The Bärenschützklamm gorge

There are several ways to hike the Bärenschützklamm gorge. The starting point can be Mixnitz (several parking facilities or train station available) or the Teichalm. It is also possible to do a long-distance hike (pick-up by SAM shared cab).

Here are a few tour suggestions for your hike:

• Bärenschützklamm loop, Mixnitz
  From the Mixnitz parking lot through the Bärenschützklamm gorge to "Zum guten Hirten" and back down the Prügelweg trail to the Mixnitz parking lot. (approx. 5 hours)
   
• Bärenschützklamm loop, Teichalm
  Starting from the Teichalmsee to the "Guter Hirte", down the Prügelweg and then through the Bärenschützklamm gorge back to the "Guten Hirten" and back to the Teichalm. (approx. 5 hours)
   
• Bärenschützklamm gorge to Breitenau, Mixnitz
  From the parking lots in Mixnitz through the Bärenschützklamm gorge to the "Steirischer Jokl" (or up to the Hochlantsch summit) and then the descent down to Breitenau (approx. 4.5 hours)
   
• Hochlantsch circuit with Bärenschützklamm gorge, Teichalm
  Starting from the Teichalmsee lake to the "Good Shepherd", down the Prügelweg trail and up again through the Bärenschützklamm gorge. Continue to the Schüsserlbrunn pilgrimage church and up to the Hochlantsch summit. Then on to the Teichalmsee. (approx. 8 hours)
   
• Bärenschützklamm via the Hochlantsch to the Teichalm, Mixnitz
  From the parking lot in Mixnitz through the Bärenschützklamm gorge to the "Good Shepherd". Then on to the "Steirischer Jokl" and the Schüsserlbrunn pilgrimage church. Ascent to the Hochlantsch summit and on to the Teichalmsee lake. There, past the Alpine Adventure Park back to the "Guter Hirte" and down the Prügelweg to the Kassierhäuschen and the parking lots. (approx. 9 hours)

Attention: a"one-way system" applies through the Bärenschützklamm gorge. The return route is along the so-called "Prügelweg".

The Bärenschützklamm gorge is embedded in a large network of hiking trails, so there are many ways to hike the gorge. There are 168 wooden ladders and over 3,000 wooden rungs up through the gorge to the rest stop "Zum guten Hirten". Here you can turn around for the first time and walk back along the "Prügelweg".

However, you can extend the hike, for example to the panoramic "Styrian Jokl" and to the wooden pilgrimage church "Maria Schüsserlbrunn"which clings picturesquely to the rock. 

Further up to the Hochlantsch summit. At 1,720 m, the Hochlantsch is the highest elevation in the Grazer Bergland. Down we go to the lovely Teichalm with the lake and the high moor. The way back leads along the Mixnitzbach stream back to Mixnitz - or you can be picked up by bus or cab at the Teichalm.

The hut opening times:

• Steirischer Jokl, phone: 0043 664/1526845
  open daily from May 1 to October 27
• Guter Hirte, phone: 0043 664/5365004
  open daily from May 1 to October 31