Rohrbach im Graben - Puchberg am Schneeberg
Hiking tour Starting from Tourist office or Puchberg am Schneeberg train station
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 14,99 km
- Duration: 5:00 h
- Ascent: 631 m elevation gain
- Descent: 631 m elevation gain
Wonderful hiking trail from Puchbergertal to Rohrbachtal for all seasons.
- Starting point of the tour
- Tourist office or Puchberg am Schneeberg train station
- Tour destination
- Tourist office or Puchberg am Schneeberg train station
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 14,99 km
- Duration: 5:00 h
- Ascent: 631 m elevation gain
- Descent: 631 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:5/6
- Overall experience:4/6
- Scenery:6/6
- Lowest point546 m
- Highest point1028 m
- Round tour
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
- Suitable for families and children
Description
The circular hike takes us from Puchberg via Rohrbach im Graben around the Buchberg and the Kienberg, where we pass various beautiful points. First we hike along the Schneebergbahn through the Hengsttal valley and over the Sattelberg into the Rohrbachtal valley. Here you will find the Marias Land Resort with its restaurant, which invites you to rest and refresh yourself. There is a farm shop with specialties ranging from salmon to Angus beef. Numerous hikes up the Gahns are also possible from here. You can return to Puchberg via the Teichwiese, the Gratzenhöhe and through the Schwarzengründe. On the circular route, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery between Schneeberg and Gahns and stop off at numerous refreshment stops.
When planning your hike, please note the information on altitude, route length and walking time to ensure that the tour remains a pleasant experience for the whole family.
- safety instructions Your hikes in the Vienna Alps should be a thoroughly pleasant and safe experience. Please observe the following:Preparation Make sure when choosing the route that it corresponds to your experience and fitness. Inform yourself in advance about the weather forecast. Weather in the mountains can change unexpectedly fast. Therefore, always start out properly equipped (e.g. rain protection).Check whether the huts and snack stations you want to visit on the way are open. Inform someone about your route choice and your planned return before you set off.
- Equipment Always take suitable maps with you. Wear sturdy shoes suitable for the route (hiking boots or trekking shoes), take 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
- Route description From the train station, we walk onto Bahnstraße and turn right onto Schneebergstraße. Before the cog railway crossing, we turn left following the hiking trail into Hengsttal. Up to Hengsthütte, we follow the blue marking, then the red one. After the alpine pasture, we turn left and walk along the blue marking over a forest road and then through the gorge to Rohrbach im Graben. Along the street, we walk through the village to house number 5 – here we turn left towards Gratzenhöhe (blue marking). We walk through the district Schwarzengründe, upon reaching the main road about 50 m to the right and then immediately left again (blue) along Ziehrerweg, which then leads back to Puchberg with a red marking.
- Parking Parking guidance system or at the tourist office.Attention: short-term parking zone in the town center
- Getting there From Vienna or Graz via the South Motorway A2 to exit Wr. Neustadt West and B26 to Puchberg am Schneeberg.
- Public transport Take the train from Vienna or Graz to Wiener Neustadt. From there, take the regional train towards Puchberg am Schneeberg to the final stop.Direct excursion train on weekends: departure at 8:41 from Vienna main station, return at 16:16 from Puchberg station.Buses also run from Neunkirchen, Ternitz (line 350) and Pernitz (line 330) to Puchberg.Further information at www.oebb.at or www.vor.at
- Editor’s tip Refreshments at Hengsthütte or Marias Land. Accommodation options in Puchberg, for example at Hotel Schneeberghof
Recommended period
Hengsthütte, www.hengsthuette.at +43 / 2636 / 2103
Marias Land, www.marias-land.at +43 / 2636 / 22445
Tourism Association Schneebergland, +43 / 02636 / 22 56-11
Vienna Alps in Lower Austria, www.wieneralpen.at, +43 / 2622 / 78960
Tourist office Puchberg, www.puchberg.at +43 / 2636 / 2256
Letzte Änderung: 25 Feb 2026