The great Jogl - Stage 2: St. Jakob im Walde - Fischbach, St. Jakob im Walde

Name: The great Jogl - Stage 2: St. Jakob im Walde - Fischbach, St. Jakob im Walde
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The second stage of the touring mountain bike route "Der große Jogl" in the Joglland - Waldheimat region leads from St. Jakob im walde to the northernmost municipality of eastern Styria, Fischbach.

The stage starting point St. Jakob im Walde is also a flower road community and winter sports resort. The family ski mountain and the Joglland cross-country ski trail offer the best training opportunities in winter. Via Rettenegg and Ratten the tour continues to the Pretul, the second highest peak of the "Großer Jogl". The tour continues to Peter Rosegger's forest home, more precisely to St. Kathrein am Hauenstein with his favorite church. You then drive over the Alpl to the stage destination Fischbach. Fischbach is also a Flower Road community, but also a high altitude health resort and Easter bunny village.

A special service along the tour "Der große Jogl" is the luggage transport - just cycle carefree, without annoying extra luggage. While you are on the way, your luggage will be brought to your next stage destination (by 17:00 at the latest).

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The tour in numbers

challenging

Level of difficulty

53,6 km

Route

6:00 h

Time

1557 hm

Uphill

1702 hm

Downhill

1588 m

Highest point

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From Vienna:

Take the A2 Südautobahn to the Friedberg/Pinggau exit. Then via Dechantskirchen and Bruck/Lafnitz to St. Jakob im Walde
or:

Via the A2 - Südautobahn and the S6 Semmering expressway to Krieglach. From there via the Alpl to the Joglland - Waldheimat region.

From Graz:
Via the B72 to Weiz and on to Birkfeld in the Joglland - Waldheimat region

Route planner for your journey

We start in St. Jakob im Walde
We drive along the cross-country trail to Gasthof Orthofer
At the Orthofer Inn we drive downhill for a while until we reach the next hairpin bend.
Here we turn right onto a gravel road
Follow the road until you reach the L407 in the direction of Rettenegg.
There we cross the Feistritz river and follow it on the left side
After about 4,5 km we are in the district Wasserstatt, where we turn right
We turn back into the center of Rettenegg and turn right into a small street after the Gasthaus Simml.
After about 100 m we turn right again
We follow this road until we reach Ratten
At the crossroad to the toll road we drive up to the Pretul mountain
From the top we take the toll road back down to the Eichtinger snack station.
We follow the road downhill for about 2 km
At the next crossing we turn right in the direction of St. Kathrein am Hauenstein
We follow this road until we reach the mining area
At the second crossing we turn right into Zeiler Weg
We continue until we reach the Roseggerhof inn
We turn right onto the federal road B72
We follow the road for about 1 km, where we then turn off in the direction of Schlagobersbauer
Then we turn left twice onto the gravel road
We follow the road until we reach the Waldtoni hut
Here we go downhill to Fischbach
We pass the Dissauer chapel as well as the Ägydius chapel
Now we are again at the village square of Fischbach

Particularly worth seeing is the summit of the Pretul with the Peter-Bergner Warte and the view of the numerous impressive wind turbines in the region.

Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie. For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

St. Jakob im Walde, ehemaliges Gasthaus Lueger (free)
St. Jakob im Walde, Kräftereich (free)

You can find information about the region, places to stop and stay overnight, excursion destinations, etc. here:

Eastern Styria Tourism Association
Joglland-Waldheimat office
8255 St. Jakob im Walde
Tel.: 03336/20255
Joglland-Waldheimat
Eastern Styria

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Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Regio Bus

Overview map “Der große Jogl”: Request from the Joglland - Waldheimat tourist office at info@joglland.at or +43 33336 20255