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Panorama ridgeway
Mountain bike tour Starting from Purgstall, town centre
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 14,41 km
- Duration: 0:45 h
- Ascent: 190 m elevation gain
- Descent: 190 m elevation gain
Beautiful circular tour from Purgstall via Saffen to Scheibbs and back via Hochweinberg. Moderate gradients on side roads with little traffic and beautiful views over the Erlauftal valley.
- Starting point of the tour
- Purgstall, town centre
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 14,41 km
- Duration: 0:45 h
- Ascent: 190 m elevation gain
- Descent: 190 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:2/6
- Overall experience:3/6
- Scenery:4/6
- Lowest point293 m
- Highest point481 m
- Round tour
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
- Accessibility by train and bus
- Suitable for families and children
Beautiful circular tour from Purgstall via Saffen to Scheibbs and back via Hochweinberg. Moderate gradients on side roads with little traffic and beautiful views over the Erlauftal valley.
Please note the winter closure of this and all other MTB trails in the Mostviertel from November 1 to April 14.
Thank you for your understanding!
We start in the centre of Purgstall at the Erlauf from the washplace. On the Ötscherland cycle route we follow the Erlauf river to Saffen near Scheibbs. Before the hospital we cycle left up to the Heuberg. (Snack station Cornelia Hofmarcher, Scheibbsbach 7, by appointment, 0664-1433 290). After Hochweinberg, it goes with slight up and down inclines past Hochpyhra and the Erb houses. At House Aschlberg, it goes left downhill back to Purgstall.
Car: A1 West Motorway – exit Ybbs – LB25 13 km to Purgstall – Busatisstraße/Washplace
Train: Erlauftalbahn via Pöchlarn to Purgstall station
Bus: Postbus lines 686, 665, Kirchenstraße stop
Historic circular hiking trail, outdoor pool, Ledererhaus Museum, fire brigade museum, Path of Peace
Recommended period
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Purgstall municipal office
Pöchlarnerstraße 17, A-3251 Purgstall
Tel. 07489/27 11-17
E-mail: gemeinde@purgstall.at
www.purgstall-erlauf.gv.at
Mostviertel Tourism
Töpperschloss Neubruck
Neubruck 2/10, 3283 Scheibbs
T +43/7482/204 44
info@mostviertel.at
www.mostviertel.at
Businesses directly on the Panorama ridgeway:
- Inn “Schinaklwirt”
Stock 9, A-3251 Purgstall, Tel. 07489/2919 - Inn “Zum Saffenwirt”, Joh. Hofmacher,
Saffen 34, A-3270 Scheibbs, Tel. 07482/42968
Letzte Änderung: 20 May 2026