Garstnertaler Höhenrunde MTB1

Spital am Pyhrn - Oberweng/Flinderlmühle - Pramfeldner Reith - Schwarzkogel - Innerrosenau - Rosenau - Zottensberg - Oberweng/Flinderlmühle - Spital am Pyhrn

Access to this loop begins at the Hallenbad car park in Spital am Pyhrn (altitude 650m).

Along the B 138 (marked cycle lane) towards Windischgarsten for 1 km - after the subway, turn right to the Oberweng goods road junction. Asphalted goods road ascending relatively evenly, flat in the upper part, to the Flinderlmühle, where the "Garstnertaler Höhenrunde" actually begins. The approach route is also part of the Oberweng Panorama Route.

The route now leads for 5.4 km on a well-built, evenly ascending forest road (gravel) branching off to the left from the Winklertalstraße up to the Pramfeldner Reith (1,130m) and on to the Schwarzkogel (1,296m), the highest point of this loop. Follow the road downhill for 5 kilometres, past a timber yard and the idyllic source of the Dambach. After 5 km, shortly after a forestry barrier, the tarmac road begins, which now runs for 6.2 km to the Schneckenstraße junction. First you pass the Innerrosenau biathlon centre and the Lambergerteich snack station. At the junction with Hengstpass Straße (4 km to Hengstpass 1,010m), turn left into the village of Rosenau, past the large timber yards of the Rohol company. Shortly after the village centre and the dumpling factory, turn left onto the Schneckenstraße goods road. Climbing steadily for 2.8 kilometres, you return to Oberweng - past the Zottensberg mountain inn to the summit of this ascent at 900m to the Flinderlmühle. From the Flinderlmühle, the route then descends for 6.9 km - flat down into the Teichltal valley to Spital am Pyhrn (or to Windischgarsten). If you have sufficient energy reserves, you can also ride the "Oberwenger Panoramaroute" with a length of approx. 15 km and an altitude difference of around 270 m and thus get to know the interesting mountain bike offer in the Garstner Valley.