**** Dear Guests! Please note the WINTER CLOSURE of the Ybbstal Cycle Path and MTB trails from NOVEMBER 1st, 2024, to APRIL 15th, 2025! **** Additionally, starting from NOVEMBER 4th, 2024, we will be available during our winter hours as follows: MON & TUE from 08:30 AM - 12:00 PM | WED - FRI from 08:30 AM - 12:00 PM & 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM **** Our office hours in Lunz am See and Waidhofen/Ybbs will also change starting NOVEMBER 4th, 2024! **** You can find all details about the WINTER HOURS HERE! ****

Hikers & Bikers beware!

You can find an overview of the current closures in the hiking and mountain biking region here!

Status: November 13th, 2024

Winter closure of the Ybbstal Cyclepath & mountainbike trails:
Please note that the Ybbstal Cyclepath as well as all mountainbike trials of the region will be closed during the winter season from November 1st, 2024 until April 15th, 2025.

Gaming / Lackenhof:

Hiking trails:

  • Due to forestry work, the "Radlweg" from Langau/Maierhöfen towards Lackenhof is closed until further notice! This also affects hiking trail No. 3 (Durchlass) and the OÖ Mariazellerweg. Detour route: via state road L108 to Lackenhof.
    The "Kartäuserpfad" to Gaming is not affected by this closure.
  • Hiking trail nr. 17 from Tagles to Herrenalm is currently closed until October 31st, 2024 due to forestry work. Detour route via forest road.
  • Vordere Tormäuer – Trübenbach hiking trail: The hiking trail will be CLOSED due to forestry work/road construction until further notice. Alternative hike: The closed section of the path can be bypassed over a large area (1 km) via the Sommerer Bridge / Devil's Church / Devil's Church Hanging Bridge.

Mountainbike tours:

  • Due to forestry work, the "Radlweg" from Langau/Maierhöfen towards Lackenhof is closed until further notice! This also affects mountainbike tours „Lunzer Strecke“ & „E-Bike-Tour Schindlhütte".
    Detour route:     via state road L108 to Lackenhof.

Lunz am See:

Hiking trails:

  • Due to a landslide, the Ahorntalrunde from Steinbach is closed from September 17th until further notice!
  • Walcherbauer, Seekopf hiking trail closed from February 7th, 2024 until further notice due to windthrow damage. There is an extreme risk of falling rocks! From August 26th, 2024, the hiking trail between Walcherbauer and Bernreiter will be closed until further notice due to windthrow damage.

Göstling/Ybbs:

Hiking trails:

  • Due to pipeline construction, the road into Steinbachtal from the tunnel is closed until further notice as follows: Monday to Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m every second Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m
  • Due to storm damage the hiking trail "Rund um den Schober" is closed until further notice.

Hollenstein an der Ybbs:

Hiking trails:

  • Willi-Gruber-Weg closed until further notice
  • Kalchauersteig closed until further notice
  • Grenzbergsteig closed until further notice
  • Naturfreundesteig closed until further notice
  • Particular caution is requested on all hiking trails. With the request that forest closures be taken into account!

Mountain bike routes:

  • The Kitzhütten-Almtour and Sonnbrand-Almtour are closed until further notice from the Bikepark junction (Hochschlag - towards Gasthaus Jagersberger). Departure possible on Königsbergstrasse.
  • Caution on all MTB trails - wood breakage after snow pressure!

Waidhofen an der Ybbs:

  • Due to a driven hunt organized by the Austrian Federal Forests AG (Österreichische Bundesforste) throughout the entire hunting area of Atschreith, all hiking and biking trails in this area will be closed on Friday, November 22, 2024, from 07:00 AM to 01:00 PM.

Opponitz:

  • Due to excavation work in the area, the Steghausweg (between Steghäuser/Am Flussufer and Opponitz power plant) is closed until further notice! This closure also affects the "Grabenrundweg" hiking trail. Attention: danger of falling rocks! You can alternatively detour via Ybbstal cycle path.

  • The Ybbstal cycle path is closed in the Kefermauer area, near the Opponitz fire station, due to a small rock fall. Detour for approx. 500m via the main road B31.

Ybbsitz:

  • Near the Riess power plant in Ofenloch, the Ybbstal Cycle Path narrows due to a landslide.