Dragon Tour Teichalm

Name: Dragon Tour Teichalm
Brand: Steiermark
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The "Drachentour" is a challenging mountain bike route in the Almenland Nature Park, leads around the Hochlantsch, has beautiful views and also passes the Teichalmsee.

The tour starts on the Teichalm and leads over the Tyrnauer Alm with a beautiful view of the Rote Wand. Then it goes down the toll road into the village. The next ascent leads up the Heuberg over forest and pasture areas. Down through a hollow path you reach the village of Mixnitz with the Bärenschützklamm gorge.

The route continues leisurely to Breitenau am Hochlantsch. The village is very popular with pilgrimage groups who visit the Schüsserlbunn pilgrimage chapel, the pilgrimage church of St. Erhard and the parish church of St. Jakob. Climbers also start their tours here on the Franz Scheikl via ferrata or at the Breitenau/H. climbing centre. Up over the Tiefenbachgraben and the old "Russenstraße", the tour leads back to the Teichalm to the Teichalmsee.

The kite tour is ridden on forest and hollow paths, forest roads and asphalted main and municipal roads. We recommend riding the Drachentour in this direction, as the "Russenstraße" can only be ridden uphill. If you ride the tour in the opposite direction, the route leads from the Teichalm via the Teichalmstraße to St. Erhard (Breitenau am Hochlantsch). The route is signposted on both sides.

Please note: The kite tour is open from the beginning of May to the end of October.

The route goes through farmed alpine pastures. You will encounter grazing animals that spend their summer holidays on the alpine pastures. We therefore ask you to treat the animals with care. Please always carefully close all pasture gates that you cross on the route. Furthermore, we ask all cyclists to stay on the designated paths and not to carelessly cross the pastures.

The Drachentour is also an ideal tour for those who want something a little more sporty on the R2 Murradweg. The Murradweg crosses the municipality of Pernegg an der Mur and near Mixnitz you can take the Drachentour to the heart of the Almenland Nature Park, the Teichalm.

For anyone who would like to start their bike tour by traveling by public transport, the ideal entry point for the tour is the Pernegg-Bierenschützklamm train station or Mixnitz train station. It is possible to travel here by bike or train from, for example, Bruck an der Mur or Graz.

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

41,5 km

Route

5:00 h

Time

1200 hm

Uphill

1200 hm

Downhill

1321 m

Highest point

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Approach from Gleisdorf/Weiz:

B64 direction Passail
in Passail on the L 352 Fladnitzer Straße in the direction of Fladnitz/Teichalm
in Fladnitz/T. onto the L 320 towards Teichalm, parking around Teichalmsee, start of the tour

Approach from Bruck/Mur:

S35 direction exit Mixnitz/Pernegg, parking station Mixnitz, start of the tour
Take the L104 to Breitenau/Hochlantsch
after St. Erhard turn right towards Teichalm (Waldpark Hochreiter), Teichalm road
Follow the road to Lake Teichalm, parking around the lake, start of the tour

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All information for the journey.

We start at the Teichalmsee and drive in the direction of "AlmErlebnispark / Schüsserlbrunn".
Past the AlmErlebnispark, we turn left at the next fork and continue along the gravel road.
At the next fork, we turn right and now drive in the direction of "Tyrnauer Alm".
At the next junction we turn left and continue up to the Tyrnauer Alm-.
A few metres after this fork we reach the first pasture gate, which we pass. Please close the pasture gates again after passing through!
We drive along the meadow path and soon see a small, private hut on the right. Here we drive through the next pasture gate.
Follow the well-trodden path down to the right. Caution: There are grazing animals in the Halt here, please ride along the fence on the path and do not cross the entire Halt.
We reach the next Wedetor in the forest and turn left here onto the somewhat bumpy forest path.
At the next junction we turn left onto the gravel path and follow the gravel road over the pasture bridges to the Tyrnauer Almhütte (refreshment stop).
From the Tyrnauer Almhütte, we ride along the toll road, past the "Rote Wand" car park, down into the village of Tyrnau. Attention: cars may come your way here!
The gravel path now turns into an asphalt road, which we follow into the village of Tyrnau.
At the intersection with the main road, turn right and drive through the village of Tyrnau (Gschwendt-Straße).
Shortly before the end of the village (opposite the former Schiederwirt inn/bus stop) turn right onto the "Heuberg".
At the next crossroads we keep to the left, the road now turns into a gravel path.
Once at the Heuberg, we follow the hollow path/forest road down the mountain. Attention: do not continue to follow the forest road!
We descend the steep hollow way and turn left at the crossroads onto the forest road.
At the bottom, the gravel road intersects with the R2 Murradweg, which we turn right onto. We are now in the village of Mixnitz.
On the asphalt road, past the "Drachenhöhle" car park, we continue straight ahead to the roundabout.
Here we take the first exit and drive past Naturwelten Steiermark and Mixnitz railway station.
In the "Mautstatt" district, we cross the railway tracks and then immediately turn right into Rudorferweg. We continue along Rudorferweg until we come to the main road L104 again.
Here we turn right and keep going in the direction of "Breitenau/Hochlantsch".
We pass the "Gut Schafferwerk" and the Gasthof Hofbauer (refreshment stop).
In the centre of St. Jakob we turn left and drive past the Raiffeisenbank to the parish church.
Behind the church we turn right and cycle around the main road for a while.
As soon as we reach the main road, we turn left and continue along the main road L104.
After the village of St. Erhard, we turn right into Tiefenbachgraben (signposted "Kletterzentrum, Eiswasserfall Alice") and follow the asphalt road for a long time.
At the next junction we turn right over the wooden bridge and continue along the winding road.
Then we turn left into the old "Russenstraße", a gravel road.
At the next fork in the road, we keep to the right and continue up the "Russenstraße". The "Russenstraße" ends at the main road (Teichalmstraße).
Here we turn right and follow the main road past the "Breitalm" car park, the Almwellness Hotel Pierer and the Almgasthof-Hotel Teichwirt (refreshments available). At the Teichalmsee lake we have reached the starting point again

As well as on the alp and in the valley, the Almenland innkeepers and huts invite you to stop for a bite to eat. You can find all information about the innkeepers here!

Arrival by train to Mixnitz station. Start or entry into the tour possible from Mixnitz station.

Car parks around the Teichalmsee
Mixnitz railway station car park

Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
Almenland Nature Park Office
Fladnitz 100
8163 Fladnitz/Teichalm

Tel: +43 3179 23000
Mail: almenland@oststeiermark.com
www.almenland.at | www.oststeiermark.com

You can find the Dragon tour in the brochures of the Almenland Nature Park or the Adventure Region Eastern Styria. These are available at the information office in Fladnitz/Teichalm.