Discovery route Karchau round (not signposted)

This moderately difficult mountain bike tour offers picturesque landscapes and wonderful panoramas.

Sections of this mountain bike tour partly lead directly on the federal highway. In this regard, we ask you to be careful when driving!

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

Best season

January

February

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August

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October

November

December

The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

27,7 km

Route

2:44 h

Time

715 hm

Uphill

718 hm

Downhill

1339 m

Highest point

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More information

By car from GermanyFrom Munich via the A8 towards Salzburg. From Salzburg on the A10 Tauernautobahn to St. Michael im Lungau. On the B 96 to Tamsweg, then on the B 95 to Predlitz. The B 97 leads via Stadl/Mur to Murau. There at the roundabout towards St. Lambrecht to Murauer train station and further towards St. Lambrecht. You reach St. Lambrecht via Laßnitz near Murau. The monastery is located in the town center.

Arrival from Eastern Austria/HungaryAt the motorway junction in St. Michael near Leoben, take the S 36 towards Klagenfurt. Past Knittelfeld and Judenburg to Scheifling. In Scheifling continue towards Klagenfurt to Neumarkt, via Unzmarkt and Perchau am Sattel you reach Neumarkt. Turn right there towards Mariahof and St. Lambrecht. In Mariahof, after the railway crossing, turn left towards St. Lambrecht. The monastery is located in the center of St. Lambrecht.

Arrival from southern Austria/ItalyVia Klagenfurt on the S 37 past St. Veit/Glan, Treibach and Friesach. In Friesach continue towards Vienna, via Dürnstein and Wildbad to Neumarkt. After the town center of Neumarkt turn left towards Murau, in Mariahof turn left after the railway crossing towards St. Lambrecht. The monastery is located in the center of St. Lambrecht.

This route runs from St. Lambrecht via the Steirische Holzstraße to Laßnitz. After about 500m the route branches off to the right towards Karchau. After a short climb, the path continues slightly downhill to St. Blase. The last part of the route runs via Heiligenstadt back to St. Lambrecht.

With the BusBahnBim app from the interconnected line, timetable information is easier than ever before: all bus, train and tram connections in Austria can be queried by entering locations and/or addresses, stops or important points. The app is available as a free app for smartphones (Android, iOS) - on Google Play and in the App Store.

ÖBB www.oebb.at | Styria connection line www.busbahnbim.at

Public parking spaces are available directly at St. Lambrecht Abbey, along the Abbey Wall or at the Grebenzen mountain railways.

The ideal time for this tour is from May to October. Information brochures are available at the various information offices.