Winter hiking trail from Orthofer to Berger, St. Jakob im Walde

Name: Winter hiking trail from Orthofer to Berger, St. Jakob im Walde
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Starting from the Joglland trail in St. Jakob im Walde, a hiking trail leads from the Gasthof Orthofer to the Berger family hotel - a great change for all cross-country skiers and skiers.

Starting from the Gasthof Orthofer, also where the Joglland trail, which is certified with the Styrian trail quality seal, starts, a winter hiking trail begins to the nearby Berger family hotel. You can trudge through the snowy landscape for around 6 kilometers, whether with or without snowshoes. A section also leads next to the Joglland trail, where you can watch the cross-country skiers. Otherwise, enjoy the peace and quiet along this winter hike, where there is a place to stop for refreshments both at the start and at the intermediate destination.

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

5,7 km

Route

1:45 h

Time

93 hm

Uphill

93 hm

Downhill

1159 m

Highest point

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Sankt Jakob im Walde is located approx. 24 km northwest of the district capital Hartberg in the far northwest of the Hartberg district. The municipality belongs to Joglland.

By car:
From Vienna: via the A2 to the Friedberg exit and B54 to Rohrbach, then via Mönichwald to St. Jakob im Walde

From Graz: via the A2 to the Rohrbach - Vorau exit, then to Rohrbach and on to Waldbach and St. Jakob im
Walde

From the S6 Krieglach exit via the Alpl to Ratten and St. Jakob im Walde

Detailed information on how to get here can be found here.

We start our winter hike at Gasthof Orthofer
We cross the field behind the inn and walk to the snowmaking pond
There we keep left and hike through a small wooded area to the so-called Blochplatz, a crossroads for several cross-country ski trails
From here, we follow trail marker 915 to Riegler Kohlstatt at around 1132 meters above sea level. Here we continue on a narrow forest path and follow the signs "Gasthof Berger via Lechner" to the Berger family hotel
Here we can fortify ourselves and warm up a little before hiking back to the starting point
The way back leads along the same route back to Gasthof Orthofer
On the tour, we follow the red/white/red markings with the number 915 via Berger/Krutzler

Discover the winter sports options in St. Jakob im Walde: whether cross-country skiing or downhill skiing, horse-drawn sleigh rides or ice skating.

Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.
For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

St. Jakob im Walde, Inn Orthofer (free)

You can find information about the region, places to stop and stay overnight, excursion destinations, etc. here:

Eastern Styria Tourism Association

Joglland-Waldheimat office

8255 St. Jakob im Walde

Tel.: 03336/20255

info@joglland.at

www.joglland-waldheimat.at

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