Filzmoos without skis: gondola, tobogganing, winter hiking and huts

The Papagenobahn takes you up to the Rossbrand even without skis. In seven minutes, you’re at the top station at around 1,600 metres. During the season, the gondola runs daily from 8:30 to 16:00.

Pedestrians and tobogganers have their own single-ride tickets. At the same prices, you can also ride the Grossbergbahn and the sixpack Mooslehen. You can get tickets at the Papagenobahn ticket office.

From the top station, a groomed winter hiking trail leads up to the summit cross at 1,768 metres. On clear days, you can see more than 150 Alpine peaks from the top.

If you go snowshoeing away from the groomed trails, you must always take the current snow and avalanche conditions as well as nature and wildlife protection zones into account.

Filzmoos has a natural toboggan run on the Kleinberg. All you need for tobogganing is an uphill ride on the Grossbergbahn, which is covered by the single-ride tickets for pedestrians and tobogganers. At the top station of the Grossbergbahn, the Kleinbergalm awaits: a Canadian log cabin where you can also enquire about toboggan evenings.

The Schörgialm is right at the top station of the Papagenobahn, at around 1,600 metres. The skiers swing in for a break between two runs on the Rossbrand, you arrive by gondola, and on the sun terrace you’re all back at one table. In winter, the hut is open daily from 9:00 to 17:00.

Two more huts can be reached without skis: the Kleinbergalm, a Canadian log cabin at the top station of the Grossbergbahn, and the Schwaigalm via the sixpack Mooslehen. Both lifts also offer single rides. The Geierbergalm and the Moosalm, on the other hand, can only be reached on skis.

Up on the Rossbrand lies the Rossbrand High-Altitude Trail. Its longest loop is 16 kilometres long, for skating and classic style. There are shorter loops of 2 and 5 kilometres, all with only 30 to 50 metres of elevation gain.

What a cross-country day looks like, from the gondola to the hut stop, is covered in our article on cross-country skiing in Filzmoos.

A balloon ride over Filzmoos fills a whole morning. Meet at 8:00 at the launch meadow in Filzmoos; take-off is at 9:00. You’re in the air for around two hours, climbing to over 3,000 metres, with a balloon baptism and certificate. Afterwards, the chase vehicle brings you back.

You can get tickets right here at the Papagenobahn ticket office. Everything else, such as the exact date, you arrange directly with the balloon operator. You’ll find all the details on our balloon rides page.