Gatterlkreuz circular route (snowshoe route 3) approx. 50 min

Your hikes in the Vienna Alps should be a completely beautiful and safe experience.

Please note the following:

Make sure when choosing the route that it matches your mountain experience and your fitness. Check the weather report in advance. The weather can change unexpectedly quickly in the mountains. Therefore, always start out suitably equipped (snowshoes, winter-proof hiking equipment). In fog and strong wind, avoid routes on the high plateau. Check whether the huts and snack stations you want to visit are open. Inform someone about your route choice and your planned return before you start. Stay on marked paths and avoid shortcuts. Treat fire with respect and report any possible fire immediately to the fire brigade (122). Do not throw rubbish in the landscape and dispose of it properly.

8 basic rules in the mountains

WARNING: Pay close attention to avalanche danger! →Avalanche Warning Service Lower Austria

Emergency number mountain rescue: 140

EU emergency number: 122

Always take suitable maps with you. Wear winter clothing adapted to the route, sturdy shoes (waterproof, reaching above the ankles), gloves and a hat. Bring sun and rain protection as well as water and a small snack. Don’t forget your mobile phone and save the mountain rescue emergency number: 140

The starting point is the valley station of the Rax cable car. In just eight minutes, the cable car takes its passengers to the mountain station at 1,547 meters above sea level. From there, follow the red markings to Gatterlkreuz, where an impressive view of the Schneeberg, the highest mountain in Lower Austria, awaits. Then continue along the green markings towards Gsolhirnsteig. Shortly before the Gsolhirnsteig, the blue-marked snowshoe trail leads back to the Raxalm mountain inn. (See attached map.)

Parking spaces are available at the valley station of the Rax cable car.

From Vienna, take the A2 South Motorway onto the S6 Semmering expressway and take the Gloggnitz exit. Drive via the B27 towards Reichenau an der Rax and continue to Hirschwang. 

From Graz, take the S6 Semmering expressway and take the Gloggnitz exit. Drive via the B27 towards Reichenau an der Rax and continue to Hirschwang. 

Travel by train to the Payerbach-Reichenau train station. From there, bus line 341 goes to the stop "Hirschwang an der Rax/Rax cable car".

Alternatively, book an individual ride with the RUFbus Semmering-Rax, which takes you to the cable car.

RUFbus stops along the way:

PB6 Payerbach station

RE26 Rax cable car

More info: www.oebb.at and www.vor.at

Tip:

Book train and cable car tickets together with the ÖBB-Plus ticket.

• Refreshment stop at the Raxalm mountain inn (Please check the opening hours of the huts) 

• Enjoy the view from Gatterlkreuz of the highest mountain in Lower Austria, the Schneeberg