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Eibenboden - Trefflingfall - Sulzbichl - Hochbärneck - Eibenboden
Hiking tour Starting from NP entrance parking lot Eibenboden
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 11,32 km
- Duration: 3:30 h
- Ascent: 552 m elevation gain
- Descent: 549 m elevation gain
Hiking between alpine pastures, gorges and waterfalls: The leisurely hike leads over the Trefflingfall to Sulzbichl and up to Hochbärneck.
- Starting point of the tour
- NP entrance parking lot Eibenboden
- Tour destination
- Sulzbichl - Puchenstuben
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 11,32 km
- Duration: 3:30 h
- Ascent: 552 m elevation gain
- Descent: 549 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:3/6
- Overall experience:6/6
- Scenery:6/6
- Lowest point441 m
- Highest point952 m
- Round tour
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
- Suitable for families and children
Description
The diverse natural and cultural landscapes delight hikers on this route. The alpine pasture at Hochbärneck, with the alpine house and the observation tower, is ideal for a short break. After descending through a shady beech forest with wonderful views of the Ötscher, the path leads along the crystal-clear Erlauf back through the Vorderen Tormäuer. The highlight of the route is the Trefflingfall, which plunges down in several cascades.
- safety instructions Please inform yourself in advance about any possible trail and road closures in the Nature Park Ötscher-Tormäuer. You can find this information at https://www.naturpark-oetscher.at/aktuelles-top-informiert-im-naturpark
- Equipment Hiking clothing, sturdy footwear, drink
- Route description The starting point is the Trefflingtalerhütte am Sulzbichl in the municipality of Puchenstuben, where admission to the nature park is paid in order to preserve the paths. At first the path leads along the asphalt road for a short distance, before turning left onto a forest road and after about 2 hours reaching the alpine pasture Hochbärneck. After a stop at the Almhaus and a visit to the viewpoint, the trail descends steeply downhill via a forest path and a road towards Eibenboden. At an inconspicuous junction you have to keep left to get to the Eibenmühle. Through the Vorderen Tormäuer, along the Erlauf and past the Hundsbachfall, you reach the Trefflingfall, which has to be climbed as the last stage over the spectacular waterfall path, before the last stretch leads through a forest next to the Trefflingbach back to the starting point.
- Parking A paid parking lot is located directly at the starting point EibenbodenThe proceeds from the parking management benefit the maintenance of the nature park. (only coin payment possible at the parking meter)
- Getting there from St.Pölten via the Pielach valley to Puchenstuben from Scheibbs via St.Anton to Puchenstubenfrom Annaberg via Wastl to Puchenstubenin Puchenstuben turn in the direction of Erlebnisdorf Sulzbichl on the L5022 - Panoramastraße (Attention: no bus traffic between Sulzbichl and Reith)
- Editor’s tip Spend the night in the adventure village Sulzbichl: the stilts village, consisting of 7 huts, offers a total of 36 places.
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Nature Park Ötscher-Tormäuer
Tel.: 02728/ 21 100 or info@naturpark-oetscher.at
Municipality of Puchenstuben
Tel.: 02726/ 2380 or gemeinde.puchenstuben@wavenet.at
Mariazellerbahn:www.mariazellerbahn.at
Letzte Änderung: 16 Mar 2026