Forest Trail to Gföll

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 10,6 km

Time 4:30 h

Uphill 800 hm

Downhill 320 hm

Highest point 1825 m

An extended Nordic Walking Tour on the Planai.

An extended Nordic Walking Tour on the Planai. Hike through forest and for the most part along forest roads taking you to the "Gföll" between Planai and Hauser Kaibling mountains along the Dachstein-Tauern Panorama Trail 100.

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More information

Exit from federal highway B320 east of Schladming and continue via Planaistraße road to Fastenberg and hotel Poserhof.
Parking is available at hotel Poserhof.

First take the Brandweg, then past the Schröckerhof and Asingerhof eastwards along Panorama Trail 100 through the forest where, after about 2 hours, you will reach the so-called "Gföllgraben". From there once again uphill to the Kemeterhof farm. Your return hike will backtrack along the same route. We would recommend bringing a small snack and drinks to enjoy along the way.

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

Good walking shoes and custom-fit Nordic Walking poles are the standard equipment. We also recommend a belt for carrying a drinking bottle.

Take along a snack! There are no refreshment stops along the way.

The starting point cannot be reached with public transport. From the middle station of the Planai cable car, you can connect to the Forest Trail to Gföll via the Erzwegrunde.

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.