Alm circuit, Mönichwald

• We start in Mönichwald and orient ourselves by the hiking overview board
• We then walk past the church and the cemetery, cross the road and keep to the right
• We continue upstream past the Florianihalle, cross a wooden bridge and follow the left bank
• At the next bridge (closed) we turn left and walk uphill.
• We follow the forest path, which is marked as a running route and leads into an asphalt road
• Slightly downhill past a few houses we see the yellow signposts in the direction of Waldbach
• Here we go left through a farm and continue on the gravel road, shortly before the pasture we go downhill for a short distance
• Along the forest path and further on forest paths until we cross the Lafnitz and follow the signposted footpath upstream to Waldbach
• In Waldbach, we keep to the right and walk along the road until the road branches off to the left towards Hochwechsel / Breitenbrunn
• At the next crossroads, we keep right uphill.
• We stay on the road for approx. 4 km until we reach the Hornhofer farm
• Here we walk slightly uphill for a short distance until a field path branches off to the right
• We continue until we reach a road junction and keep left uphill, turning right at the next junction in the direction of Spitzbauer
• After a short time, we reach the highest point of the hike, the Alpengasthof Spitzbauer, 1,033 m.
• From now on we are on hiking trail 07 and walk downhill to Hotel Schwengerer
• We turn left at a wayside shrine, walk along field paths and then downhill through the forest, past the "Wimpassinger Haus" friends of nature house, until we reach a farmhouse
• Continue downhill on the asphalt road until you see a junction on the left towards Dreimühlenweg and Mönichwald
• We follow the markings until we reach a wooden bridge, continue downhill past a dilapidated house and continue along the left bank of the stream until we reach an asphalt road
• This takes us to the center of Mönichwald

• Mönichwald, parish church (free)
• Mönichwald, leisure lake (free)

Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Regio Bus

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