"alpannonia" Stage 1b Pretul - Feistritzsattel
Hiking tour Starting from Rosegger Shelter on the Pretul
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 13,01 km
- Duration: 4:00 h
- Ascent: 469 m elevation gain
- Descent: 767 m elevation gain
The royal stage: a panoramic journey on the eastern edge of the Alps
- Starting point of the tour
- Rosegger Shelter on the Pretul
- Tour destination
- Feistritzsattel state road
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 13,01 km
- Duration: 4:00 h
- Ascent: 469 m elevation gain
- Descent: 767 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:3/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:6/6
- Lowest point1283 m
- Highest point1779 m
- Stage tour
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
- Suitable for families and children
- Summit tour
Description
This alpine stage takes you to the highest peak of the alpannonia® long-distance hiking trail. From the Rosegger Schutzhaus on the Pretulalpe, you hike over a panoramic ridge dotted with windmills to the 1783m high Stuhleck. This is also the highest point of alpannonia®. From here you have a view of the surrounding mountains, the Mürztal valley and from Slovakia over western Hungary and large parts of eastern Austria. After the descent to the Pfaffensattel, the trail continues uphill and downhill, mostly through forests with some views, to the Feistritzsattel. Here you meet the main trail coming from Semmering(stage 1).
No overnight accommodation at the Feistritzsattel. Walking time to Trattenbach (overnight accommodation) approx. 45 min - shuttle service Feistritzsattel to Trattenbach is offered and recommended by the accommodation providers.
Contact Trattenbach in good time - there is no cell phone reception at Feistritzsattel.
- safety instructions Contact the accommodation providers in Trattenbach in good time - there is no mobile phone reception at Feistritzsattel 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 level. Check the weather forecast beforehand. The weather can change surprisingly quickly in the mountains. Therefore, always start out properly equipped (e.g. rain protection). Check whether the huts and snack stations you want to visit along the way are open. Inform someone about your route choice and planned return before you start.Cross-border hiking trail: Remember to take a passport or identity card!
- Equipment Always take suitable maps with you. Wear sturdy shoes adapted to the route, take sun and rain protection as well as water and a small snack. Bring your mobile phone and save the emergency number of the mountain rescue: 140
- Parking Parking facilities in the village, e.g. at the alpannonia information board
- Getting there by car to Rettenegg
- Public transport by train to Spital a. Semmering, bus to Rettenegg