alpannonia stage 3: Mönichkirchen - Hochneukirchen

Trekking trail from Mönichkirchen to Parking lot at Hutwisch/ Hochneukirchen

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Elevation profile

18,12 km length

Tour dates
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Route: 18,12 km
  • Ascent: 254 egm
  • Descent: 423 egm
  • Duration: 4:30 h
  • Lowest point: 727 m
  • Highest point:994 m
Features
  • Stage tour
  • Nice views
  • Suitable for families and children

Details for: alpannonia stage 3: Mönichkirchen - Hochneukirchen

Brief description

From the Alps, this stage leads towards the hilly landscape.

Description

After the town of Mönichkirchen, you cross the federal road and then hike over fields and forest paths along the Austrian long-distance hiking trail 02. At the motorway crossing, a section with paved paths begins. The scenic and varied route between fields, meadows, and forest areas compensates for the paved paths that connect the small places Schlag, Pichl, and Hosien. Before Pichl, you also pass by Ziegersberg Castle (private). A forest path continues to Hosien and then to our stage destination Hochneukirchen (parking lot Hutwisch).

Overnight option: shuttle service from the stage destination or further on foot via the regional route to Bad Schönau.

Starting point of the tour

Mönichkirchen

Destination point of the tour

Parking lot at Hutwisch/ Hochneukirchen

Directions

Via A2 exit Schäffern or Aspang and Wechsel federal road to Mönichkirchen

Parking

Various parking options in Mönichkirchen, e.g., large parking lot at the base lift station

By train to Aspang/Markt (from the north) or to Pinggau/Friedberg, then by bus to Mönichkirchen

Arrival: Public transport to the Vienna Alps

fahrplan.oebb.at, www.vor.at

Equipment

Always take suitable maps with you. Wear sturdy shoes adapted to the route, bring sun and rain protection as well as water and a small snack. Take your mobile phone and save the mountain rescue emergency number: 140

Safety information

Proper behavior when encountering grazing animals: 

www.alpannonia.at/verhaltenstipps-fuer-wandergaeste-auf-beweideten-almen 

Make sure when choosing the route that it matches your mountain experience and fitness. Check the weather forecast in advance. The weather in the mountains can change suddenly. Therefore, always start equipped accordingly (e.g., rain protection). 

Check if the huts and snack stations you want to visit on the way are open. Inform someone about your route choice and planned return before you set off.

Map recommendations

alpannonia overview map, 1:160,000

alpannonia long-distance hiking book NEW, available from 3/19

freytag & berndt WK 422 Wechsel, Bucklige Welt, Bernstein, 1:50,000

available here

Author's tip

Gourmet tip in Hochneukirchen: s'Hutwisch - The inn on the roof of the world with all kinds of regional, sustainable, and healthy delicacies.

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