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Mountain Bike Route to Hochreiter

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From the village sign of Dorf-Veitsch, take a well-maintained gravel road through the dense green forest to the Hochreiter farm (owned by the Pfannhofer family).

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
November
December

The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
4,2 km
Route
1:05 h
Time
394 hm
Uphill
3 hm
Downhill
1048 m
Highest point

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More information

From Vienna:
Take the St. Barbara im Mürztal / Mitterdorf exit from the S6 – Semmering Schnellstraße. At the roundabout, continue straight through the roundabout towards the Veitsch district.

From Graz:
Take the St. Barbara im Mürztal / Mitterdorf exit from the S6 – Semmering Schnellstraße. Continue straight through the roundabout towards the Veitsch district.

The cycling tour to Hochreiter starts at the village sign of Dorf-Veitsch, at the intersection of Veitscher Straße and Hochreiterstraße. The route passes by the former Zenker Hausbau factory, now R&W Härtetechnik, and continues along a well-maintained gravel road, gradually winding through the forest. We follow the road for about 4 kilometers before reaching the Hochreiter farm (owned by the Pfannhofer family).

In a separate dining room, refrigerators with chilled drinks are available.

The route is open to both mountain bikers and e-bikers (up to 25 km/h) and can be used one hour after sunrise and one hour before sunset.

Tip: At the Hochreiter farm (owned by the Pfannhofer family), you can enjoy well-deserved refreshments. In a separate dining room, chilled drinks are available for self-service and can be consumed contactlessly.

By Train:
Travel to St. Barbara im Mürztal – Mitterdorf by train.

For further travel, take the bus or ride directly by bike towards St. Barbara im Mürztal – Veitsch.

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What the weather will be like

St. Barbara im Mürztal (588m)

Morning
sunny
16°C
5%
5 km/h
Noon
cloudy
24°C
50%
5 km/h
Night
cloudy
21°C
50%
5 km/h
Dry and fair in the early morning, then variable with frequent showers.
Morning
sunny
17°C
40%
0 km/h
Noon
cloudy
23°C
70%
5 km/h
Night
cloudy
19°C
75%
5 km/h
Dry and fair in the early morning, then variable with frequent showers.
25.07.2025
rainy
14°C 24°C
26.07.2025
rainy
15°C 24°C
27.07.2025
cloudy
15°C 22°C
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