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title: Tobogganing in the Dachstein Salzkammergut
url: "https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/things-to-do/winter/tobogganing.html"
description: Spaß für die ganze Familie in der Winterlandschaft in Bad Goisern, Gosau, Hallstatt und Obertraun beim Rodeln und Schlittenfahren.
image: "https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/user_upload/dachstein-salzkammergut/header/header-seitenbreite/region-winter/Flowiese-Winter-Foto-RudiKainPhotografie_01.jpg"
date: 2019-10-02
modified: 2024-09-30
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# Tobogganing in the Dachstein Salzkammergut

[  © Open copyright  © Trockentann toboggan run (Photo: Martin Fickert) Close copyright

      ![Several people are happily tobogganing down a snowy slope in front of an old wooden hut. (Photo: Martin Fickert)](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/4/4/csm_Rodelbahn-Trockentann-Bad-Goisern-Familie-H%C3%BCtte-Foto-Ober%C3%B6sterreich-Tourismus-GmbH-Martin-Fickert_a741abe2f4.jpg "Trockentann toboggan run (Photo: Martin Fickert)")

 Toboggan run Trockentann

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 ](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/200028/trockentann-rodelbahn-in-bad-goisern.html)

***"Fun with the whole family tobogganing in the Dachstein Salzkammergut."***

 [  © Open copyright  © Tobogganing (Photo: Martin Fickert) Close copyright

      ![Two wooden sledges with straps are standing on packed snow, ready for a toboggan ride. (Photo: Martin Fickert)](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/d/4/csm_Rodelbahn-Trockentann-Bad-Goisern-Rodel-ziehen-Foto-Ober%C3%B6sterreich-Tourismus-GmbH-Martin-Fickert_dc2d7c528d.jpg "Tobogganing (Photo: Martin Fickert)")

 Toboggan run Gosau

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 ](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/201344/rodelbahn-gosau.html)

Refreshment
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After the ascent we recommend a stop at one of the cosy huts in [**Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt**](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/oesterreich-stadt-ort/detail/430000966/bad-goisern-am-hallstaettersee.html "Link öffnet sich in neuem Fenster") before the tobogganing fun begins. You can choose between the new [**toboggan hut**](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/oesterreich-gastronomie/detail/430000266/rodelhuette.html) and the **Sperrer hut**, which are open in winter when the snow is good. More information about the weather for the next days you get on our [**weather & webcam page**](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/weather-webcams-dachstein-salzkammergut.html#ttgNCEWrapper104589).

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History of tobogganing - horn sledges as godparents
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The **heavy winter carriage of the woodcutters**, the horn sleigh, was the godfather here. The cut wood was stored in large quantities above "Rieswegen" (especially the saltworks needed enormous quantities of wood). In winter, the "**Holzknechtpassen"** sweated uphill with their sledges in order to bring their "Fahrtl" down into the valley in a fast and often dangerous journey. Bloche were hung on the "Halbachsler", in addition still a few "Scheiter" as additional brake, the actual braking effect came however from the "paws" which the **woodcutter** beat into the occasionally hard frozen snow.

The carpenters and turner produced the first "Schlittengeiße", as they are called in the vernacular, already quite soon then the carpenters and turner. These now belong to every household in the inner Salzkammergut. In 1910 the toboggan run in [**Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt**](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/oesterreich-stadt-ort/detail/430000966/bad-goisern-am-hallstaettersee.html "Link öffnet sich in neuem Fenster") was reported for the first time and today not only the locals appreciate this cosy winter sport.

 [  © Open copyright  © Tobogganing in the Dachstein Salzkammergut. (Photo: Viorel Munteanu) Close copyright

      ![Fun tobogganing in the holiday regionDachstein Salzkammergut. (Photo: Viorel Munteanu)](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/1/5/csm_Rodeln-Trockentann-Viorel_Muntenau_375e70607c.jpg "Tobogganing in the Dachstein Salzkammergut. (Photo: Viorel Munteanu)")

 Children's toboggan run
 in Obertraun
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 ](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/430020853/kinder-rodelbahn.html)

 [  © Open copyright  © Toboggan rental in the Dachstein Salzkammergut (Photo: Viorel Munteanu) Close copyright

      ![You can borrow your toboggans free of charge in Bad Goisern and in Gosau. (Photo: Viorel Munteanu)](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/c/a/csm_Rodeln-Trockentann-Goisern-Sperrerh%C3%BCtte-Foto-Viorel-Munteanu_c37240b0af.jpg "Toboggan rental in the Dachstein Salzkammergut (Photo: Viorel Munteanu)")

 Toboggan rental

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 ](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/things-to-do/winter/tobogganing/artikel/detail/4078/toboggan-rental-dachstein-salzkammergut.html)