Birnberger Sonnenweg
moderate Winter hiking trails · Haus-Aich-Gössenberg
Tour characteristics
Stamina
Technique
Tour-Infos
Distance: 7.96 km
Duration: 03:00 h
Ascent: 186 m
Descent: 186 m
Best time of year
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The tour
Winter hiking on the sunny Birnberg plateau with a magnificent view of the ski mountains of the Schladminger 4-mountain-skiswings.
More information
Turn-by-turn directions
The sunny Birnberg plateau invites you to take a leisurely walk past the beautiful farmsteads. Starting point: Birnberg with the inns Grundnerhof and Zaunerhof. Continue in eastern direction until you reach the Pircherhof. Continue marching to the Flatzerhof. After the Flatzerhof, the road turns right to Weißenbach, but we keep left and hike along the Höhenweg back to Birnberg village.
From Birnberg to Ramsau Leiten Duration: approximately 1 hour starting from the center of Birnberg, follow the road up the hill to the crossroads Davidbauer towards Ramsau am Dachstein (inn Timmelbauer) to the Ramsauer "Leitengebiet".
Getting there
Ennstalbundesstraße (B320) - Haus im Ennstal - Birnberg
Unfortunately there is no public transport on the Birnberg.
Parking
Near by inn/pension Grundnerhof
Start
Inn Grunderhof at Birnberg
Destination
Inn Grunderhof at Birnberg
Equipment
- Sturdy shoes
- Possibly hiking poles and rain protection
- Here are all the hiking maps and important brochures to download.
Author’s recommendation
Are you looking for sun, snow and peace? Up on the Birnberg!
Tips, hints and links
Tour at your own risk! No liability is accepted for any alpine dangers (weather, etc.) that may occur. Weather changes, rapid drops in temperature, thunderstorms, wind, fog and snow fields are objective dangers and require the correct behaviour on the way. In an emergency, please dial the following emergency numbers:
No. 140 - for alpine emergencies - Austria-wide
No. 112 - Euro emergency call GSM emergency call service
No. 140 - for alpine emergencies - Austria-wide
No. 112 - Euro emergency call GSM emergency call service
Weather forecast
Date
Snowfall and rain will persist into the afternoon, then the clouds will break up.
Partly sunny in the morning, gradually becoming cloudy in the afternoon.
A mixture of sunny periods and scattered snow showers.