Hiking route Jungfrauensteig - Touren-Impression #1 | © Erlebnisregion Schladming-Dachstein Hiking route Jungfrauensteig - Touren-Impression #1 | © Erlebnisregion Schladming-Dachstein

Jungfrauensteig

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A steep but rewarding hike to the "Steinernen Jungfauen" - some bizarre psephitic rock formations. 

The stone quarry for the material for building the Protestant Church in Ramsau was located near the "Stone Maidens" (Steinerne Jungfrauen). At the bench at the lower end of the Gamsfeldgassl you can enjoy a magnificent view over the Ramsau plateau and over to the Schladminger Tauern. The Jungfrauensteig is a steep, gravelly path, but sure-footedness is essential.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness
Experience
Scenery

Best season

January
February
March
April
November
December

The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
7,5 km
Route
4:00 h
Time
653 hm
Uphill
653 hm
Downhill
1963 m
Highest point
1310 m
Lowest point

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More information

From the west: Tauern Autobahn (A 10) to Knoten Ennstal - turnoff direction Graz/Schladming - stay on the Ennstal-Bundesstraße (B320) for approx. 20 km until Schladming - take the turnoff for Ramsau. 

From the north: Pyhrn Autobahn (A 9)  direction Liezen - take the Ennstal-Bundesstraße (B320)  to Schladming - turnoff Ramsau. 

Drive up to Ramsau and through the village until you reach the turn-off "Edelbrunn" to your right-hand side. Drive up the road to the parking lot.

From the Edelbrunn-Roseggersteig hiking trail head, you first hike up a wide forest path to the right of the Edelbrunn inn. At the crossroads in the forest you turn right and follow hiking trail #9. First the path takes you up the edge of the scree field of the “Kraml-Lahn” and then turns left into the forest. You will soon reach the rock formations of the “Stone Maidens”, where there are also some nice rest areas. To the left above the Brandriedel, the Dachstein towers in the background. We continue on the gravelly path up to the rock faces below the Gamsfeld to a viewing bench, where you really deserve a break and can enjoy the view.

We continue over to the lower end of the Edelgrieß and from there down to the Austriahütte with the Dachstein Museum and over the Brandalm and path #615 past the Dachsteinhaus back to the starting point. Alternatively, you can also go back downhill a bit from the Bankerl and take the hiking trail that branches off to the right directly to the Brandriedel.

On the circular tour you can also take a detour from the Austriahütte to the viewing and photo point at Brandriedel.

With the bus of "Ramsauer Verkehrsbetriebe" from Schladming train station to Ramsau. Exit at bus stop "Langegasse". From there it is a 10-minute walk up to the starting point. See the timetables HERE

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What the weather will be like

Ramsau am Dachstein (1137m)

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slightly cloudy
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Mostly cloudy through the day with a chance of occasional sunny spells.
Morning
cloudy
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5%
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Noon
slightly cloudy
15°C
5%
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Night
sunny
10°C
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Morning clouds will clear gradually. Then frequent sunny periods.
31.03.2024
slightly cloudy
4°C 15°C
01.04.2024
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02.04.2024
slightly cloudy
0°C 9°C

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