Mariahof: Ice Age Hiking Trail

The starting point of the tour is in Mariahof (963 m). Via a path you reach Adendorf (approx. 925 m) and cross the railroad tracks. You pass Schachen and head south to Oberdorf, where you walk between the Ochsenstall and Haslober ponds. The trail continues past the Muhr homestead and through wooded areas to the Podoler pond (1055 m). Once again the trail goes through the forest and passes the Podoler and Schilcher farmsteads before reaching the main road. Pass the bus stop "Villa am Forst" (949 m), cross the road and walk along it for about half a kilometer in the direction of Mariahof. Then follow the sign "Gehöft Schaffer im Forst". A forest path leads down into the Thajagraben. After crossing the stream, you pass several farms (on the right bank of the stream you can see small earth pyramids). On the way you pass the "Moar zu Lessach", a farmstead with numerous paintings. You pass Felberg and the farmsteads Riedlmoar and later "Wirt am Pichl" before you reach Heiligenstadt (1044 m). Via the little road - passing the entrance of the gorge - you reach the end point of the Ice Age Trail: St. Lambrecht (1028 m).