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2-days tour: Wild Waters

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Enjoy the pure nature during the 2 days of hiking along the theme trail "Wild Waters".

 

From Schladming to deep into the Untertal area of Rohrmoos, up to an elevation of 2600 m above sea level – this is the path taken by one of the world’s most extraordinary hiking trails. 14.5 kilometers of “Wild Waters” illustrate our most precious natural resource in all its facets – from quietly glistening and crystal-clear, to thunderously frothing and foaming, in freefall over the rocks of the Schladminger Tauern.

The first day takes you into Untertal valley on forest and meadow trails along the theme trail Wild Waters. The second day takes you up into alpine terrain on narrow trails in exposed terrain. There are many refreshment stops along the way to take a rest and to get a snack or a full meal.

Highlights:

  • Talbachklamm gorge with viewing platform
  • Viewing platform in the village of Untertal
  • Theme trail Wild Waters with nature conservancy Toteisboden and Tetter moor
  • Steinriesental valley with Gollingwinkel cirque
  • Klafferkessel lake plateau with around 30 tarns
  • Riesachsee Lake and Riesach waterfall

 

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness
Experience
Scenery

Best season

January
February
March
April
May
October
November
December

The tour in numbers

challenging
Level of difficulty
32,2 km
Route
13:54 h
Time
1926 hm
Uphill
1604 hm
Downhill
2618 m
Highest point
751 m
Lowest point

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Exit from federal highway B320 at "Schladming Mitte" and continue towards "Rohrmoos". At the first roundabout (BILLA) continue straight on (2nd exit), at the next one (brewery) take the 3rd exit (to the left), and after crossing the bridge make a right into Talbachgasse street. Drive up to the end and you reach Kraiter car park - approximately 150 m beyond the Protestant church (white church).

Day 1 - from Schladming to Gollinghütte chalet

You begin this all-day hike along the theme trail "Wild Waters" in Schladming at the Kraiter car park, with your constant companion the fast, untamed torrents of the Talbach creek. Through Talbachklamm gorge you reach the village of Untertal, where things become a little gentler as you pass the fire station and take a path across gentle meadows and pass by several farms until you reach Untertalstraße road at Janerbrücke bridge. About 200 m along the road you then take off right from the street and shortly after reach the Toteisboden nature conservancy, with its natural irrigation and ventilation system dating back to the Ice Age, providing perfect conditions for this unique world of plants. Crossing lush alpine pastures, you will arrive, at Tetter moor, an area of breathing beauty and tranquility, where the Untertalbach creek meanders slowly and quietly through the moor. The next section leads you across gentle meadows and through forest alongside the crystal-clear Untertalbach – with friendly inns and alpine huts (Waldhäuslalm inn, Sondlalm inn, Gasthaus Weiße Wand inn) inviting you to take the occasional refreshment break. At Almgasthaus Riesachfall most of the tour is already done, appr. 1.5 to 2 hours further via the Steinriesental valley you reach Gollinghütte chalet. You will stay overnight here (please book a sleeping place in advance, phone: +43 676 53 36 288). From Gollinghütte you can make a nice stroll to "Gollingwinkel" in the evening. This amphitheatre-like place at the foot of Hochgolling's North face is truly special.

 

Day 2 - To Riesachsee Lake via Klafferkessel

After having a proper breakfast you start the second day of the tour. From the Gollinghütte the path leads through many switchbacks ascending across rocky outcroppings, to Greifenbergsattel mountain saddle. A small tarn, with the Hochgolling in the background, is a first imposing sight. The subsequent ascent takes you across tiered fields of scree to the summit of Greifenberg (2,618 m). Dominating and framing the Klafferkessel, the dark-green, clearly segmented flanks of the Waldhorn tower skywards, before which bigger and smaller tarns at different elevations are beautifully iridescent mid the mossy green. Further to the east, you see the pyramid formed by the Hochwildstelle summit and beneath it the green slopes of the "Himmelreich". From the summit, you initially make your way across rough terrain (trail No.702 - short section secured by a calbe) in the area of the Obere Klafferscharte ridge, following a series of steep switchbacks down into the basin.

Until well into summer, many of the lakes are still covered by ice. Mosses and lichen, in combination with the lakes and the wild, rugged scenery, awaken impressions of a primordial landscape. In the Klafferkessel, you make your way gently downhill until you reach the striking rock edifice that is the Greifenstein. where you then leave the Klafferkessel.

Your hike then continues over a number of ridges, dropping steeply to the Lämmerkare cirques and across a hillside meadow to the Preintalerhütte and Waldhornalm chalets at 1,657 meters above sea level. The descent to Berallerhütte chalet at Kotalm is at first even steeper still, but then generally flat to Kaltenbachalm chalet at Riesachsee Lake and Gfölleralm chalet. The last descent of this beautiful tour takes you past the talles waterfall of Styria - the Riesach waterfall. Once you reach Almgasthaus Riesachfall you return to Schladming by bus to the bus station "Lendplatz".  (bus time table: www.planaibus.at).

There are numerous creeks and lakes where you can refresh yourself and your tired feet.
In the town of Schladming you can take the Citybus. From Rohrmoos take the Planai buses to Planet Planai, from Ramsau take the buses of Ramsauer Verkehrsbetriebe.

From car park Seeleiten/Almgasthaus Riesachfall in Untertal take the bus of the Planai-Hochwurzen Bahn for the return journey to Schladming - www.planaibus.at.

Kraiterparkplatz car park in Schladming - for the return journey to the car park please take the bus to bus station "Lendplatz". From there it is about 5 -10 minutes walk to the car park. There is a fee at Kraiter car park.

Tourist information: www.schladming.com

Information about bus schedules: www.planaibus.at

Information about "Wild Waters": www.wildewasser.com

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What the weather will be like

Schladming (740m)

Morning
foggy
4°C
75%
5 km/h
Noon
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12°C
20%
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Night
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6°C
80%
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Light morning rain, then a dry period around noon, and finally more rain.
Morning
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2°C
5%
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Noon
cloudy
16°C
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The day will be dry, but mostly cloudy with occasional sunny spells.
30.03.2024
slightly cloudy
5°C 22°C
31.03.2024
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01.04.2024
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5°C 16°C
Spiegelsee Reiteralm | © photo-austria / Christine Höflehner

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