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Neualm Trail

Partially opened
Neualm Trail is a scenic trail at the valley head of Obertal, requiring good stamina and surefootedness!

Neualm Trail is a trail run of the category "medium trail" and equals the hiking route Neualm-Duisitzkar. On the first third of the trail you gain elevation constantly along a wide trail and parts of a forest road, taking you to Neualm chalet (no refreshments), which is situated within the alp of the same name that lends its name to the trail.

The second third of the route takes you up and down along the slopes of  the mountain side, running on a narrow trail through the forest with some clearings and on a surface with many tree roots and small rocks - finally taking you to Duisitzkarsee lake. The last part of the trail is also a narrow trail with tree roots and mostly in the forest, taking you back downhill (quite steeply) to your starting point at Eschachalm. For the downhill section from the lake you can alternatively choose to run along a forest road (+ 2 kilometers).


Characteristics

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Best season

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The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
8,4 km
Route
1:40 h
Time
541 hm
Uphill
541 hm
Downhill
1739 m
Highest point

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More information

Exit from federal highway B320 in Schladming and continue towards Rohrmoos. You ascend from Schladming to Rohrmoos and at the roundabout in Rohrmoos take the 3rd exit towards Obertal and Untertal. You descend into the small village of Untertal and at the end of the village turn off right in to Obertal valley. You continue on the paved road until Hopfriesen from where a gravel road takes you to the trail head Eschachalm for the last 2 km.

From the information displays at the trail head Eschachalm you run into the valley past Eschachalm inn. At the fork after the inn you keep left and head uphill into the forest, following the hiking trail. You pass by two chutes and cross the forest road once before you then follow the road uphill for several hundred meters, passing the creek twice on your way via small wooden bridges. After crossing over the creek the second time you reach a hairpin after which you turn off right into the forest. Quite steeply uphill the trail takes you up to another hairpin of the forest road where you keep right and continue towards Neualm.

At Neualm chalet (no refreshments available) you pass Neualmbach creek and immediately turn right onto the trail towards Duisitzkarsee lake. On the initial stage of the narrow trail you lose some elevation which you recover on the next part. Most of the trail towards the lake is an alternation of uphill and downhill sections with surface mostly made up of forst floor and tree roots. Once you reach Duisitzkarsee lake you pass over the small wooden bridge at the lakes runoff to reach Fahrlechhütte and Duisitzkarseehütte inns - both offering refreshments :)

From the lake you run up to Abelhütte chalet (the private hut above the lake) where you turn right and follow the alp road towards the forest. After about 150 m downhill on the forest road you turn off right onto the hiking trail which takes you downhill quite steeply. Further down you cross voer the forest road two times and run across the clearing called "Kessler Boden". After another 200 m on the road you turn off right again onto the forest trail and run down to the private Saghütten chalets where you cross over the forest road twice again. Downhill via a sloping alpine meadow you reach the last trail section that takes you down through the forest near the waterfall of Seebach creek, before you finally reach your starting point near Eschachalm trail head.

At Neualm you can extend the route by running to Keinprechthütte and back before continuing to Duisitzkarsee lake: +260 m in vertical gains and +4 km.

Planai-Hochwurzen hiking bus (bus n° 973) to the trail head at Eschachalm, Obertal. www.planaibus.at

Parking is available at the trail head Eschachalm.

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Further helpful links

Tourist information: www.schladming.com

Information about bus schedules (to Eschachalm): www.planaibus.at

  • Tourist map "Hiking - Running - Walking", available at the tourist office Schladming. 
  • Hiking map Schladming, 1:25.000, available at the tourist office Schladming.
  • Tourist map "Hiking - Running - Walking", available at the tourist office Schladming. 

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Spiegelsee Reiteralm | © photo-austria / Christine Höflehner

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