Forest

2024

Sternstein – Via Leone

· Reading Time 7 mins
Mühlviertel Forest Snow Stones

I run through the snow-covered Sternwald forest up to the Sternstein and the Sternsteinwarte. A beautiful route in Advent.

16.0 km
501 m
Bad Leonfelden

Miesenwald

· Reading Time 5 mins
Mühlviertel Forest Hills Snow

Winter hike along the Salzsteig, an old trade route, with a short detour to the Czech Republic's southernmost point.

11.1 km
243 m
Bad Leonfelden

Hofarnsdorf - Rossatz

· Reading Time 7 mins
Wachau River Forest Hills

A Roman path takes me into the autumnal Kupfertal and further to the Dunkelsteinerwald with a stop at the Seekopf viewing tower. Downhill through the Steinige Ries.

17.3 km
797 m
Hofarnsdorf
World Heritage Trail Wachau Stage 11

Mühldorf – Spitz

· Reading Time 5 mins
Wachau River Forest Hills Ruin

An autumn hike up the Jauerling. Fantastic views of the Wachau and descent via the Hinterhaus Ruin to Spitz an der Donau.

13.8 km
816 m
Mühldorf
Jauerling Circuit Stage 7

Muehlberg Course

· Reading Time 3 mins
Strudengau Forest River Hills

A short and steep mountainbike tour in the Strudengau. Perfect for a scenic detour of the Danube Cylce Path

10.5 km
386 m
Weins

Predigtstuhl Trail

· Reading Time 4 mins
Strudengau Hills Forest Stones River

From Sarmingstein to the Predigstuhl and afterwards via Nöchling into the Gloxwald to Einsiedlerstein and the quarry.

14.9 km
488 m
Sarmingstein

Heart Stone Trail

· Reading Time 4 mins
Waldviertel Hills Forest Stones

A short, calm circuit trail in the Ysper valley to the lovely heart stone ❤️ and the scary skull stone 💀.

9.4 km
442 m
Ysper

Kaiser Route

· Reading Time 7 mins
Waldviertel Forest River Hills

Rapid descents, strenuous climbs over rough granite, flat gravel sections along the Danube, travelling by mountain bike in the southern Waldviertel.

29.3 km
809 m
Persenbeug

Mühldorf – Maria Laach

· Reading Time 5 mins
Wachau Forest Hills

This time I climb the Jauerling. Phew, a strenuous but rewarding fifth stage of the World Heritage Trail, which offers cooling and plenty of panoramic views.

14.0 km
894 m
Mühldorf
World Heritage Trail Wachau Stage 5

Maria Laach – Emmersdorf

· Reading Time 4 mins
Wachau Forest

I reach the Danube again near Emmersdorf. The third stage of the Jauerling Circuit offers plenty of forest and a few gentle hills.

15.2 km
255 m
Maria Laach am Jauerling
Jauerling Circuit Stage 3

Melk – Aggsbach Dorf

· Reading Time 6 mins
Wachau Forest City Palace Abbey

A marvellous ninth stage of the World Heritage Trail in the Dunkelsteinerwald. Several highlights included: Melk Abbey, Schönbühel Castle, Melk old town.

17.5 km
577 m
Melk an der Donau
World Heritage Trail Wachau Stage 9

Emmersdorf – Melk

· Reading Time 3 mins
Wachau Forest Palace River

Hiking on the flat, eighth stage of the World Heritage Trail in the Wachau to Melk Abbey through the Danube wetlands and crossing the Danube at Melk hydroelectric power station.

9.4 km
186 m
Emmersdorf an der Donau
World Heritage Trail Wachau Stage 8

Aggsbach Markt – Emmersdorf

· Reading Time 4 mins
Wachau Forest

The seventh stage of the World Heritage Trail leads me over hills and forests from Aggsbach Markt to Emmersdorf. Including a view of Melk Abbey.

15.1 km
566 m
Aggsbach Markt
World Heritage Trail Wachau Stage 7

Spitz – Aggsbach Markt

· Reading Time 6 mins
Wachau River Forest Blossom

The apricot trees are in bloom! A wonderful hike through the gardens during the apricot blossom in the Wachau on the first stage of the Jauerling circuit.

18.2 km
796 m
Spitz an der Donau
Jauerling Circuit Stage 1

Ysper – Dorfstetten: The first years

· Reading Time 4 mins
Waldviertel Forest Gorge

The water rushes down the Ysper gorge, afterwards it gets quiet and lonely in the Weinsberg forest to Dorfstetten. An exciting third section of the Lebensweg

18.5 km
638 m
Ysper, Yspertal
Lebensweg Stage 3

Mystical Druid's Path

· Reading Time 5 mins
Waldviertel Gorge Forest Stones

Spring hike in the marvellous, refreshing Ysperklamm gorge. Then I follow the footsteps of the druids and visit huge stone formations with a mystical aura.

10.2 km
492 m
Yspertal

Leiben – Maria Taferl: Death and Afterlife

· Reading Time 4 mins
Waldviertel River Forest Palace

Die zwölfte Etappe des Lebensweg befasst sich mit dem Leben nach dem Tod, dazu wird die Basilika Maria Taferl und die Gruft im Schloss Artstetten besucht.

14.3 km
414 m
Leiben
Lebensweg Stage 12

Maria Laach – Aggsbach Markt

· Reading Time 2 mins
Wachau Forest

The sixth stage of the Welterbsteig offers an easy descent to the Danube between Christmas tree plantations and lots of forest.

7.9 km
101 m
Maria Laach am Jauerling
World Heritage Trail Wachau Stage 6

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