Helpful ski shop, the young staff were very efficient and all spoke English. We hired toboggans for…read morethe day for £8.00 and as we were about to embark on a 4 mile toboggan run from the top of the mountain, they made sure that we knew how to steer and stop before we left the shop.

From Vienna -- get off at stop Wien Meidling (Bahnhof)…read more train Railjet every hour at :58 (to Graz) - get off in Wiener Neustadt and change trains train REX or Regionalzug to Payerbach-Reichenau bus 1746 to Hirschwang Raxseilbahn starting point: Hirschwang (bus stop 2.) = valley station of the cable car The cables ride is about 32€ Quick ride up the cable to reach your first destination up the mountain. walk to first mountain hut/restaurant: Ottohaus (Schutzhaus Otto) (3:30 hours) from there you can go to mountain huts/restaurants: Neue Seehütte (+1 hour) or the top of the mountain / top cable car stop Rax(alm) Berggasthof