Naas Cave Trail

Name: Naas Cave Trail
Brand: Steiermark
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The Naas Cave Trail is a circular hiking trail that starts at the Dürntalwirt inn and passes by both the Grassl Cave and the Katerloch Cave.

The Naas Cave Trail is a real must for all cave lovers. Only a few minutes by car from Weiz, the Naas Cave Trail is perfect for a short hike with the whole family. The trail leads along forest paths and forest tracks to the Grasslhöhle Cave and then over the Lärchsattel to the Katerloch Cave. Great views included. There is something for everyone on this circular hike. Whether exciting information about the caves or great views to Weiz. Recommended for a beautiful warm sunny day.

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The tour in numbers

7,2 km

Route

3:00 h

Time

335 hm

Uphill

335 hm

Downhill

995 m

Highest point

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More information

The district capital of Weiz is located in eastern Styria and is very easy to reach via the A2 from Vienna (approx. 2 hrs) and from Graz (approx. 30 min).

Arrival from Vienna and Graz: On the A2 from Vienna, take motorway exit 161 / Gleisdorf West in the direction of B54 / B64. Follow the B65 / Gleisdorfer Bundesstraße until you reach the B54 / Wechselbundesstraße. At the roundabout take the second exit to the B64 / Rechberg-Bundesstraße. After about 15 km you will reach the district capital Weiz.
Arriving from Graz via the main road: take Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai and Wickenburggasse to Jahngasse / B67a. Follow the B72 to Weiz and take the exit towards Weiz -West.

From Weizer main square drive 5km westwards on Grazer Straße in the direction of Gutenberg.

Route planner

Start: Dürntalwirt/Dürntal near Weiz

We start directly in front of the Dürntalwirt and walk up Gösserstraße for a short distance and then turn right into the forest.
We are now on trail no. 18 in the direction of "Grasslhöhle", and climb uphill in the forest.
We soon reach the entrance to the Grasslhöhle cave and turn right into the forest again.
Continuing uphill, we soon reach the access road to the Katerloch and turn right uphill.
Continuing along the asphalt road(trail no. 18a), we reach the parking lot at the Katerloch.
Behind the parking lot sign, we follow trail no. 18a up through the forest to the crossroads at the Lärchsattel.

For the very best view of the Almenland and back to Weiz, you should turn left up here and walk the short distance to the Sattelweg cross, a few steps to the right at the Sattelweg cross and you can see into the Almenland.

We turn right here onto the farm track and now follow trail no. 18 again in the direction of "Wachthaussattel/Gschaid".
We walk down to the Wachthaus cross at the junction to Passail and keep right there (path no. 18).
We pass the small, yellow wayside chapel on the right at the Wachthaussattel, where the benches invite us to take a break.
We now walk down the gravel path to Gschaid, with beautiful views to the right.
In Gschaid, turn left downhill onto the farm/hiking trail and head towards "Dürntal/Dürntalwirt, trail no. 19"
Always slightly downhill and past some farmsteads, we reach the Lärchsattelstraße again shortly before the village of Dürntal.
We continue downhill along the road through Dürntal and can already see Dürntalwirt on the right.
Shortly before the road junction, we take a right turn and are immediately back on the Gösserstrasse.
A few steps up to the right and we are back at our starting point.