Haute Route 1. Etappe: Ternitz – Öhlerschutzhaus | Naturpark Sierningtal-Flatzer Wand

Difficulty: Difficult
Distance: 22,92 km
Duration: 7:30 h
Ascent: 1152 m elevation gain
Descent: 522 m elevation gain

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Difficulty: Difficult
Distance: 22,92 km
Duration: 7:30 h
Ascent: 1152 m elevation gain
Descent: 522 m elevation gain

Fitness level required:5/6

Lowest point: 393 m
Highest point: 1023 m

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Haute Route, Stage 1: Ternitz – Öhlerschutzhaus
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Route description
From the Flatzer Wand to the Dürren Wand
Route: Ternitz (430 m, accessible via the Südbahn) – Döppling – Nature Trail – Kranzstetten / Neunkirchner Haus (758 m) – Kettenluß – Gutenmann – Circular Hiking Trail – Himberg (948 m) – Puchberg (590 m) – Upper Sierningbach Valley – Öhlerschutzhaus (1027 m).
Flatzer Wand Variant: After Döppling, take the trail marked in yellow – Flatz – via ferrata routes (Jubiläumssteig, Ternitzersteig, or E 60) – Flatzer Wand – Neunkirchner Haus.

Stage destination: Öhlerschutzhaus (Puchberg Nature Friends; open on weekends and holidays from Easter through the end of October; open year-round starting in 2009). Info – Puchberg Nature Friends: +43 2636 3225 or +43 2636 3136

Additional town in the valley: Puchberg am Schneeberg, Tourist Office

Tel. +43 2636 2256.

Other base camps (with overnight accommodations):

Neunkirchner Haus (Nature Friends, open year-round on weekends and holidays; Nature Friends Neunkirchen; Info: Hut Tel.

+43 2635 67021, Friends of Nature Neunkirchen +43 2630 37367)

Mamauwiese / Gasthof Wilsch (open year-round, closed Wednesdays, Tel. +43 2634 7455).

Letzte Änderung: 3 Aug 2026