Fageralm Tour
Tour description
A technically simple piste ski tour for which you should, however, be a little more fit. With an vertical ascent of 900 meters and a length of around 7.5 kilometers, the tour is quite a challenge - especially for beginners in touring sports. You will be rewarded with a winter wonderland in the alpine pasture area of the Fageralm, a wonderful view of the imposing Dachstein massif and a hearty stop at one of the ski huts.
Opening Hours:
- Friday, December 19, 2025 to Monday, April 6, 2026
- Daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Ski Touring Ticket Required:
All uphill skiers are required to carry a ski touring ticket or a valid ski pass. Tickets must be carried at all times and will be checked by our staff. Tickets are available at our ticket office. www.schladming-dachstein.at/en/winter/Skitouring-Fageralm
- Uphill Skiing Day Ticket – Fageralm
(Valid for the respective day, including lift use up to the mid-station of the Fageralm gondola)
- Uphill Skiing Winter Ticket
(Valid at Fageralm, Planai, Hochwurzen, Galsterberg & Rittisberg)
- Ski amadé All-IN Piste Touring Card
(Valid on all designated piste touring routes within Ski amadé)
Prices can be found here: Ski Touring in Styria | Schladming-Dachstein
Holders of a valid season ski pass are exempt – please bring your season pass with you and present it at the ticket office. Thank you!
The tour
Map, elevation profile & further information
The ascent starts at the Fageralm valley station and leads across the practice slope to the edge of the forest. Following the edge of the ski run, the route continues towards the mid-station of the Fageralm gondola, crossing the downhill run several times – caution during ski operations.
From the mid-station, follow the right-hand side of the piste for a short distance before turning onto a ski trail through the forest. At the Unterbergalm, you reach the wide alpine pasture area of the Fageralm. The further ascent continues across open terrain, passing the Lechneralm and Premhütte, up to the Trinkeralm. From there, it is approximately 100 vertical meters to the Hinterfager mountain station and the Goliath Giant Swing, where you reach your destination.
The descent follows the ascent route or the Forstau valley run.
From the west:
From the A10 Tauern motorway turn off at Altenmarkt and follow the B99 federal road to Radstadt. You stay on this until the roundabout at the end of Radstadt and take the 3rd exit to Forstau. From here it's about 6 km past the Seitenalm family hotel and over the top of the pass to the valley station of the Fageralmbahn.
From the east:
Turn off the A9 Phyrn-Autobahn at Liezen and on the B320 Ennstalbundesstraße past Schladming to Gleiming and there turn onto the L721 Gleimingstraße. Continue to Forstau (from the state border Salzburg the road is numbered L223) to the valley station of the Forstaubahn.
Sufficient parking spaces are available at the Forstaubahn valley station.
With the ski bus 900S from Schladming (from the train station you walk approx. 250 m to the bus stop at Planai-West ski station) to the Fageralm. The starting point of the tour is located directly next to Gasthof Unterreith in Forstau.
Here you can find the bus timetables.
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
In winter, caution is advised on even supposedly easy tours. The ground can be slightly icy in shady places, and there is a risk of avalanches on slopes. Mountain sports are therefore - all the more so in winter - subject to personal responsibility. Before every ski tour or snowshoe hike, the current avalanche report should be checked - available at www.lawine.at.
Tourism associations or avalanche warning services assume no liability for the information provided.
For detailed descriptions please contact a local Alpine school for a mountain guide: https://www.schladming-dachstein.at/en/activities/hiking/mountain-and-hiking-guides/pois
- Ski touring equipment consisting of skis / splitboard, skins and sticks
- Avalanche transceiver (LVS), shovel and probe
- Camisole & hood to change
- Sunglasses for the ascent, ski goggles & helmet for the descent
- Warm gloves, possibly light gloves for the ascent
- Thermos with a warm drink, e.g. tea and granola bars
The Fageralm is a snowy alp area that offers some nice variations on the descent.
https://www.reiteralm.at/en/activities/skiing/ski-area-fageralm
Ski touring brochures are available at our information centers.
