Hiking in the UNESCO World Heritage Site
Set off and explore Austria's first and only World Heritage Site!
The seasons set the pace in the beech forest and create a fascinating play of colors throughout the year. The fresh light green when the leaves emerge in spring stands for new beginnings and blossoming. Lush beech green symbolizes the abundance of nature in summer. With their dense canopy, beech forests provide coolness and shade on hot days. Autumn is the time of change: with bright yellow-orange leaves, the beech forest shows its most colorful side in October. In the stillness of winter, when the beech leaves are absent, the shape of the gnarled trees is particularly visible.
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Buchensteig wilderness trail
Reichraming
In the past, lumberjacks and farmers used this old path to Reichraminger Hintergebirge, today we can experience the return of the forest wilderness on the Wildnistrail Buchensteig. The natural beech forests along the trail have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Starting point: Reichraming/Anzenbachschranken
Length: 1st stage to Wilder Graben 3.5 kilometers; 2nd stage to Große Klause 6 kilometers
Walking time one way: approx. 3.5 hours. Return route alternatively possible on the Hintergebirgs cycle path (8 kilometers gravel road).
Refreshment stop: Klaushütte
In the valley of wood
Reichraming
In the Weißenbachtal valley, you will gain an insight into the valuable ecosystem of near-natural beech forests. Here you can observe how the landscape has developed from a former charcoal-burning forest to a commercial forest in modern forestry to a natural forest in the national park.
Starting point: circular hike from the Weißenbach parking lot near Reichraming
Walking time: approx. 2 to 3 hours
Blahbergalm from Weißwasser
Reichraming
Following in the footsteps of the miners in the Hintergebirge, this tour leads from Weißwasser, a former mining settlement, to the Blahbergalm, where bauxite for aluminum production was mined in several places on the surrounding mountains.
Starting point: Unterlaussa/Mooshöhe, Weißwasser parking lot
Walking time: approx. 4 1/2 to 5 hours
On the water block
Rosenau/Hengstpass
On the hike from Almrast Zickerreith via Dörflmoaralm to Wasserklotz, you gain an insight into the valuable ecosystem of near-natural beech forests with their plants and animals. The trail follows a forest road to the Dörflmoaralm and then branches off to the right across an alpine pasture to the Ahornsattel. From here, the ascent to the summit is steep. Shortly below the summit, there is a short, exposed section to overcome.
Starting point: Rosenau/Hengstpass, Zickerreith parking lot
Walking time: 3 1/2 to 4 hours
Through the Bodinggraben to the Blumaueralm
Molln/Bodinggraben
Leisurely hike from the Scheiblingau parking lot along the forest road into the Bodinggraben and on to the picturesquely situated Blumaueralm.
The trail has only slight inclines and is suitable for all-terrain baby carriages and wheelchair users with assistance as far as the Jagahäusl restaurant.
Starting point: Molln/Bodinggraben, Scheiblingau parking lot or Jagahäusl parking lot
Walking time: 3 hours
Schaumberg and Ebenforstalm from Bodinggraben
Molln/Bodinggraben
Wonderful circular hike from Bodinggraben to the farmed Schaumbergalm and via the two panoramic peaks of Trämpl and Alpstein to the farmed Ebenforstalm. From there, it's back to the Bodinggraben, where the Jagahäusl invites you to stop for a bite to eat.
Starting point: Molln/Bodinggraben, Scheiblingau parking lot or Jagahäusl parking lot
Walking time: 5 hours
