The Ore Trail

The Ore Trail connects the four Geopark municipalities of Hüttau, Bischofshofen, Mühlbach, and St. Veit. It leads from the Larzenbach show mine to the municipal office in Hüttau, where the Mineral Museum is located, and over the Klammalm to the Hochgründeck. From there, it goes over the Hofersattel to the Hörndlwald chapel, down to the Buchberg. An alternative route is the path from Hüttau over the Fritzerberg. The trail continues down to Bischofshofen to the Visitor Center of the Geopark, located on the grounds of the Paul Ausserleitner Ski Jump (finale of the Four Hills Tournament, January 6).

The trail continues via the Gainfeld waterfall and the Bürglhöh, the Knappensteig and the Kalten Bründl to the Arthurhaus below the Mandlwände. From there it goes through the Barbaraschlucht gorge and the old Mitterbergerstraße to Mühlbach to the Knappenheim and Schaustollen. The route continues via the Pauss Bauer to the Pronebenalm and along forest paths to St. Veit, past the Hubertus and Fadlstoa chapel and the Sunnpau show mine. From there, the trail continues to the Seelacken Museum, where it ends after approx. 60 kilometres.

For easy orientation, the Ore Trail is equipped with signs every few hundred meters, as shown below, indicating the direction.