Mountain Hike Kleiner Buchstein vom Hocherb(Mühlbach) - Eisenzieher - Touren-Impression #1 | © TV Gesäuse Mountain Hike Kleiner Buchstein vom Hocherb(Mühlbach) - Eisenzieher - Touren-Impression #1 | © TV Gesäuse

Kleiner Buchstein vom Hocherb(Mühlbach) - Eisenzieher

Characteristics

Skill
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The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty challenging
Route 10,9 km
Time 8:00 h
Uphill 1327 hm
Downhill 1337 hm
Highest point 1975 m
The small Buchstein with 1990m is in no way inferior to its big brother in the Gesäuse. Yes, in order to reach its summit, even climbing experience is necessary. Lonely hike with fantastic views of the surrounding mountains through the Mühlbach valley up to the Sparerriegel, difficult climbing in the summit area and descent from the Sparerriegel to the Eisenzieher

This tour, featuring a short climbing section rated grade II near the summit, is made for true alpinists. The panorama of the Gesäuse mountains rewards the long ascent from the valley all the way to the summit of the Kleiner Buchstein.

Best season

January
February
March
April
November
December

More information

From the A9 "Pyhrnautobahn" take exit 67 "Ardning" and continue on the B146 to Ober-Hall. At the traffic circle turn off onto the B117 and continue via Weng im Gesäuse to St. Gallen. Before St.Gallen turn left in the direction of Grossreifling.

At the highest point on the Erbsattel, you can see the Kassegg Castle on the right and a little later the turning on the hiking trail is on the right.

Mühlbach car park 645 m – follow the path along the Mühlbach stream uphill – Otterriegel waypoint 1,485 m – Sparerriegel waypoint 1,790 m – Kleiner Buchstein 1,990 m . The path is well marked up to the start of the summit climb. Red dots on the climbing route help you choose the right path. On the descent, take the same route to Sparerriegel, then turn left towards Eisenzieher and descend to the car park in Griesbach (630 m).

 2 cars for shuttle service would be advantageous

For inexperienced climbers we recommend to go with a mountain guide!

by train and bus only to St.Gallen

By train or bus to Liezen. From there, take the Postbus to St. Gallen (bus stop "St. Gallen Hauptplatz").

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In the Gesäuse region, you're mobile even without your own car during the summer months. Just one call to +43 3613 2100099 is all it takes: within operating hours, the Gesäuse shared taxi will take you to any destination in the Gesäuse — with no fixed timetable or stops.

parking lot Mühlbach

ev 2 Parking at the end of the tour Parking Griesbach

Gesäuse Tourism Association
Hauptstraße 35, 8911 Admont, Austria
t: +43 3613 2116010
www.gesaeuse.at
Email: info@gesaeuse.at

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