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Today, 11.02.2026
Light freezing rain
Wind speed1,0 km/h
Hike from Puchberg to Baumgartner stop
Hiking tour Starting from Puchberg am Schneeberg station
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 30,05 km
- Duration: 3:00 h
- Ascent: 2017 m elevation gain
- Descent: 1202 m elevation gain
Challenging hike from Puchberg am Schneeberg station to the Schneebergbahn Baumgartner stop.
- Starting point of the tour
- Puchberg am Schneeberg station
- Tour destination
- Baumgartner stop
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 30,05 km
- Duration: 3:00 h
- Ascent: 2017 m elevation gain
- Descent: 1202 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:6/6
- Overall experience:6/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point574 m
- Highest point1423 m
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
Description
In just 30 minutes, the Schneeberg Salamander Railway takes you from the valley station up to the Baumgartner station at 1,322 meters altitude. There, during the season – according to the operating times of the Schneebergbahn – you can enjoy the famous Schneeberg Buchteln with various fillings. That is why the stop is also known as Buchtel Station. Of course, it is also possible to reach the stop on foot via this route.
- Equipment Always take suitable maps with you. Wear sturdy shoes adapted to the route, take sun and rain protection as well as water and a snack. Take your mobile phone with you and save the mountain rescue emergency number: 140
- Route description We start in the town center of Puchberg am Schneeberg. We follow the black marking to the Puchberg circular hiking route. We walk along Schneebergstraße and turn left into Muthenhofer Straße. We follow this and then turn right into Hengstbergweg. We pass the Hubertus chapel and continue towards Schneebergdörfl. At Halmerhof - riding stable and Gasthof Zwinz, we turn left into Schneebergstraße. From here, we follow the red marking. At the volunteer fire brigade Schneebergdörfl, we turn left and continue to follow Schneebergstraße. We go straight ahead and come to a path. From here, we follow the yellow marking. We follow the hiking trail uphill until we reach the rack railway tracks. We turn right and walk along the tracks and after a few hundred meters reach the Baumgartner stop.
- Parking Parking spaces available at Puchberg am Schneeberg station.
- Getting there Coming from Vienna, take the A2 to the Wr. Neustadt West exit. Take the B26 to Puchberg am Schneeberg. Coming from Graz, take the A2 and the S6 to the Neunkirchen exit. Follow the B26 to Puchberg am Schneeberg.
- Public transport Take the train via Wiener Neustadt to Puchberg am Schneeberg. Further information is available at www.oebb.at
- Editor’s tip Combine your hike with a stay in Puchberg. For example, at the hiking establishments Hotel Restaurant Forellenhof, at the Pension Bruckerhof in enjoyer rooms of the Hotel Schneeberghof or at the Wellness Kneipp Cure Hotel Wanzenböck.
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Current weather on site
3° to 4°
2° to 8°
Tomorrow, 12.02.2026
Light freezing rain
Wind speed1,6 km/h
More info:
Vienna Alps in Lower Austria, www.wieneralpen.at, +43 / 2622 / 78960
Tourism office Puchberg am Schneeberg, www.puchberg.at, +43 / 2636 / 2256
Schneebergbahn, www.schneebergbahn.at, +43 / 2742 / 360990-99