Hauser Kaibling Tour: Ernest-Reitzner-Weg

Accessible by public transport

Public bus (within 15 minutes walking distance from starting point)

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 4,7 km

Time 2:15 h

Downhill 1020 hm

Highest point 1839 m

Take the cable car up to the Hauser Kaibling mountain - walk down by foot to the valley!

Take the cable car to Hauser Kaibling and walk down into the valley! On the hike, you make the metres in altitude downhill. The tour is not for ‘weak’ knees, as you cover over 1.000 metres downhill. Hiking poles are therefore definitely recommended for this hike.

Best season

January

March

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July

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September

October

November

December

More information

Ennstalbundesstraße (B320) - Haus im Ennstal:

Valley station Schladminger Tauern cable car (above the catholic church in Haus im Ennstal)
Valley station Hauser Kaibling cable car (directly next to the main road)

Markt Haus - Hauser Kaibling - Markt Haus. The tour starts comfortably with a gondola ride on the Schladminger Tauern cable car or the Hauser Kaibling 8-seater gondola lift & 8-seater Kaiblinggrat chairlift from the village of Haus im Ennstal. After savouring the view from the Hauser Kaibling into the beautiful Ennstal valley, follow trail no. 780 (Ernest-Reitzner-Weg) from the mountain station down to the Hauserberg. From Hauserberg, follow the path until you arrive back in Markt Haus at the cable car car park.

Tip: keep your eyes open from July to September. On this tour you will surely find one or the other chanterelle.

Postbus (L900) - Exit: Haus Ort oder Hauser Kaibling Seilbahn

Between end of May and mid October: Planaibus (Line: Schladming - Haus - Steirischer Bodensee)

Parking area Schladminger Tauern cable car or Hauser Kaibling cable car

Tour at your own risk! No liability is accepted for any alpine dangers (weather, etc.) that may occur. Weather changes, rapid drops in temperature, thunderstorms, wind, fog and snow fields are objective dangers and require the correct behaviour on the way. In an emergency, please dial the following emergency numbers: