Hiking route Stage 03 From Glacier to Wine South Route Stoderzinken - Rohrmoos - Giglachseen - Touren-Impression #1 | © Steiermark Tourismus/Martina Traisch Hiking route Stage 03 From Glacier to Wine South Route Stoderzinken - Rohrmoos - Giglachseen - Touren-Impression #1 | © Steiermark Tourismus/Martina Traisch

Stage 03 From Glacier to Wine South Route Stoderzinken - Rohrmoos - Giglachseen

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From Schladming-Rohrmoos, this stage of the hiking route "From glacier to wine" leads right into the heart of the Schladminger Tauern to the Giglachseen lakes. The tour is made easier by the ascent with the Hochwurzen summit cable car from Rohrmoos to the Hochwurzenhütte (the ascent is free with the Sommercard!). The destination of the tour are the Giglachseen with the Ignaz Mattis Hut and as an alternative, a few hundred meters west of this, the Giglachseehütte. The two mountain lakes, the Upper Giglachsee and its much larger neighbor, the Lower Giglachsee are located at the foot of the Lungauer Kalkspitze and the Steirische Kalkspitze in the middle of the Tauern.
The Schladminger Tauern are not only one of the most beautiful hiking areas in the alpine region, but also surprise with tremendous treasures underground, which had high economic importance for the former mining town Schladming for centuries. In the Bromriesen, in Roßblei, in the Duisitzkar, on the Eschachalm, the Neualm, in Krombach and on the Krahbergzinken, copper, silver, lead, zinc, cobalt and nickel were mined. Especially the extraction of silver ores made Schladming one of the most important mining towns in Austria from the late 13th to the 15th century. Today we can follow in the footsteps of the miners in the Bromriesen gallery. When you explore the Bromriesen gallery on a guided tour, you feel like you're in an exciting adventure movie, where you become the main character in the glow of the lamps. The guides will show you how much the population depended on nature and how difficult and dangerous it was for the miners to earn their living.

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The tour in numbers

challenging
Level of difficulty
14,1 km
Route
6:00 h
Time
999 hm
Uphill
717 hm
Downhill
2257 m
Highest point
986 m
Lowest point

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Detaillierte Informationen zur Anreise finden Sie hier.

At the beginning we hike on this stage of the hiking route "From glacier to wine" to the valley station of the summit cable car Hochwurzen, which brings us within a few minutes with a magnificent view of the Dachstein massif on the Hochwurzen. The rest of the way leads us to a ridge, which we follow until we reach the Giglachseen lakes. The first peak that greets us is the Rossfeld at an altitude of 1,919 m above sea level. The next stop on our journey into the Tauern is the Guschen at 1,982 m above sea level, whose summit is certainly one of the most beautiful viewpoints along the tour.

The rest of the way takes us to over 2,000 meters above sea level with the peaks of the Schneider, Hochfeld (with the distinctive Hochfeldmandl) and Schiedeck before we head east past the Kampspitze and Brettersee to descend to the Ignaz Mattis Hut (Tel. 43 664 4233823) at Unterer Giglachsee. As an alternative to the Ignaz Mattis Hut, the Giglachsee Hut (tel. 43 664 9088188) is also available for overnight stays. Tip: we get tips and a weather forecast for the next few days from the hut keepers, such as for the next stage to the Keinprechthütte.

Stay overnight in Schladming or Rohrmoos in a business that is a Sommercard business. By staying overnight, you receive the Sommercard, with which you can take the ascent with the Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen free of charge.

Tip: In the spring of 2018, in the course of a casting, a jury and the readers of a major Austrian daily newspaper chose Martina Traisch from the Enns Valley and Manfred Polansky from the Mürz Valley as 2 "super hikers" who hiked the north and south routes in the summer. You can read about their experiences and adventures at www.steiermark.com/superwanderer: From ideal photo spots to hidden wine cellars in mountain huts. Do you want to follow in the footsteps of Martina and Manfred and also become a "super hiker"? It's easy: Register at www.steiermark.com/superwanderer and then post your experiences, videos and comments along the hiking route "From Glacier to Wine" - regardless of whether you hike the entire route or just one section. Every 5 stages also beckons a small reward!

Accessible by train and bus.

Detailed information about arriving by ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) can be found at www.oebb.at or on the Verbundlinie Steiermark website www.busbahnbim.at

With Verbundlinie’s BusBahnBim route planner app, planning your journey has never been easier: simply enter towns and/or addresses, stop names or points of interest to check all bus, train and tram connections in Austria. The app is available free of charge for smartphones – on Google Play and in the App Store

Parking spaces are available at the valley station of the Hochwurzen cable car.

Steiermark Tourismus

Tel. +43 316 4003

info@steiermark.com

www.steiermark.com/en

If you would like to hire a  tour operator, simply book with Steiermark Touristik, the official travel agency of Steiermark Tourismus:

Tel. +43 316 4003 450, 

www.steiermark-touristik.com

The Steiermark Touren app, available free of charge on Google Play and the App Store  (Android, iOS), offers detailed first-hand information: brief facts (length, duration, difficulty, ascent and descent/elevation gain, ratings), map, route descriptions, altimeter, compass, peak finder, navigation along the tour. You can also create your own personal lists of favourite tours and sites, store tours and destinations offline, use social media channels, and much more.

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Spiegelsee Reiteralm | © photo-austria / Christine Höflehner

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