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Allgau

This medium-difficulty bike tour leads from St. Lorenzen ob Murau along the Murradweg to St. Ruprecht, home to the Wood Museum, and along forest trails to Allgau.
The route scores with a picturesque landscape and well-developed roads. The section towards Allgau has little traffic and is therefore an excellent destination for bikers.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
April
November
December

The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
22,6 km
Route
2:00 h
Time
400 hm
Uphill
400 hm
Downhill
1159 m
Highest point

Map & downloads

More information

Coming from Judenburg via Unzmarkt to Scheifling. Keep right here towards Murau. Drive through Murau to St. Georgen ob Murau. Keep left at the “Wandaler” supermarket. Turn right at the railway track. The information office Kreischberg is on the left.

Coming from Tamsweg, drive via Stadl an der Murau to Lutzmannsdorf. Turn right here and follow the road. Straight ahead at the railway track. The information office Kreischberg is on the right.

The starting point is the Kreischberg information office. From here you cycle along the Murradweg R2 to the Wandritsch train stop. At the stop, turn right and cross the bridge over the Mur and the main road into the Wandritschgraben. Follow this until you reach Allgau. There you cross the Allgaubach, cycle out of the valley on the western side and reach the highest point of the tour at 1,159 m at the Sittersberger junction. Continue out of the valley on the asphalt road until you reach the village of St. Ruprecht. At the Holzmuseum junction, take the western exit through the tunnel under the main road, past the tennis courts to the covered bridge over the Mur (St. Ruprecht train stop). After another 200 meters you get back to the Murradweg R2, on which it goes east again back to the starting point St. Lorenzen am Kreischberg.
The Holzmusem invites you to visit (note the opening hours!).
With the BusBahmBim app from the composite line, timetable information is easier than ever before: all bus, train and tram connections in Austria can be queried by entering locations and/or addresses, stops or important points. The app is available as a free app for smartphones (Android, iOS) - on Google Play and in the App Store.

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Public parking is available directly at the Kreischberg information office.
The ideal time for this tour is from May to October. Information brochures are available at the various information offices.

Gallery

What the weather will be like

St. Georgen am Kreischberg (851m)

Morning
very sunny
15°C
0%
5 km/h
Noon
very sunny
25°C
35%
10 km/h
Night
cloudy
18°C
65%
5 km/h
Mostly sunny throughout the day with a chance of showers towards evening.
Morning
sunny
14°C
10%
5 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
22°C
40%
0 km/h
Night
rainy
16°C
70%
5 km/h
Quite sunny with scattered clouds during the day, but a chance of thunderstorms towards evening.
27.08.2024
sunny
13°C 25°C
28.08.2024
sunny
13°C 27°C
29.08.2024
very sunny
13°C 28°C
Spiegelsee Reiteralm | © photo-austria / Christine Höflehner

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