Hans Knauss Run

The Hans Knauss Run is equivalent to the "Old Mill Walk". It takes you through part of the Untertal valley from the village of Untertal.

The run starts at the hiking trail head in the village of Untertal and takes you to Janerbrücke bridge in Untertal with a total length of 5.3 kms and an elevation gain of 135 m. The run is named after Hans Knauss, who belonged to the best Alpine ski races in the disciplines of Giant Slalom, Super-G and Downhill over several years. At the Olympic Games 1998 in Nagaon he won a silver medal in Super-G, at the World Championships 2003 he won a silver medal in Giant Slalom and at the World Championships 1999 he won a bronze medal in the Super-G race.

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

5,3 km

Route

0:45 h

Time

135 hm

Uphill

135 hm

Downhill

1005 m

Highest point

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From Schladming take provincial highway L722 (Rohrmoosstraße road) to Rohrmoos and at the roundabout continue on provincial highway L723 (Tälerstraße road) to the village of Untertal.

You start at the Untertal-Dorf hiking portal, from where you walk into the valley along the Untertalbach. At the small farm "Burgner" you turn right before the bridge and run up the ravine to Untertalstraße road. Along this you now run into the valley to the Janerbrücke bridge. Over the bridge you now run out of the valley along the Janerweg road until you reach the Gföller farm. There you turn left and run downhill across the meadows back to Ahlhof farm and to the village of Untertal.

With the Planai buses from Schladming (Planet-Planai, Lendplatz) or Rohrmoos (Rohrmoos-Zentrum) to the village of Untertal - bus stop Untertal-Dorf.