From Bahnweg to Schweizeben – Tour 1
The wonderful mountain world around Bruck an der Mur is an Eldorado for hikers and mountain bikers alike.
Starting from the railway track (Bruck Süd), you can climb/cycle up to the Schweizeben alpine inn and then on to the 1,308 m high Brucker Hochanger. You can enjoy a wonderful view from the Schweizeben.
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 continue on Tour 8 or Tour 7 to the Hochanger. There are various options for the descent.
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From Vienna via the A2 Südautobahn motorway and the S6 Semmering motorway to the Bruck an der Mur motorway exit. 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.
Weitental Nature Conservation Centre
You can enjoy a wonderful view from the Schweizeben!
Accessible by train and bus
ÖBB www.oebb.at or the Verbundlinie www.verbundlinie.at
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Bruck an der Mur (486m)
