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From Bahnweg to Brucker Hochanger - Tour 4

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A detour to the Weitental nature conservation centre is always worthwhile. The tour offers great views and the shelter on the Hochanger is staffed.  

The wonderful mountain world around Bruck an der Mur is an Eldorado for hikers and mountain bikers alike.

Starting from the railway path (Bruck Süd), the Brucker Hochanger can be climbed/cycled. From the Hochanger you can enjoy a view as far as the Hochschwab and the Graz mountains.

Use of the marked cycle routes is permitted at your own risk from 1 March to 14 November from 1 hour after sunrise to 1 hour before sunset.

You can also take the turn-off to Tour 1 on the Schweizeben and then continue on Tour 8 or Tour 7 to the Hochanger. There are various options for the descent.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
December

The tour in numbers

challenging
Level of difficulty
14,1 km
Route
3:15 h
Time
975 hm
Uphill
150 hm
Downhill
1305 m
Highest point

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More information

From Vienna, take the A2 Südautobahn motorway and the S6 Semmering motorway to the Bruck an der Mur motorway exit. Here at the roundabout take the 3rd exit in the direction of Leoben. After 100 metres, turn left at the 1st set of traffic lights (signpost ‘Weitental’).

Now keep right through a railway and motorway subway and past the cemetery to the P at the beginning of the Weitental. N 47.40398° O 15.27535°

From Graz via the A9 - Phyrnautobahn and the S35 - Brucker Schnellstraße to the Bruck an der Mur motorway exit. Continue as above.

From the west (Linz, Salzburg, D) via the A9 - Phyrn motorway and the S6 - Semmering motorway to Bruck West. Keep left at the motorway exit until you reach a junction at a furniture store. Keep right through the Bruck district of Oberaich until just before the roundabout mentioned above. Turn right at the traffic lights (signpost ‘Weitental’) and continue as above.

From the Hochanger, you can enjoy views as far as the Hochschwab and the Graz mountains.

Accessible by train and bus

ÖBB www.oebb.at or Verbundlinie www.verbundlinie.at

Free car park at the entrance to the Weitental valley, N 47.40398° E 15.27535°

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What the weather will be like

Bruck an der Mur (486m)

23.08.2024
very sunny
13°C 30°C
24.08.2024
sunny
15°C 32°C
25.08.2024
slightly cloudy
16°C 30°C

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