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Winter hiking in Masenberg, Pöllauberg

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Hiking in the Pöllau Valley Nature Park is usually possible all year round with good hiking boots (make sure they are slip-resistant!) - even on this winter hike on the Masenberg...
...Snowshoes are rarely necessary here and if they are, then most likely here on the Masenberg, with its summit cross at over 1260 metres, it is the highest point in the Pöllau Valley Nature Park after the Rabenwald. This circular hike is also very attractive in winter - especially when the frost or snow glistens beautifully on the fields and forests and the sun makes the landscape glow.  It is also particularly beautiful when the fog in the Pöllau or Vorau basin covers the lower-lying regions like cotton wool and the gloriously radiant sun "warms the mind and body" at higher altitudes.In good weather, we have a fantastic view of the Joglland with the Hochwechsel and the Fischbach Alps (Pretul, Stuhleck), the Almenland, the Kulm, the Riegersburg and even Slovenia.With a bit of luck, we can observe the magnificent ibex and mouflon on this hike in the game reserve between Schutzwirt and Olmstoll.Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

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Best season

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The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
7,0 km
Route
2:00 h
Time
220 hm
Uphill
220 hm
Downhill
1260 m
Highest point
1045 m
Lowest point

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Pöllauberg, Masenberg protective hats

The Pöllau Valley Nature Park is located in the heart of Eastern Styria, the garden of Austria, approx. 60 km north-east of Graz and approx. 150 km south of Vienna

By car from Vienna
If you are driving from Vienna to Pöllau bei Hartberg, take the A2 towards Graz and drive about 110 kilometres until you reach the Hartberg exit. From there, follow the B54 in the direction of Pöllau.

By car from Graz
To get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Graz, take the A2 motorway in the direction of Vienna. After about 30 kilometres, take the Gleisdorf West exit and then take the B54 towards Hartberg/Pöllau. Follow the B54 for about 25 kilometres until you reach Pöllau.

By car from Salzburg
To get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Salzburg, take the A1 motorway towards Vienna. Drive about 110 kilometres to exit 109 (Salzburg junction). There change to the A9 motorway in the direction of Graz. At St. Michael, follow the S6 towards Kapfenberg. Continue on the S6 until the Krieglach exit. From there, take the B72 and then the L405 to Pöllau.

  • At the Glückskapelle chapel, we keep left and follow the red-white-red hiking trail no. 950 towards Grafendorf and Hartberg past the Olmstoll inn.   
  • We cross the municipal road to Vorau and choose hiking trail no. 07 towards Schwaig/Hartberg.   
  • We then walk past the air quality monitoring station along a somewhat steeper passage on hiking trail no. 07 in the direction of Waldhansl until we reach the tarmac road.   
  • We stay on the Wiesberg road for approx. 500 metres and turn sharp left uphill at a small detached house.  
  • This hiking trail (red-white-red markings) meets hiking trail no. 16, which joins hiking trail no. 07 and takes us back to the starting point.
We always plan enough time to enjoy the culinary delights of the region!
Fahrpläne und Reiseinformationen finden Sie bei den Österreichischen Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) oder unter Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.

Für den örtlichen Transport empfehlen wir das SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

HF5843 Parkplatz Schutzhütte Masenberg

Information about the region, places to stop for refreshments and overnight accommodation, excursion destinations etc. can be found here:

Tourism region Eastern Styria
Nature Park Pöllauer Valley office
Schloss 1, 8225 Pöllau, Austria
Phone: +43 3335 4210

www.naturpark-poellauertal.at

www.oststeiermark.com

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Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi

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What the weather will be like

Pöllauberg (751m)

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Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
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very sunny
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Night
very sunny
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Dry and sunny throughout the day with hardly any clouds.
30.04.2024
very sunny
10°C 23°C
01.05.2024
very sunny
9°C 21°C
02.05.2024
slightly cloudy
9°C 19°C

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