Through the Karlgraben to the Schneealm

Characteristics

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The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 10,0 km

Time 5:00 h

Uphill 1010 hm

Downhill 1010 hm

Highest point 1903 m

A partly steep, scenically stunning tour on the southern side of the Schneealm.

From the parking area in Karlgraben, the path initially winds through dense forest, then crosses a meadow-like hollow, bordered by a beautiful rocky landscape, leading up to the Schneealm.

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From Vienna or Graz via Mürzzuschlag and Neuberg an der Mürz to Karlgraben (marked).
Parking at Karlgraben, please observe parking regulations.

From the parking area in Karlgraben (access via Neuberg an der Mürz, heading toward Mürzsteg), we follow a stream bed, passing the climbing area Elisabethwandl, until we reach a dam. From here, the path, marked red-white-red, winds through the forest in numerous switchbacks up to the alpine plateau.

There, we follow the trail to the Windberg, the highest point of the Schneealm (summit cross, magnificent panorama, 1,903m), turning right and passing an alpine hut along the way.

For the return journey, we follow the same path, passing the Michlbauerhütte, located just below the Windberg, which is open from May to October.

Mountaineering gear, sturdy footwear, weather and sun protection, headlamp, small first aid kit, possibly trekking poles.

Nearby is the famous and worth-seeing Neuberger Münster, along with the Kaiserhof Glassworks.

RegioBus Line 189, operating every 2 hours in the summer from Mürzzuschlag to the entrance of Karlgraben.

Tourist Office Hochsteiermark