Hiking route In the Miners’ Footsteps - Touren-Impression #1 | © Gerhard Pilz - www.gpic.at Hiking route In the Miners’ Footsteps - Touren-Impression #1 | © Gerhard Pilz - www.gpic.at

In the Miners’ Footsteps

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At the guided tours in the Bromriesen mine you digg into the past of the Schladming region.

Some 1500 miners toiled below ground digging for silver, lead, copper, cobalt, nickel and zinc in the early part of the 16th century. The Anna Mine and the Nickel Museum are a legacy of that time. Tours of the mine and Nickel Museum are offered from enod of May until mid October.

Guided Tour of Bromriesen Mine and Hopfriesen Nickel Museum:

After a hike up taking around 25 minutes, we reach the entrance of the former silver mine. Visitors are issued a helmet, protective jacket, flashlights and some carbide lamps. You will be able to see examples of mining methods used through the centuries, including setting fires and using chisels. Braver visitors may wish to crawl on hands and knees through the air shaft, which brings you back to daylight a little higher up the mountain.

In the Bromriesen mine, you truly feel how it must have felt back then to have earned your daily wage under such tough conditions. In the dark, equipped solely with headlamps, you are led by your guide via a series of ladders into the system of mine galleries. The mining methods of that time, which included setting fires, chiseling and blasting, are still recognizable today. This unique subterranean experience allows you to immerse yourself, quite literally, in the mystical lives of the miners. The interplay between being impressed and having a few nervous butterflies in your stomach has enticed many a person to return to this mine again. There is no more imposing way to experience history!

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
April
November
December

The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
2,7 km
Route
3:30 h
Time
413 hm
Uphill
413 hm
Downhill
1392 m
Highest point

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More information

From Schladming take provincial highway L722 (Rohrmoosstraße road) to Rohrmoos and at the roundabout continue on provincial highway L723 (Tälerstraße road) towards Untertal. At the end of Untertal village turn right into Obertal valley. Follow the road for approximately 7 kms until you reach the hiking trail head "Hopfriesen".

Diese Wanderung ist nur mit Führung möglich!

Anmeldung beim Tourismusverband Schladming-Dachstein unbedingt notwendig, Tel.: +43 3687 23 310

Stollenwanderung im Obertal | Veranstaltungen Schladming-Dachstein

Sonderführungen und Gruppenführungen auf Anfrage!

Eine Führung im Annastollen in der Bromriesen ist ein gutes Schlechtwetterprogramm.

With the Planai buses from Schladming (Planet-Planai, Lendplatz) or Rohrmoos (Rohrmoos-Zentrum) to Obertal - bus stop "Hopfriesen".
Parking is available at the hiking trail head.

Tourismusinformation: www.schladming-dachstein.at

Infos über Busverbindungen: www.planaibus.at

Infos zur Stollenführung: www.wildewasser.at

Gratis-Broschüre "Auf den Spuren der Bergknappen" - erhältlich im Tourismusverband Schladming.

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What the weather will be like

Mariazell (860m)

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Spiegelsee Reiteralm | © photo-austria / Christine Höflehner

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