If you want to see more of West Styria, stay at Schladming, south of Bad Aussee and use this resort as a center for exploring the alpine mountain range of Dachstein-Tauern. With population of 6500 this resort is situated near cable car, riverside and touches the nearby Rohrmoos resort. Also there is a golf course and nearby Cross Country Ski Track, Ski-In/Ski-Out. This skiing center is located in the Dachstein-Tauern area on Route 308 and around Vienna-Graz railway, easy to be reached. The center of Rohrmoos is two kilometers south of the center of Schladming, but the edges of the two resorts touch one another; for most practical purposes, they are considered one.
The Planai (1900 meters) and the Hochwurzen (1850 meters) offer some fast downhill ski pistes, equipped with a cableway, 5 double chairlifts, a connecting 3-seat chairlift, many ski buses, and fifteen surface lifts, at various elevation. All these facilities have the capacity to transport around 22000 people per hour. The Dachstein-Südward cableway makes it possible to ski and during the summer at 2704 meters altitude. There are also some good ski schools, as well as ski kindergarten for the children. Other activities available here include alpine skiing, fishing, ballooning, hang-gliding, cycling, paragliding, hunting, canoeing/kayaking, climbing, mountain biking, rafting, horseback riding, tobogganing, snowshoeing, hiking and many more.
Schladming is on 299 kilometers southwest of Vienna and 203 kilometers northwest of Graz. Though located in the northwestern part of Styria, Schladming is often visited by people driving from the Salzburg County. To get here by car, one should take the A10 south from Salzburg to the junction with Route 308, and then go east. There is a train on every hour that reaches Schladming from Graz or Salzburg. Many bus routes begin in Schladming and wind into the surrounding hills and valleys; many of the town’s residents use these buses. Rohrmoos has no train station, but there are numerous busses between Schladming and Rohrmoos, making frequent stops at the hotels in the valley.
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