characteristics:

alpine pasture

Restaurants:

Rohrmooser Erlebniswelt, Hotel Sonneck, Arx Genusshotel, Restaurant Braunhofer, Wehrhofalm, Holdalm, Eschachalm

POIs:

Johanna Höhe with beautiful view to the Obertal

Variant:

A somewhat longer (approx. +45 min.) variant of the tour is possible via Ahornweg road, the forestry lane Royer Ötz and the Schlapfer farm.

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

Best season

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

4,3 km

Route

1:20 h

Time

147 hm

Uphill

147 hm

Downhill

1133 m

Highest point

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More information

From Schladming take provincial highway L722 (Rohrmoosstraße road) to Rohrmoos and at the roundabout continue straight on for about 300 m until you reach the center of the village Rohrmoos.

Walk along the sidewalk for about 300 meters to Hochwurzen, turn left and walk towards Obertal via Schussbühel and the meadows of Rohmooser Frei. Walking to the South the scenery transforms into that of an extensive alp.

While you walk towards Obertal valley you can enjoy the nice views to both, Untertal and Obertal valleys. At the Sonnleitner farm you reach the road junction Rohrmoos-Südweg road/Knappenweg road. You hike up the latter until you reach the Pocher farm. Hiking up over the meadow you reach the viewpoint of "Johannahöhe", which offers a great view to Obertal valley and towards the village Untertal.

After a short section through the forest you reach the beginning of the Mushroom Nature trail. Along the forestry road (to the right) you hike back down to Rohrmoos in about 25 minutes.

The short variante of Miners' Tour can easily be combined with the Mushroom Nature Trail.

With the Planai buses from Schladming (Planet-Planai, Lendplatz) to "Rohrmoos-Zentrum"