Patscharound with "Patschanose", Naas
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- Arrival from Vienna and Graz: On the A2 from Vienna, take motorway exit 161 / Gleisdorf West in the direction of B54 / B64. Follow the B65 / Gleisdorfer Bundesstraße until you reach the B54 / Wechselbundesstraße. At the roundabout take the second exit to the B64 / Rechberg-Bundesstraße. After about 15 km you will reach the district capital Weiz.
Arriving from Graz via the main road: take Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai and Wickenburggasse to Jahngasse / B67a. Follow the B72 to Weiz and take the exit towards Weiz -West.
From Weiz, follow the B64 in the direction of Naas. In the centre of the village turn right and follow the road to Vogelhütte.
- We start at the Patscha parking lot (SAM stop WZ 2818) and walk down the road to the access to the hiking/cycling trail "Anschluss 763, Sattelkreuz - St. Kathrein".
- There we turn right onto the farm track, now it goes slowly uphill.
- At the crossroads, stay on trail no. 763 and continue straight ahead.
- Be careful not to miss the turn-off to the left(path no. 763 a).
- We now walk out onto the Patscha-Nase, past a resting place we now come to the magnificent viewpoints above the Weizklamm: in front of us the Wolfsattel with quarry, behind it the Schöckl and then the Passailer Kessel with the Rote Wand in the background. Please be careful here, it is a steep descent and there is no protection!
- Continuing along the path, we reach the well-known "3 Churches View", from here we can see the churches of Fladnitz an der Teichalm, Passail and St. Kathrein am Offenegg.
- We continue along the path to the next vantage point. From here we can see St. Kathrein and the Sommeralm area with the only wind turbine in the Almenland Nature Park.
- We walk out along the edge of the precipice to the Patscha saddle with a wayside cross and rest area.
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We continue straight ahead along the farm track in the direction of "Patschaberg/Gschaid, path no. 763".
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At the next crossroads at the small hut, we turn left uphill.
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At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead.
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We walk the last few meters to the summit cross along the pasture fence.
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The Patscha summit cross is located on a high plateau with pasture, to the right in front of us we see the Zetz, to the right below is Weiz. The rock with the cross serves as an altar during mountain masses up here.
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We continue straight ahead along the pasture fence in the direction of "St. Kathrein/Gschaid".
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After the rest area, we keep to the right and continue our leisurely hike through the forest.
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When we reach the farm track, we continue out to the right.
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At the large crossroads, we turn right towards "Vogelhube/Weiz, trail no. 745".
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We follow the gravel path out to the Vogelhütte, which is privately owned.
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There we turn left down into the road and walk back to the parking lot.
Take a snack with you and enjoy it on the benches at the summit.
For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark. Please reserve in good time!
Parking is available just before the Vogelhütte.
Eastern Styria Tourist Board Office Weiz Main square 18 8160 Weiz Tel: +43 3172 2319 660
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Eastern Styria Tourist Office
Weiz office
Main square 18
8160 Weiz
Phone: +43 3172 2319660
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