From Mürzzuschlag to Stuhleck—In the Footsteps of the Ski Pioneers

And that’s also why Toni Schruf once said, “Davos is Davos, but Mürzzuschlag is something else too!” The hike in the footsteps of the first “ski tourers” begins at the Stadtpfarrkirche   01  and leads first along Wiener Straße, past the Winter Sports Museum and the Kunsthaus, to Stuhleckstraße. Follow this street to the Auersbachgraben, but here, turn left and head uphill toward Schöneben   02 . Continue to the Bettelbauer   03 —once an important base for all “ski tourers,” though unfortunately no longer in operation—and then along a forest path to the Hochreith Hunting Lodge   04 . At the Hochreith hunting lodge, either follow the farm road or take the (steeper) path through the forest via a trail (partially poorly marked) to the Schwarzriegelalm   05 . Cross the now open alpine meadows up to the main ridge of the Fischbach Alps, which is reached at the Schwarzriegel (1,593 m)   06 . Turn northeast to reach the summit of the Stuhleck   07 , where the Alois-Günther-Haus is located.