Hohentauern circular hike - marked snowshoe trail

We start at the parking lot at Passhöhe Hohentauern (1), 1274 m, and orient ourselves by the pink signposts. We walk along the asphalt road, past the reception "Almdorf Hohentauern", until we reach the first crossroads, where we keep to the right. Slightly uphill we pass the houses of the Scheippl settlement until we reach the end of the populated area. After the last building we see pink directional arrows, which make the entrance clear. Now we draw our tracks across the meadow areas, keeping diagonally to the right, in the direction of the fence passage. Continuing downhill, we come directly to a road or ponds and continue to the right. Shortly after, we leave the road, turn left and continue, passing directly by the ponds. At the end of the last pond - Wuitzteich (3), 1182 m, we reach a crossing point. We go right, slightly uphill and follow the road to the site of the rock and cave world (3), 1161 m. After the bridge immediately left and as a result uphill until we reach the upper edge of the Ingerlwiese and enjoy the views. Continue straight ahead until you reach the crossroads at the toll road. Here you can see the pink markings on the trees diagonally opposite on the left, which now clearly show us the way through the forest. The marked trail leads parallel to the road to the bridge or to the pile-dwelling village. We walk along the road, past the pond and keep left at the junction, follow the road uphill for a bit and see the groomed winter hiking trail on the right, which takes us directly to the elementary school and thus also to our starting point.

There is another marked snowshoe hike to the Edleraute hut

The village of Hohentauern can be reached by public transport in limited intervals from Judenburg in about 60 minutes and from Trieben in about 15 minutes.

General information about public transport in the region: www.verbundlinie.at

Large parking lot in the center of the village

Alpenhotel Lanz, Tel.: +43 3618 347, 8785 Hohentauern, Tauernstraße 9, alpenhotel-lanz.at, snowshoe hire

Café & Restaurant Passhöhe, Tel.: +43 3618 219, 8785 Hohentauern, Tauernstraße 21, www.passhoehe.at

Freytag & Berndt (2017): Wölzer Tauern - Sölktal - Rottenmanner Tauern. WK 203 Wander-, Rad-, Freizeitkarte; 1:50000

Eigenverlag der Region Hohentauern (2018): Sommerkarte - Winterkarte, Hohentauern. Regionale, touristische Wanderkarte; 1:25000 (erhältlich beim Tourismus Hohentauern und bei vielen Tourismusbetrieben)

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