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

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

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

From the lake to the mountain - is the motto of the tour from the flower village Mönichwald to the local mountain, the 1743 meter high Hochwechsel.

The flower village of Mönichwald not only invites you to swim and enjoy in the summertime. The Hochwechsel also offers numerous opportunities for hiking tours. On this tour, the summit is climbed by bike - with the e-bike you also have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful landscape during the ride.

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

Best season

January

February

March

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August

September

October

November

December

The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

14,3 km

Route

3:30 h

Time

1196 hm

Uphill

44 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 to Mönichwald

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 to Mönichwald

Detailed information on how to get here can be found here.

We start in the center of Mönichwald at the Seegasthof Breineder.
At the crossroads we turn off immediately in the direction of the Hochwechsellifts
We follow the municipal road to the farm "Seppl im Hof".
Soon we arrive at the guesthouse Shwengerer
Here we turn left to the Alpengasthof Spitzbauer
We continue in the direction of Mönichwalder Schwaig
After the Kaltwiesenhütte we soon reach a gravel road
On this road we drive another 3 km until we reach the Hochwechsel

Refreshment stop at the Kaltwiesenhütte

Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.

For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

Mönichwald, Seegasthof Breineder (free)

Tourism Association East Styria

Office Joglland - Waldheimat

8255 St. Jakob im Walde

church quarter 24

Tel.: +43 3336 20255

www.joglland-waldheimat.at

www.oststeiermark.com

joglland-waldheimat@oststeiermark.com

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What the weather will be like

Waldbach-Mönichwald (574m)

Morning

1°C

15%

5 km/h

Noon

cloudy

4°C

50%

5 km/h

Night

1°C

85%

10 km/h

Mostly cloudy with a few sunny spells. In the afternoon snowfall will start.

Morning

cloudy

0°C

20%

15 km/h

Noon

cloudy

2°C

20%

20 km/h

Night

cloudy

0°C

25%

15 km/h

The day will be dry, but mostly cloudy with occasional sunny spells.

24.12.2024

0°C 3°C

25.12.2024

cloudy

0°C 4°C

26.12.2024

sunny

-1°C 5°C

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