Rafters' path

From the Garsten town hall, the path leads over the Garsten power plant to the Landhotel Eckhard. From Eckhard we walk into the Dambach to the Weidmann inn. Now it continues first on a farm track, later on a footpath to Rumpl height. Down an asphalt road to Langenstein, then turn left and down a footpath into Scharleiten, onwards to Breit and on a meadow path down to Laussa.

Now to Kogl castle, then turn left towards the Schöffthaler chapel, after the chapel continue to Hollnbuchner and on a beautiful path to Feichtbauern. Then on a farm track down to Wolkerlmauer. It continues down into the Pechgraben and we can either turn right onto the district road to Großraming or turn left and hike to the book monument.

From Vienna: A1 motorway exit Haag > B42 > B122 > B115 into the Enns Valley

From Passau: A8 Passau > Wels > A1 motorway exit Enns-Steyr > B115 into the Enns Valley

From Graz: A9 Pyhrnautobahn > motorway exit Klaus > Grünburg > into the Ennstal Valley

Details at www.ooevv.at

Railway Stations are located in Steyr, Garsten, Lahrndorf, Dürnbach, Ternberg, Trattenbach, Losenstein, Reichraming, Großraming, Gaflenz, Weyer, Küpfern, Kastenreith, Kleinreifling and Weißenbach-St. Gallen.

Garsten/parking lots at the outdoor pool

This path was used in long past times by the rafters of the Ennstal when, after a strenuous raft trip, they marched back from Steyr to the Ennstal to Kastenreith or Hieflau. They saved themselves the many meanders of the river course by using the shortest way between Garsten and Großraming.

You are therefore walking on historic paths when you take this route.