Audio and Visual Trails Krumpenrunde Wildalpen

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 11,4 km

Time 3:40 h

Uphill 368 hm

Downhill 374 hm

Highest point 852 m

Wildalpen - Hopfgarten - Jausenstation Karin´s Stubn - Krumpenalm - Holzäpfeltal - Jausenstation Astrid - Wildalpen with audio guide

Walking in Wildalpen. Wonderful, extensive walk through the village of Wildalpen and its districts of Hopfgarten and Holzäpfeltal. You walk under an aqueduct of the II Vienna HochQuellen water pipeline and pass the wildly romantic Krumpenalm.

The audio guide connects faith, history, and landscape. Along existing hiking and Nordic walking trails in Wildalpen, 16 stations invite visitors to explore the region from a new perspective.
Short audio insights reveal stories of geology, culture, nature, and human traces, bringing the landscape and its history to life.

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Travelling to Wildalpen by car:

From Vienna: A1 Westautobahn exit Ybbs via Wieselburg, Scheibbs and Lunz/See to Göstling an der Ybbs continue in the direction of Palfau, at the Erzhalden junction turn off to Wildalpen.

From Vienna, Eisenstadt: Semmeringschnellstraße S6, near Mürzzuschlag onto the B23 Mariazeller Bundesstrasse and Mürzsteg and Wegscheid to Gusswerk and on the Hochschwab Bundesstrasse B 24 to Wildalpen.

From Linz: A1 to Voralpenkreuz junction, A9 to Windischgarsten, Unterlaussa, Altenmarkt, Grossreifling, Palfau and Wildalpen

From Salzburg: A1 on A9 to exit Ardning/Admont, Gesäusebundesstrasse and B24 to Wildalpen

From Graz: A9 Pyhrnautobahn, exit, Traboch (near Leoben) via Präbichl/Eisenerz, Hieflau, Landl, Gams to Palfau at the Erzhalden junction turn off to Wildalpen.

Getting there from Wildalpen:

You park near the Barbara Church in Wildalpen; a car park is located between the primary schools and the Barbara Church.

The Krumpenrunde has an orange route colour as an intermediate marker. The running and walking route is only signposted in one direction. You start at the large signpost next to the Barbara Church in Wildalpen and walk to the Salza, cross it over the campsite bridge and follow the signs to Hopfgarten. After a while you reach the Karin's Stub'n snack station and an aqueduct of the II Vienna HochQuellen water pipeline. Continue a little further until you reach the turn-off to the right to the Krumpenalm. A gravel path now leads to the Krumpenalm (unfortunately, there is no refreshment stop at this alp). At the Krumpenalm alpine meadow, a junction leads to the right, you hike a piece of the path and keep left until a little path branches off from the gravel road and leads down to Casari in the Holzäpfeltal valley. At the asphalt road in the Holzäpfeltal you hike to the right until you reach the Jausenstation Astrid and always follow the road back to the centre of the village to the starting point.

Refreshment stops: Jausenstation Karin's Stub`n in Hopfgarten, Jausenstation Astrid in Holzäpfeltal and Cafe Restaurant Grabner and Hotel Bergkristall in the village centre.

Sturdy hiking boots or good trekking shoes
Hiking backpack
Water bottle
First aid kit including blister plasters
Hiking map and smartphone
Snacks
Sunglasses
Sunscreen

You should also be well prepared for changeable weather.

Packing your backpack correctly makes things much easier:
Pack heavy items first. Your water bottle should always be easily accessible in a side pocket. Everything you need frequently, such as sunglasses, your smartphone, or hiking map, should be packed on top.

Circular tour with refreshment stop, snack station along this tour

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