From Planai stadium at Planai gondola you follow Augasse and pass by congress Schladming and hotel Falkensteiner until you reach the Rechte Ennsau road right next to the river Enns. Make a left, walk up to the street and cross over the bridge to restaurant Zirngast where you also cross the railway. Make a left there and follow the trail up to Hochstraße road and on to Ramsauerstraße road. Follow the side walk (ascending to the right) for about 100 m until you reach the turn-off of Waldstraße road (on the left side of the road).
At the end of Waldstraße road (at the barrier) you make a right and follow trail n° 13. This trail ascends fairly steep to the plateau of Ramsau and crosses Ramsauerstraße two times. Near pension "Adlerhorst" you reach flatter terrain again. You pass by the pension and follow Buchenweg road just before Reiterhof farm. The trail to the remains of castle Katzenburg turns off at the end of the paved road. From the ruins (only a few walls remain today) you take the same way back to Buchenweg road and make a right there. You follow the trail for about 30 minutes until you reach the turn-off to Schladming.
Now the trail descends and crosses Leitenstraße road before you reach the houses of Nußdörfl and continue towards Untere Klaus. At the Skihandelsschule business school you cross the railroad again and continue to Enns river. Make a right and follow the river towards the center. At the pedestrian bridge cross over the river and follow the trail past congress Schladming back to Planai stadium where you started.
Character
at first a steep forest trail; after reaching the plateau of Ramsau more wide and almost flat; then with a fair descent to Schladming. Nice views to the town of Schladming and the village of Rohrmoos as well as the Scheichenspitz massif in Ramsau.
Possibilities for a snack
Restaurant Sanino, Sporthotel Royer, Restaurant Zirngast
POIs
Ruins of castle Katzenburg - some walls of the former castle "Statteneck" still remain.