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Mountain Bike Route to Hochreiter

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The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium
Route 4,0 km
Time 1:00 h
Uphill 387 hm
Highest point 1048 m
From the village sign of Dorf-Veitsch, take a well-maintained gravel road through the dense green forest to the Hochreiter farm (owned by the Pfannhofer family).

Best season

January
February
March
November
December

More information

From Vienna:
Take the St. Barbara im Mürztal / Mitterdorf exit from the S6 – Semmering Schnellstraße. At the roundabout, continue straight through the roundabout towards the Veitsch district.

From Graz:
Take the St. Barbara im Mürztal / Mitterdorf exit from the S6 – Semmering Schnellstraße. Continue straight through the roundabout towards the Veitsch district.

The cycling tour to Hochreiter starts at the village sign of Dorf-Veitsch, at the intersection of Veitscher Straße and Hochreiterstraße. The route passes by the former Zenker Hausbau factory, now R&W Härtetechnik, and continues along a well-maintained gravel road, gradually winding through the forest. We follow the road for about 4 kilometers before reaching the Hochreiter farm (owned by the Pfannhofer family).

In a separate dining room, refrigerators with chilled drinks are available.

The route is open to both mountain bikers and e-bikers (up to 25 km/h) and can be used one hour after sunrise and one hour before sunset.

Tip: At the Hochreiter farm (owned by the Pfannhofer family), you can enjoy well-deserved refreshments. In a separate dining room, chilled drinks are available for self-service and can be consumed contactlessly.

By Train:
Travel to St. Barbara im Mürztal – Mitterdorf by train.

For further travel, take the bus or ride directly by bike towards St. Barbara im Mürztal – Veitsch.

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What the weather will be like St. Barbara im Mürztal (588m)

Today, 01.08.2026

Mostly sunny in the morning, becoming cloudy during the day. Thunderstorms will be likely towards evening.
Morning
very sunny
20°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 0%
sr.Windstärke 0 km/h
Noon
sunny
30°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 35%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h
Night
rainy
23°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 60%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h

Tomorrow, 02.08.2026

Some clouds in the morning, lateron much sunshine and hardly any clouds
Morning
sunny
20°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 20%
sr.Windstärke 0 km/h
Noon
very sunny
28°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 30%
sr.Windstärke 10 km/h
Night
very sunny
25°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 30%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h

Forecast

03.08.2026
very sunny
16°C 34°C
04.08.2026
very sunny
17°C 35°C
05.08.2026
sunny
18°C 35°C
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