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From Schweizgraben to Schweizeben – Tour 5

Characteristics

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 4,8 km

Time 1:35 h

Uphill 516 hm

Highest point 1007 m

A town for mountain biking. The tour offers great views and the Schweizeben Alpine inn is open for business.

The wonderful mountain world around Bruck an der Mur is an Eldorado for hikers and mountain bikers alike.

Starting from the Schweizgraben (Bruck Einöd), you can climb/cycle up to the Schweizeben alpine inn and then on to the 1,308 m high Brucker Hochanger. You can enjoy a wonderful view from the Hochanger.

Use of the marked cycle routes is permitted at your own risk from 1 March to 14 November from 1 hour after sunrise to 1 hour before sunset.

You can continue on Tour 8 or Tour 7 to the Hochanger. There are various options for the descent.

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More information

From Vienna, take the A2 Südautobahn motorway and the S6 Semmering motorway to the Bruck an der Mur motorway exit. At the roundabout take the 3rd exit in the direction of Leoben. After 100 metres, turn left at the 1st set of traffic lights (signpost ‘Einöd’).

From Graz via the A9 - Phyrnautobahn and the S35 - Brucker Schnellstraße to the Bruck an der Mur motorway exit. Continue as above.

From the west (Linz, Salzburg, D) via the A9 - Phyrn motorway and the S6 - Semmering motorway to Bruck West. Keep left at the motorway exit until you reach a junction at a furniture store. Keep right through the Bruck district of Oberaich until just before the roundabout mentioned above. Turn right at the traffic lights (signpost ‘Einöd’) and continue as above.

A few tips for safe mountain biking:

Check your bike after every tour for air pressure, spoke tension and brake pads.
A helmet is an essential part of every mountain bike tour.
Think in advance about what equipment you need to take with you: warm clothing, rain and wind protection, a repair kit and first aid kit belong in your rucksack, as well as a charged mobile phone.

You can enjoy a wonderful view from the Schweizeben.

Accessible by train and bus

ÖBB www.oebb.at or Verbundlinie www.verbundlinie.at

Tourismusverband Hochsteiermark