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Sulzbichl - Trefflingfall - Toreck - Trübenbach
Hiking tour Starting from Nature park entrance Sulzbichl (616 m)
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 6,19 km
- Duration: 2:40 h
- Ascent: 74 m elevation gain
- Descent: 153 m elevation gain
An easy hike past the thundering Treffling Falls - perhaps the most impressive waterfall in the Ötscher-Tormäuer Nature Park.
- Starting point of the tour
- Nature park entrance Sulzbichl (616 m)
- Tour destination
- Trübenbach
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 6,19 km
- Duration: 2:40 h
- Ascent: 74 m elevation gain
- Descent: 153 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:3/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point499 m
- Highest point642 m
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
- Suitable for families and children
It has been more than 110 years since the Scheibbser Gebirgsverein built one of the most beautiful waterfall trails in Lower Austria. Today, every hiker can walk along the highest waterfall in the country. The Trefflingbach cascades 120 meters down into the Erlauf - a unique experience is guaranteed at the start of a beautiful family hike.
But the tour has much more to offer: The Toreck, a striking 100-meter-long gorge and the narrowest point of the Erlauf in the Tormäuern. A romantic gorge forest along the river. Bridge constructions worth seeing. The Devil's Church, a hollowed-out rock needle with a legendary past. A woodcutter's museum in Trübenbach and a geological nature trail that Alexander Tollmann once laid out along the panoramic road.
- safety instructions Please inform yourself in advance about possible path and road closures in the Ötscher-Tormäuer Nature Park. You can find this at https://www.naturpark-oetscher.at/aktuelles-top-informiert-im-naturpark
- Equipment Hiking clothing, sturdy footwear, drink
- Route description From the Sulzbichl entrance, you hike for about half an hour towards the impressive natural wonder Trefflingfall (waterfall height approx. 110 m, good water flow all year round). The well-secured hiking trail follows the course of the water. Further on towards Trübenbach, past the "Devil's Church", a pyramid-shaped hollowed rock tower. From Trübenbach, you return on foot via the panoramic road, along the geological educational trail, back to the starting point Sulzbichl or Puchenstuben.
- Parking A paid parking lot is located directly at the Trefflingfall hut.The revenues from parking management benefit the care of the nature park. (Coin payment only at the parking meter)
- Getting there From St. Pölten via the Pielach Valley to PuchenstubenFrom Scheibbs via St. Anton to PuchenstubenFrom Annaberg via the Wastl to PuchenstubenIn Puchenstuben, turn towards the adventure village Sulzbichl on the L5022 - panoramic road (attention bus ban between Sulzbichl and Reith)
- Public transport Public access with the Mariazellerbahn is possible up to Puchenstuben station.
- Editor’s tip The hike starts directly at the adventure village Sulzbichl. The 7 stilt houses with sleeping places for up to 36 people are ideal for an adventurous holiday with the family or even larger groups. The village lies directly on the cool mountain stream. There is also a barbecue area!
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Ötscher-Tormäuer Nature Park
Tel.: 02728/21 100 or info@naturpark-oetscher.at
www.naturpark-oetscher.at
Mariazellerbahn: www.mariazellerbahn.at
Trefflingtaler Hut Sulzbichl
Tel.: 02726/205
Trefflingtaler House
Tel. 02726/231
Restaurant Hallerhof
Tel. 02726/388 800
Municipality Puchenstuben
3214 Puchenstuben
Tel. 02726/238
www.puchenstuben.at
gemeinde.puchenstuben@wavenet.at
Letzte Änderung: 16 Mar 2026