Stage 1: Vorau - St. Jakob im Walde
We start at the Augustiner Chorherrenstift in Vorau and drive in the direction of the Makrtzentrum.
We cross the main road and follow the "Dörflweg".
After approx. 2 km we turn into a piece of forest
We follow this path until we reach an asphalt road
The asphalt road leads us to Waldbach-Mönichwald
We continue in the direction of the Hochwechsellifts
We pass the Hotel Schwengerer
We go on and on until we reach the Hochwechsel
Via the Rabl-Kreuz hut we drive to the Arzberg hut
Stage 2: St. Jakob im Walde - Fischbach
We start in St. Jakob im Walde to Rettenegg
We follow the main road for a short distance
Before we turn into Rettenegg, we continue to Ratten.
In Ratten we make a detour to the Pretul mountain
We stay on the main route and drive to St. Kahtrein am Hauenstein
In the mining village we turn right to the Roseggerhof farm.
At Roseggerhof we come to Alpl, where we turn right
At the crossing of the Schlagbauer we drive in the direction of Waldtoni-Alm
From there a path leads to Fischbach
Stage 3: Fischbach - Wenigzell
From Fischbach we drive to Birkfeld
From Birkfeld we ride on the Feistritztalradweg R8 for approx. 4 km and turn right to Strallegg
We pass by the village center to the Skilift
After the snack station Posch we keep to the right and cycle in the direction of Wenigzell.
4th stage: Wenigzell - Vorau
We start in Wenigzell and pass the church to the crossing "Toter Mann".
Now there are two possibilities:
1. we drive to the wild meadow "Wildwiese"
2. we drive leisurely through the center of Miesenbach.
Now we continue to the schloffereck
From the Schloffereck we drive to the Gasthof Kreuzwirt
From there we continue to the Masenberg
Now we drive via Puchegg back to Vorau
Variant 1: via "WIldwiese" we have now completed about 178 kilometers and 5160 meters of altitude.