Difficulty:medium
Length:11.3 kmDuration:6:00 hElevation uphill:650 m
Basic equipmentformountainhikingincludessturdy hiking bootswith a goodtread, a 30-35 literbackpack, and functionalclothingbased on thelayeringprinciple, includingsufficient spare clothes. Essential itemsare rain, cold, and sunprotection, adequatefluids and food, aswellas a first-aid kit and a charged mobile phone. A mapor a GPS devicesupportsorientation.
The informationservesas a guideline and does not claimtobe exhaustive. Equipment mustalwaysbeadaptedtothe planned route, weatherconditions, season, naturalhazards, environmental influences, and personal needs.
Historical smuggling from Villgraten to Gsies. Smugglers and tollkeepers feature prominently here.
Smugglers featured for a short period of time in the history of both valleys. Borders were smuggling took place, during only in two periods of time, between 1810 and 1814 and after both World Wars. From Villgraten to Gsies it was predominantly cattle which was smuggled since better prices could be achieved there. Especially after the two world wars, food, tobacco and cigarettes were smuggled and swapped on these routes. The former smugglers’ path which is now in action again proceeds from Kalkstein via the Roßtalalm to the Kalksteiner Jöchl and continues from there through the Tscharniettal to St. Magdalena.
