Bike Riding Summit tour: From Mönichwald to the Hochwechsel mountain, Waldbach-Mönichwald - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus Bike Riding Summit tour: From Mönichwald to the Hochwechsel mountain, Waldbach-Mönichwald - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus

Summit tour: From Mönichwald to the Hochwechsel mountain, Waldbach-Mönichwald

From the lake to the mountain - is the motto of the tour from the flower village Mönichwald to the local mountain, the 1743 meter high Hochwechsel.
The flower village of Mönichwald not only invites you to swim and enjoy in the summertime. The Hochwechsel also offers numerous opportunities for hiking tours. On this tour, the summit is climbed by bike - with the e-bike you also have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful landscape during the ride.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
November
December

The tour in numbers

challenging
Level of difficulty
14,3 km
Route
3:30 h
Time
1196 hm
Uphill
44 hm
Downhill
1743 m
Highest point

Map & downloads

More information

Waldbach-Mönichwald has been a municipality in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district of Styria in Austria since 2015.
 
By car:
From Graz: via the A2 to the Hartberg exit, then B50 and B54 via Grafendorch to Rohrbach; continue via Koglerau and Bruck to Mönichwald
 
From Vienna: via the A2 to the Pinggau exit, then on the B54 towards Hartberg to Rohrbach a. d. Lafnitz; continue via Koglerau and Bruck to Mönichwald
 
Detailed information on how to get here can be found here.
  • We start in the center of Mönichwald at the Seegasthof Breineder.
  • At the crossroads we turn off immediately in the direction of the Hochwechsellifts
  • We follow the municipal road to the farm "Seppl im Hof".
  • Soon we arrive at the guesthouse Shwengerer
  • Here we turn left to the Alpengasthof Spitzbauer
  • We continue in the direction of Mönichwalder Schwaig
  • After the Kaltwiesenhütte we soon reach a gravel road
  • On this road we drive another 3 km until we reach the Hochwechsel
Refreshment stop at the Kaltwiesenhütte
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.

For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

Mönichwald, Seegasthof Breineder (free)
Tourism Association East Styria

Office Joglland - Waldheimat

8255 St. Jakob im Walde

church quarter 24

Tel.: +43 3336 20255

www.joglland-waldheimat.at

www.oststeiermark.com

joglland-waldheimat@oststeiermark.com

Gallery

What the weather will be like

Waldbach-Mönichwald (574m)

Morning
cloudy
6°C
0%
5 km/h
Noon
sunny
16°C
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5 km/h
Night
very sunny
9°C
0%
5 km/h
Early clouds will gradually clear to leave the region with a dry and sunny day.
Morning
sunny
8°C
0%
10 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
12°C
0%
5 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
8°C
0%
0 km/h
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
03.11.2024
slightly cloudy
2°C 9°C
04.11.2024
very sunny
1°C 12°C
05.11.2024
sunny
2°C 10°C
Spiegelsee Reiteralm | © photo-austria / Christine Höflehner

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