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Classic Saurüssel route
Cycling tour Starting from Waidhofen an der Ybbs
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 49,55 km
- Duration: 1:50 h
- Ascent: 390 m elevation gain
- Descent: 390 m elevation gain
Short and relatively easy route through the Ybbstal valley with a detour into the Ennstal valley. Ideal warm-up tour for a few days of cycling or as a classic "after-work tour".
- Starting point of the tour
- Waidhofen an der Ybbs
- Tour destination
- Waidhofen an der Ybbs
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 49,55 km
- Duration: 1:50 h
- Ascent: 390 m elevation gain
- Descent: 390 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:2/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:6/6
- Lowest point344 m
- Highest point551 m
- Round tour
- With refreshment stops
- Accessibility by train and bus
After the start in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, the route initially continues upstream along the Ybbs. For the first hour, there are no significant climbs in the Ybbs valley.
In Klein-Hollenstein, turn right and after one kilometer the pleasant climb up the "Saurüssel" begins: a few bends, always in the easy single-digit percentage range, before the route continues gently downhill into the Enns Valley. In Weyer, we turn sharp right at the market square and cycle slightly uphill to Gaflenz and on to Oberland. The last 8 kilometers of this "scooter tour" are a brisk and slightly downhill ride back to our starting point in Waidhofen.
Notes:
As an alternative to the flat ascent up the Saurüssel, you can take the "old Saurüssel road". Turn left directly at the start of the ascent (small bridge) and follow the ascent. The road then joins the descent to Weyer.
- safety instructions Narrow and partly winding and very fast entrance to Weyer.
- Equipment Road bike, possibly cross bike (grit) in winter
- Route description Waidhofen an der Ybbs - exit through the district Zell (right Ybbs riverbank, upstream) - Schmiedestraße - Schwellöd Bridge - left onto the B31 towards Opponitz/Hollenstein - Gstadt - right towards Opponitz - Klein-Hollenstein - turn right towards Weyer onto the L99 - Weyer - sharp right turn onto the B121 - Gaflenz - Oberland - Waidhofen an der Ybbs
- Parking There are several park & ride options: http://waidhofen.at/parkplaetze
- Getting there Coming from the A1 motorway: exit Amstetten West, B121 to Waidhofen an der Ybbs
- Public transport Arrival with the ÖBB (Rudolfsbahn) from/via Amstetten. You can take your bicycle on most regional and long-distance trains. In Austria, you need a special bike ticket for this; you can also buy weekly or monthly tickets for your bike. For international routes, ÖBB offers the Biking International Ticket.
- Editor’s tip In the Ybbs valley (after the roundabout in Gstadt, turn half-left) the Ybbs valley cycle path offers an alternative to the state road B31.
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