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The Encounter Walk

Tour description

An easy walk along meadows through Rohrmoos. On the way back the walk takes you on a part of the fairy tale trail.

The tour

easy
publicly accessible
Starting and end point Hiking trail head Rohrmoos village
Tour characteristics
Via ferrata length: 3.5 km
Fitness (2/6)
Skills (2/6)
Information
Distance: 3.5 km
Duration: 1:15 h
Ascent: 110 m
Descent: 110 m
highest point: 1073 m
Best season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Map, elevation profile & further information

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.
Take provincial highway L722 from Schladming to the village of Rohrmoos.Parking is available around the hiking trailhead.
With the Planai buses from Schladming (Planet-Planai, Lendplatz) to Rohrmoos - bus stop Rohrmoos-Zentrum.

Changes in weather patterns, quick falls in temperature, thunderstorms, wind, fog and snow are some of the dangers that can be encountered on a hiking tour. Hosts of alpine huts and mountain refuges have a lot of experience in the mountains and can give good advice about weather and the trails. Poor equipment, overestimation of one's own capabilities, carelessness, poor personal constitution and/or wrong judgement  can lead to critical situations. In case of thunderstorms: avoid summits, ridges and steel ropes.

GPS data and orienteering

Available GPS data - just like hiking maps - is only a guidance for orientation and can never depict a trail exactly with all its details. Especially at dangerous spots it is essential to judge on site how to proceed.

In an emergency please call: 

  • 140 - for Alpine emergencies (all over Austria)
  • 112 - European GSM emergency number
Hiking or trekking shoes with grip sole, jacket.
The Encounter Walk can be combined with the fairy tale trail.

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.

Wheather predicition

today
04.06.2026
Mountain 17 °C
Valley 24 °C
Precipitation
Probability
90 %
Amount
8.5 l/m²
Wind speed
Southwest
5 km / h
Sun
Sun hours
9.4 h
Sunrise
05:11 o clock
Sunset
20:57 o clock

The day starts sunny, but will be partly cloudy in the afternoon.

tomorrow
05.06.2026
Mountain 8 °C
Valley 14 °C
Precipitation
Probability
90 %
Amount
8.5 l/m²
Wind speed
Nordwest
5 km / h
Sun
Sun hours
2.5 h
Sunrise
05:11 o clock
Sunset
20:58 o clock

Snowfall and rain will persist into the afternoon, then the clouds will break up.

day after tomorrow
06.06.2026
Mountain 15 °C
Valley 22 °C
Precipitation
Probability
55 %
Amount
1.6 l/m²
Wind speed
South
5 km / h
Sun
Sun hours
8.3 h
Sunrise
05:10 o clock
Sunset
20:58 o clock

Mostly sunny in the morning, becoming cloudy during the day. Thunderstorms will be likely towards evening.

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