Hiking route The Fairytale Trail - Touren-Impression #1 | © Gerhard Pilz - www.gpic.at Hiking route The Fairytale Trail - Touren-Impression #1 | © Gerhard Pilz - www.gpic.at

The Fairytale Trail

Lovingly prepared circular tour with fairy tale figures and playthings.

A loop trail filled with lots of lovely ideas for the whole family. Discover the fairytale characters along the trail and get excited with various playground equipment.

The trail is made up of a wide forest and meadow trail with only slight ascent and descents, and it is suitable for pushchairs. Along the way there are several possibilities where you can stop for a drink or a small snack: Hotel Schwaigerhof, Tauernalm and Familienhotel Austria.

Highlights:

  • various figures of fairytale characters
  • playground equipment along the trail
  • viewing platform
  • picnic area

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
April
December

The tour in numbers

4,3 km
Route
2:00 h
Time
146 hm
Uphill
146 hm
Downhill
1176 m
Highest point

Map & downloads

More information

From Schladming take provincial highway L722 (Rohrmoosstraße road) to Rohrmoos and at the roundabout continue straight on through the village center of Rohrmoos (the small supermarket Kaufhaus Sieder is on the left in the village center). After approx. 500 m "Schwaigerweg" road turns off right. The trail head and car parking is directly at the turnoff on the left side (opposite of Apart & Suiten Hotel Weiden).
Past the Apart & Suiten Hotel Weiden and Hotel Schwaigerhof, you hike westwards along a beautiful meadow path. With the magnificent Dachstein massif in front of you, the path leads along lovingly designed fairytale figures and play equipment suitable for pushchairs to the ‘Hexenhäusl’. Along the way, Rapunzel, Fred Flintstone, the Bremen Town Musicians, Mother Hulda and the Frog King await the little guests.

From the Hexenhäusl, the trail leads to Haus Strobl, from where you follow the Lans-Strobl trail to Rohrmoosstraße. Follow the road briefly downhill to Haus Primps. After another 200 metres, cross the road and walk back along the forest path and meadow (a ski slope in winter) to the valley station of the Hochwurzen summit lift. - There is a connection to the Schwammerlweg trail here. You can also stop for refreshments here: at the Tauernalm or at the Familienhotel Austria .

From the valley station, walk past the Familienhotel Austria and to the left of the Hotel Waldfrieden along the beautiful meadow path back towards the Hotel Schwaigerhof and the starting point.

 
A snack pack is a must :). There are cosy places to stop for a snack along the way.
Pick up your "picnic-rucksack" at the Sieder department stores' in the centre of Rohrmoos!
Alternatively, you can start at the valley station of the Hochwurzen summit lift.

With the Planai buses from Schladming (Planet-Planai, Lendplatz) or Rohrmoos (Rohrmoos-Zentrum) to Rohrmoos - bus stop "Schwaigerhof". Alternatively continue to the valley terminal of "Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen" cable car.

Parking is available at the turnoff of "Schwaigerweg" road. Please do not use the parking of the hotels nearby.
If no parking is available, use the alternative starting point at the valley terminal of Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen cable car - there is plenty of parking there.

Tourist information: www.schladming.com

Information about bus schedules: www.planaibus.at

360° drone images

Get yourself an overview with our 360° drone images:

View over the Western part of Rohrmoos: https://vonoben.schladming-dachstein.at/sommer/index.php?S=61

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  • 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)

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Night
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Snowfall and sleet will continue into the afternoon. Afterwards it will be dry, but mostly cloudy.
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Mostly thick clouds and frequent snowfall until the early afternoon.
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slightly cloudy
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sunny
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very sunny
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Spiegelsee Reiteralm | © photo-austria / Christine Höflehner

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