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Planai Panorama Loop
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A hiker walking along Planai Panorama LoopPhoto: Gerhard Pilz, Christine Höflehner
This variety-filled, almost flat loop takes you around Planai summit, serving up magnificent views of Ennstal valley, the mountain world of the Schladminger and Hohe Tauern, Dachstein massif and the Ramsau plateau. After just a few metres, you will reach the “Place of Reflection” by small, idyllic Planai tarn. To mark the 25th anniversary of the Planai-Hochwurzen lift company, the walkable wood sculpture in the form of a cross was built here.
Along the path, boards provide info about flora, fauna and interesting facts about the region. If you wish, chalk up another summit conquest: hike uphill for about 10 minutes and you will be at the top of the Planai!
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Changes in weather patterns, quick falls in temperature, thunderstorms, wind, fog and snow are some of the dangers that can be encountered on a hiking tour. Hosts of alpine huts and mountain refuges have a lot of experience in the mountains and can give good advice about weather and the trails. Poor equipment, overestimation of one's own capabilities, carelessness, poor personal constitution and/or wrong judgement can lead to critical situations. In case of thunderstorms: avoid summits, ridges and steel ropes.
GPS data and orienteering
Available GPS data - just like hiking maps - is only a guidance for orientation and can never depict a trail exactly with all its details. Especially at dangerous spots it is essential to judge on site how to proceed.
In an emergency please call:
- 140 - for Alpine emergencies (all over Austria)
- 112 - European GSM emergency number
Tips and hints
Tourist information: www.schladming.com
Information about bus schedules: www.planaibus.at, www.rvb.at, www.postbus.at
Information about cable-car hours: www.planai.at
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Turn-by-turn directions
Start at the hiking trail head at the mountain terminal of Planai cable-car. It's your choice whether you start to the left or right and surround the summit of Planai clockwise or counterclockwise.
Conditions: gravel paths, suitable for prams and wheelchairs
Infrastructure: ascent by Planai cable-car
Restaurants: Schladminger Hütte Inn, Schafalm Inn, Planaihof Inn
Highlights: “Place of Reflection”, Planaisee tarn, Hopsiland
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Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
In the town of Schladming you can take the Citybus. From Rohrmoos take the Planai buses to Planet Planai, from Ramsau take the buses of Ramsauer Verkehrsbetriebe. From Planet Planai take the cable-car to the top of Planai.
- Citybus and buses from Rohrmoos - www.planaibus.at
- Buses from Ramsau - www.rvb.at
- Buses in the Ennstal valley - www.postbus.at
Getting there
From federal highway B320 take exit "Schladming-Ost". Continue to the roundabout (Spar/Salewa Mountain Shop) and take the 3rd exit towards "Zentrum" (town center). At the following roundabout again take the 3rd exit, which will take you directly to the valley terminal of Planai cable-car at Planai stadium. From here take the cable-car to the top.
Alternatively exit from federal highway B320 to Planaistraße road East of Schladming and drive to the top. From about half-way up this road is a toll road.
Parking
Parking is available at the valley terminal of Planai cable-car. On top of Planai, limited parking is available near hotel Planaihof.Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
- Tourist map "Hiking - Running - Walking", available at the tourist office Schladming.
Author’s map recommendations
- Hiking map Schladming, 1:25.000, available at the tourist office Schladming
- Hiking map Schladming-Dachstein, 1:50.000, available at the tourist office Schladming.
Equipment
Hiking or trekking shoes with grip sole, jacket.
The trail is also suitable for prams.
Statistics
- 10 Waypoints
- 10 Waypoints
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