Promenade Route The Encounter Walk - Touren-Impression #1 | © Gerhard Pilz Promenade Route The Encounter Walk - Touren-Impression #1 | © Gerhard Pilz

The Encounter Walk

Accessible by public transport
  • Public bus (within 15 minutes walking distance from starting point)

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty easy
Route 3,5 km
Time 1:15 h
Uphill 110 hm
Downhill 110 hm
Highest point 1073 m
The Encounter Walk starts in the center of Rohrmoos and takes you to Upper Rohrmoos.
An easy walk along meadows through Rohrmoos. On the way back the walk takes you on a part of the fairy tale trail.

Best season

January
February
March
April
December

More information

Take provincial highway L722 from Schladming to the village of Rohrmoos.
From the hiking trail head you start West on Reiterkreuzweg road towards the trail junction "Reiterkreuz". Here you keep on walking on the Reiterkreuzweg - passing by the Eliashof farm - until you reach the house "vlg. Hörisch". Here you make a left and hike up the meadow for about 400 m where you reach the fairy tale trail. Turn left here and walk to Hotel Schwaigerhof and on to Rohrmoosstraße road. From there follow the sidewalk downhill to your starting point in the village center.
The Encounter Walk can be combined with the fairy tale trail.
With the Planai buses from Schladming (Planet-Planai, Lendplatz) to Rohrmoos - bus stop Rohrmoos-Zentrum.
Parking is available around the hiking trailhead.

Tourist information: www.schladming.com

Information about bus schedules: www.planaibus.at

360° drone images

Get yourself an overview with our 360° drone images:

  • Hiking map ‘Hiking WEST’ available at the information offices in the region.
  • Schladming hiking map, 1:25,000, available at the Schladming information office.
  • Hiking map Schladming-Dachstein, 1:50,000, available at the information offices in the region.
  • Hiking guide Schladming-Dachstein by Herbert Raffalt, available at the information offices in the region.

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What the weather will be like Schladming (740m)

Today, 02.08.2026

Quite sunny with scattered clouds during the day, but a chance of thunderstorms towards evening.
Morning
slightly cloudy
18°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 5%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h
Noon
sunny
28°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 45%
sr.Windstärke 10 km/h
Night
rainy
24°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 55%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h

Tomorrow, 03.08.2026

Mostly sunny in the morning, becoming cloudy during the day. Thunderstorms will be likely towards evening.
Morning
very sunny
18°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 0%
sr.Windstärke 0 km/h
Noon
sunny
30°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 15%
sr.Windstärke 10 km/h
Night
rainy
25°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 50%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h

Forecast

03.08.2026
rainy
15°C 32°C
04.08.2026
rainy
15°C 33°C
05.08.2026
rainy
16°C 32°C
Spiegelsee Reiteralm | © photo-austria / Christine Höflehner

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