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The Fairytale Trail
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Kids at Rapunzel's tower on fairytale trail Rohrmoos (also part of Encounter Walk)Photo: Gerhard Pilz, Gerhard Pilz - www.gpic.at
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 buggies. Along the way there are serveral 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
Author’s recommendation
- Don't forget your lunch box :) along the trail you'll find numerous possibilities for a picnic.
The small supermarket "Kaufhaus Sieder" in Rohrmoos offers a special picnic rucksack if you like! - Alternatively you may start the tour at the valley terminal of Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen cable car.
Track types
Safety information
After passing the "Hexenhäusl" (the witch's house) the route runs along the street for a bit. Take great care with kids!Tips and hints
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
Start
Destination
Turn-by-turn directions
- The trail - suitable for prams takes you past Apart & Suiten Hotel Weiden and Hotel Schwaigerhof and leads you via a series of lovingly created fairy-tale figures and pieces of play equipment to the “Witch’s House”.
From there, you walk up to Haus Strobl via 2 switchbacks. Once there, follow the Lans-Strobl-Weg to the left as far as Rohrmoosstraße. Take the sidewalk along the road downhill to Haus Primps, and after another 200 meters cross the street and follow the forest lane (in winter a ski piste) to the valley terminal of Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen cable car. Here you also have the possibility to continue on the "Mushroom Trail".
From the valley terminal pass by Familienhotel Austria and then continue on the lovely meadow trail left of Hotel Waldfrieden. Over a couple of meadows you get back to Hotel Schwaigerhof and the trail head where you started.
Note
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
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.
- Buses of Planai-Hochwurzen-Bahnen: www.planaibus.at
Getting there
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).Parking
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.
Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
- Tourist map "Hiking - Running - Walking", available at the tourist office Schladming.
Author’s map recommendations
- Tourist map "Hiking - Running - Walking", available at the tourist office Schladming.
- Hiking map Schladming, 1:25.000, available at the tourist office Schladming.
Equipment
Hiking or trekking shoes with grip sole, jacket.
The trail is also suitable for prams.
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- 9 Waypoints
- 9 Waypoints
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