Popis
Hut hopping means being able to travel in subalpine altitudes, on alpine meadows and in the dwarf pine zone without having to overcome strenuous ascents. Up you go with the Rax cable car, Austria's oldest cable car, which started operation already in 1926. The Ottohaus, which you reach first among the huts after the mountain station, offers a special feature: a 4,000 m² alpine garden with about 200 alpine plants typical for the region. The next station, the Seehütte, owes its name to a small lake that, however, dried up shortly after World War I. Without having to overcome great difficulties, you "hop" from hut to hut on the Rax.
Výchozí bod trasy
Hirschwang an der Rax, valley station Rax cable car
Cílový bod trasy
Edelweiß Hut, Preiner Gscheid
Popis trasy Hut hopping on the Raxalpe (Variant 1c)
The starting point is the Rax cable car. It takes us in a few minutes to the mountain station at 1547 m above sea level. From the cable car mountain station, we follow the red marking to the Gatterlkreuz and further to the Ottohaus. It takes about 45 minutes to reach the first hut on this route, overcoming 100 meters of elevation. Those who want to add a summit can climb the nearby Jakobskogel (1737 m). Following the blue marking, we reach its summit cross in just 10 to 15 minutes. From the Ottohaus, the path leads us through dwarf pine past the Preiner Wand Kreuz and above the well-known climbing paradise Preiner Wand to the Neue Seehütte, located in a hollow. The third variant of the Rax hut route branches off directly at the Neue Seehütte to the south. Via the Göbl-Kühn path, we hike through the Langermanngraben to the Waxriegelhaus. From there, it goes down to the left to the Preiner Gscheid, where our destination is located. Please do not cross the "old ski slope" or go off-trail. Due to erosion damage, this section must recover.
Příjezd
A2 to Seebenstein junction - S6 to Gloggnitz - B27 to Hirschwang an der Rax, valley station Rax cable car (at the end of Hirschwang village)
Parkování
Parking is available at the valley station of the Rax cable car.
Arrival:
Take the Southern Railway (Südbahn) to Payerbach-Reichenau. Between the Payerbach-Reichenau station and the valley station of the Rax cable car, buses or the RUFbus Semmering-Rax run at regular intervals to the starting point.
Stop: 12 Rax cable car
Departure:
Take Regional Bus 342 back to Payerbach-Reichenau station or the RUFbus Semmering-Rax.
Stop: 132 Preiner Gscheid
More information and timetables can be found at fahrplan.oebb.at and anachb.vor.at.
