Birnberger Sonnenweg

The sunny Birnberg plateau invites you to take a leisurely walk past the beautiful farmsteads. Starting point: Birnberg with the inns Grundnerhof and Zaunerhof. Continue in eastern direction until you reach the Pircherhof. Continue marching to the Flatzerhof. After the Flatzerhof, the road turns right to Weißenbach, but we keep left and hike along the Höhenweg back to Birnberg village.

From Birnberg to Ramsau Leiten Duration: approximately 1 hour Starting from the center of Birnberg, follow the road up the hill to the crossroads Davidbauer towards Ramsau am Dachstein (inn Timmelbauer) to the Ramsauer "Leitengebiet".

Safety information

Safety on the mountainside: changes in the weather, sudden fall in temperature, thunder storms, wind, fog and snow fields are all objective dangers and require the correct behaviour whilst underway. the landlords of the huts are all very knowledgeable about the mountains and can give you good tips about the weather and the routes. Insufficient equipment, exaggerated opinion of ones capabilities, frivolousness, poor health condition and a false evaluation of the situation can lead to a critical situation. In thunder storms: summits, crest-sites and safety rope aids are to be avoided.

If something should happen call following emergency numbers: No. 140 - the number for all Alpine Emergencies in all of Austria No. 112 - European emergency call GSM emergency-call-service