Bike Riding Summit tour: From Waldbach to the Hochwechsel, Waldbach-Mönichwald - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus Bike Riding Summit tour: From Waldbach to the Hochwechsel, Waldbach-Mönichwald - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus

Summit tour: From Waldbach to the Hochwechsel, Waldbach-Mönichwald

This summit tour from Waldbach takes you up to the 1743-metre-high Hochwechsel. Around 1200 meters in altitude are covered here - an e-bike is therefore particularly suitable for this tour.
The municipality of Waldbach is best known for the "Wiedners Wasserspiele". Hundreds of wooden figures, powered only by water, invite you to marvel and is a very special experience, especially for families and children.

Characteristics

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Best season

January
February
March
November
December

The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
15,8 km
Route
3:30 h
Time
1223 hm
Uphill
113 hm
Downhill
1743 m
Highest point

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Waldbach-Mönichwald has been a municipality in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district of Styria in Austria since 2015.
 
By car:
From Graz: via the A2 to the Hartberg exit, then B50 and B54 via Grafendorch to Rohrbach; continue via Koglerau and Bruck, Mönichwald to Waldbach
 
From Vienna: via the A2 to the Pinggau exit, then on the B54 towards Hartberg to Rohrbach a. d. Lafnitz; continue via Koglerau and Bruck, Mönichwald to Waldbach
 
Detailed information on how to get here can be found here.
  • We start in the municipality of Waldbach at Gasthof zur Post.
  • On the main road towards Mönichwald we turn left after approx. 500 m towards Breitenbrunn, Hochwechsel and continue straight ahead for approx. 2 km.
  • Pass the Kumpfmühle on the right and continue for approx. 1 km until you reach a sharp left-hand bend, where you turn right towards Meisterhofer vlg. Kroner.  
  • We continue straight on for approx. 1.3 km until we come to a stable.
  • Here we turn right and cross a small bridge.
  • From now on it goes uphill.
  • At the sharp S-bend (signpost Pockreiter Erhard) we continue left, at the next junction (Arzberger family) we also keep left.
  • Now the route continues flat for a while and we can enjoy a wonderful distant view.
  • We pass the farm of the Krogger family and reach a crossroads where we turn right onto the Hochwechselstraße.
  • After approx. 3.5 km we reach the Rabl-Kreuz-Hütte excursion destination, continue straight ahead and after another approx. 5 km we reach our destination, the Hochwechsel.
We recommend Rabl-Kreuz hut for a refreshment stop.
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.
For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
 
Please note whether you are allowed to take your bike with you if you are traveling by public transport
You can find information about the region, places to stop and stay overnight, excursion destinations, etc. here:

Eastern Styria Tourism Association

Joglland-Waldheimat office

8255 St. Jakob im Walde

Tel.: 03336/20255

info@joglland.at

Joglland-Waldheimat

Eastern Styria

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