St. Kathrein, Ausblick in Richtung Rote Wand | © Naturpark Almenland St. Kathrein, Ausblick in Richtung Rote Wand | © Naturpark Almenland

Winter Hike in St. Kathrein/Offenegg

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A wonderful hike above St. Katrein, which leads mainly along municipal roads that are cleared. The tour is therefore good to go even with more snow.

In summer, the "Garden of Eden Cycle Path" leads along this route, in winter it is also possible to hike here without snowshoes or sleds along the little-traveled municipal roads.

Immediately at the entrance to the village, the path leads up to the "Zeil", here beautiful views back to St. Kathrein and far out into the country await. The further path then leads along a beautiful forest path up to the district of Gschaid. Here a magnificent panorama opens up - from the Eibisberg over Schöckl and Rote Wand to the Sommeralm.

The rest of the way leads along the "Mühlental-Wanderweg" with its old mills and the horseshoe figures of "almart" back up to the "Zeil". Along the way, several establishments await hungry stopovers.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness
Experience
Scenery

Best season

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
8,4 km
Route
2:30 h
Time
210 hm
Uphill
210 hm
Downhill
1080 m
Highest point
920 m
Lowest point

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  • We start at the parking lot just after entering the village ("Silver Horseshoe Panther").
  • We go up to the right in the direction of "Zeil/Sulamith Garten/GH Spreitzhofer", past the "Panoramahütte" (left) and the "Lindenstüberl" (right)
  • On the left we can already see the GH Spreitzhofer, we continue and pass the Edelbrennerei Graf.
  • At the crossroads we now turn right down into the forest (signpost "Eibisberg/Garten-Eden-Tour")
  • Arrived at the crossroads at the top of the village of Gschaid, we turn right out onto the municipal road (signpost "Garten Eden-Tour")
  • We now always have a view far out into the country until we enter the forest again after the "Ferienhaus Kreiner".
  • Now a path soon leads right into the Mühlental hiking trail ("Sulamith Garten/St. Kathrein/Zeil")
  • We now walk in the forest along the Mühlental hiking trail and pass old mills and the "Horseshoe Dragon".
  • The further path now leads left over a small bridge up to the "Sulamith Garten".
  • We pass the "Sulamith Garten" and immediately reach the "Zeil" again.
  • There we now go left down back into the village

If you are already in St. Kathrein, you should definitely take a walk through the pretty village. There are also several places to stop for refreshments.

Timetables and travel information can be found at the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) or at www.busbahnbim.at.

General information on travel can also be found on the website www.almenland.at.

Parking lot in St. Kathrein, vis-a-vis of the Htl. Zum Steinhauser

More info about the region, where you can stop, where there are rooms and where you can find the description of the excursion destinations and businesses:

Almenland Nature Park
Phone: +43 3179 23000
Email: info@almenland.at

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What the weather will be like

St. Kathrein am Offenegg (965m)

Morning
7°C
20%
5 km/h
Noon
14°C
35%
10 km/h
Night
11°C
65%
5 km/h
Mostly cloudy with occasional sunny spells. Light rain will start in the afternoon.
Morning
8°C
10%
5 km/h
Noon
14°C
20%
15 km/h
Night
9°C
65%
10 km/h
Fair in the morning, then increasingly cloudy. Rain will set in towards evening.
31.03.2023
6°C 15°C
01.04.2023
6°C 15°C
02.04.2023
3°C 10°C
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