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Fischbach Alps Tour

Open
To all nature enthusiasts who also want to be sporty on the road! In Fischbach starts the signposted Fischbacher-Alpen-Tour for all who want to discover the "ups and downs" of the area around Fischbach and St. Kathrein.
The Fischbacher Alpentour is a varied and partly very demanding route, which probably includes everything that makes a real MTB an experience. Starting from the towns of Fischbach at 1000 m, or St. Kathrein / Hauenstein at 820 m above sea level, the tour has the most diverse characters. Past romantic mills, farms, alternating shady forest paths and magnificent panoramic views.

This mountain bike route is oriented in the area of Roseggers Waldheimat and belongs to the only officially signposted MTB - route in the tourist region Joglland - Waldheimat. The many entry points, such as from the Alpl, the many inns and private quarters in the villages or along the route invite the biker to a rest or accommodation.

The Fischbacher Alpen-Tour is signposted with boards of the same name.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness
Experience
Scenery

Best season

January
February
March
November
December

The tour in numbers

challenging
Level of difficulty
27,5 km
Route
3:30 h
Time
829 hm
Uphill
829 hm
Downhill
1162 m
Highest point
684 m
Lowest point

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More information

From Vienna via the A2 Südautobahn highway and the S6 Semmering expressway to the Kindberg exit. Here through the Stanzertal valley on the Schanzsattel-Landesstraße L114 to Fischbach.From Graz via the Weizer-Bundesstraße B72 to Birkfeld and from here via the Schanzsattel-Landesstraße L114 to Fischbach.

From Linz/Salzburg/Munich via the Pyhrnautobahn A9 and the Semmering-Schnellstraße S6 to the Kindberg exit. Continue as above.

Further information: 

Village square, Fischbach

  • We start at the village square in Fischbach
  • We go down the forest road for 5-10 minutes until we reach Oberdissau
  • We follow the signs until we reach the country road
  • We leave the main road after 100 m
  • We turn left in the direction of Falkenstein
  • Cross two bridges, turn right and then immediately left to the "Hauswirtshofer" estate.
  • Behind the estate we cycle the steep way uphill to the quarry.
  • Now we cycle downhill to the cycle path R8
  • We cycle along the cycle path to Ratten, but before the Horn company we turn left to St. Kathrein.
  • In Kathrein we turn left after the Café Dorfplatzl into the Eggschmiedgraben
  • We pass the sawmill
  • At the crossroads take the road after the stream and continue to Ziesel Anger.
  • From the Ziesel Anger we drive to the Waldtoni hut and continue on the asphalt road to the Hauswirtshofer estate.
  • From there we take the same way back to Fischbach.
After the bike tour you deserve a refreshment in one of the many restaurants in the high altitude health resort Fischbach!
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie. For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
There is plenty of parking available at the starting point on the village square in Fischbach.
Tourism Association East Styria

Office Joglland - Waldheimat

8255 St. Jakob im Walde

church quarter 24

Tel.: +43 3336 20255

Joglland-Waldheimat

Eastern Styria

current weather

Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Regio Bus

 

 

 

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What the weather will be like

Ratten (736m)

Morning
slightly cloudy
6°C
30%
10 km/h
Noon
sunny
11°C
5%
15 km/h
Night
foggy
7°C
65%
10 km/h
Relatively sunny during the day, but maybe some rain in the evening.
Morning
very sunny
6°C
0%
5 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
15°C
0%
15 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
13°C
0%
10 km/h
The day starts sunny, but will be partly cloudy in the afternoon.
30.03.2024
sunny
8°C 21°C
31.03.2024
sunny
8°C 19°C
01.04.2024
sunny
8°C 18°C
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