Winter Hiking Winterwanderweg am Eggbergrundweg, St. Jakob im Walde - Touren-Impression #1 | © Gasthof Orthofer Winter Hiking Winterwanderweg am Eggbergrundweg, St. Jakob im Walde - Touren-Impression #1 | © Gasthof Orthofer

Winterwanderweg am Eggbergrundweg, St. Jakob im Walde

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The winter hike leads from Gasthof Orthofer in St. Jakob im Walde around the second highest elevation in the municipality - the Eggberg at 1215 meters.

Gasthof Orthofer in St. Jakob im Walde is also the starting point for the Joglland cross-country ski trail, which has been certified with the Styrian cross-country ski trail seal of approval. There are 60 kilometers of perfectly groomed cross-country ski trails available here. However, you can do without skis on this hiking tour. You hike leisurely through the snow-covered landscape around Gasthof Orthofer. 

This trail is also a popular hiking route in summer.

Characteristics

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Best season

April
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November

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
4,0 km
Route
1:30 h
Time
127 hm
Uphill
127 hm
Downhill
1180 m
Highest point

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Sankt Jakob im Walde is located approx. 24 km northwest of the district capital Hartberg in the far northwest of the Hartberg district. The municipality belongs to Joglland.
By car:
From Vienna: via the A2 to the Friedberg exit and B54 to Rohrbach, then via Mönichwald to St. Jakob im Walde

From Graz: via the A2 to the Rohrbach - Vorau exit, then to Rohrbach and on to Waldbach and St. Jakob im Walde

From the S6 Krieglach exit via the Alpl to Ratten and St. Jakob im Walde

Detailed information on how to get here can be found here.

  • We start the winter hike at Gasthof Orthofer in St. Jakob im Walde
  • First we walk past the log cabin towards the forest, but even here it is worth enjoying the view of the snow-covered landscape as far as the Hochschwab for the first time
  • We hike up to the weather cross
  • There, a signpost shows us the way up to Eggberg
  • Once we reach the cross, we take the right-hand path
  • This leads us through the forest and across a clearing to a farm
  • Here we follow the access road until we come to another hiking boot as a trail marker, where we turn left into the forest
  • A meadow path leads us to another farm, after which we immediately turn left uphill and hike up to the weather cross
  • From there, we follow the road back to Gasthof Orthofer. 
  • On this tour, we follow the hiking boot with the yellow sole (as a trail marker) and the symbol with the mountains no. 2.
Erkunden Sie die Joglland Loipe mit den verschiedensten Runden mit den Langlaufskiern, eine private Lehrstunde eignet sich bestens um die Technik zu perfektionieren.

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, Inn Orthofer (free)

Gasthof Orthofer
Filzmoos 12
8255 St. Jakob im Walde,

Tel.: +43 3336 8237
office@orthofer.atwww.orthofer.at 

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What the weather will be like

St. Jakob im Walde (927m)

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Noon
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Night
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Early clouds will gradually clear to leave the region with a dry and sunny day.
Morning
sunny
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Noon
slightly cloudy
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Night
slightly cloudy
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Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
03.11.2024
slightly cloudy
2°C 8°C
04.11.2024
very sunny
2°C 12°C
05.11.2024
sunny
2°C 10°C

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