Hochweg-Runde, Passail

The tour is not signposted, please walk with the outdooractive/Bergfex app or print out the directions!

Start: Middle school in Passail, SAM shared taxi station: WZ3327/ Schools Passail 

• We start in an easterly direction and walk out of town along the B64 main road.
• We soon turn right onto Fischteichweg, which we do not leave until the crossroads in Auen.
• At the crossroads, we continue straight on along Höllweg and Erdbauernweg up to the center of Haufenreith.
• There we turn left down into the Haufenreithweg and walk down to the junction with the main road/ Harrer caravan.
• We cross the road and walk left up the sidewalk back to Passail.
• At the crossroads in Auen (GH Schober/Hohenau) we turn right into Gaasengrabenweg and then immediately (before the Sunhill Ranch) turn left uphill into Gaasweg.
• At the next fork in the path, we keep left and then immediately right and are thus on the Hochweg.
• We walk back along the Hochweg to the village center and meet the main road again at "Blumen Kalcher".
• We turn right onto the Bundesstraße/B64 and walk across the market square to the crossroads in front of the SPAR supermarket.
• Here we turn left into Arzberger Straße and walk around the Kamillusheim to the crossroads in front of the cemetery.
• Turn right and continue along Wiedenbergstraße and then immediately left along Angerstraße to GH Hulfeld.
• Before GH Hulfeld, we turn left up Untergasse and then cross the Raab right next to the outdoor pool.
• Passing the Raabursprunghalle, we are then right back at the starting point at the middle school.

The GH "Der Schrenk" on the Passail market square is a great place to stop for a bite to eat with good food, friendly staff and beautiful guest gardens.

Safety instructions

• Choose your running route carefully so that you can get home safely.
• If you are running alone, let someone you trust know where you are running and when you want to be home.
• Make sure you have good visibility (reflectors, safety vest) when running at dusk or at night.
• Be careful and pay attention to other road users, especially when traveling on roads.

• Euro emergency number: 112
• Mountain rescue emergency call: 140 (if possible, please provide GPS data)
• Rescue: 144
• Fire department: 122
• Police: 133

Accessible by train and bus!

Timetables and travel information can be found on the Austrian Federal Railway website or under Transport Information for the Verbundlinie.

​For local transport we recommend the SAM shared taxi East Styria. Please reserve in good time!

Around middle school or at the fire department.

Further information and links
All information about the region, the places to stop and stay overnight and the excursion destinations can be found at

Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
Geschäftsstelle Naturpark Almenland
8163  Fladnitz an der Teichalm 100
Tel.: +43 3179 23000 
Email: almenland@oststeiermark.com
Website: www.almenland.at

or at the

Marktgemeinde Passail
Markt 1
8162 Passail
Tel.: +43 3179 23300
Email: marktgemeinde@passail.at
Website: www.passail.at

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