Hike to the Raxalpe Mountain Inn (from Knappenhof)

Your hikes in the Vienna Alps should be a completely beautiful and safe experience. Please therefore observe the following:

Preparation

Make sure when choosing the route that it matches your experience and fitness. Check the weather forecast in advance. Weather can change surprisingly quickly in the mountains. Always start out suitably equipped (e.g. rain protection).

Check whether the huts and snack stations you want to visit along the way are open. Inform someone about your route choice and expected return before setting off.

Further safety tips for your hike can be found here.

Always take suitable maps with you. Wear sturdy shoes appropriate to the route, bring sun and rain protection as well as water and a small snack. Take your mobile phone with you and save the mountain rescue emergency number: 140

We start from the Knappenhof parking lot onto the hiking trail. This leads us onto an asphalted path which we follow straight ahead. At the right curve, we continue straight on the hiking trail. We reach a fork in the path, here we go right up the trail. Following the trail, we keep to the right and pass by the Rax cable car. At a T-junction, we turn left uphill and at the next fork, left again. One last time, we turn left onto a path and shortly reach our destination, the mountain inn.

Parking available at Hotel Knappenhof.

From Vienna take the A2 South Motorway onto the S6 Semmering Expressway and take the Gloggnitz exit. Follow B27 to Reichenau an der Rax, drive straight at the roundabout and then turn left onto Trautenberg Street. Trautenberg Street curves left and becomes Hirschwang an der Rax. Follow Hirschwang to Thonberg. Turn right, then left to stay on Thonberg. Follow until Knappenhof.

From Graz take the S35 or A2 onto the S6 Semmering Expressway and take the Gloggnitz exit. Follow B27 to Reichenau an der Rax, drive straight at the roundabout and then turn left onto Trautenberg Street. Trautenberg Street curves left and becomes Hirschwang an der Rax. Follow Hirschwang to Thonberg. Turn right, then left to stay on Thonberg. Follow until Knappenhof.
 

Take the regional train towards Payerbach-Reichenau from Vienna via Wiener Neustadt to the final stop. Take a taxi to Knappenhof or regional bus 1748 (direction: Prein/Rax Gh Oberer Eggl) to the Dörfl stop. From there, about a 30-minute walk to the starting point.

More information at www.oebb.at or www.vor.at

Combine your hike with an overnight stay at the Hotel Knappenhof or the Raxalpen Mountain Inn.

Don't forget to take the Wiener Alpen Viewer with you on the route!