Theme Trail Forest and Hunting

Difficulty: Easy
Distance: 5,46 km
Duration: :hour h
Ascent: 250 m elevation gain
Descent: 185 m elevation gain

"The forests are silent, but they are not mute. And whoever may come, they comfort everyone" (Erich Kästner) This trail not only provides interesting and new information about forests and forestry, but also allows us to experience and enjoy the beauty of the forest.

Starting point of the tour: Feistritzsattel
Tour destination: Steyersberger Schwaig

Difficulty: Easy
Distance: 5,46 km
Duration: :hour h
Ascent: 250 m elevation gain
Descent: 185 m elevation gain

Fitness level required:
2/6
Overall experience:
6/6
Scenery:
6/6

Lowest point1299 m
Highest point1542 m

With refreshment stops
Suitable for families and children

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Description

The hike on the "forest trail" leads to some rare retreat areas. The trail provides a variety of insights into the world of the forest ecosystem. It runs through quiet spruce forest and across clearings and alpine pastures, you discover biotopes, strange trees, primeval forest-like tree remains from which new light grows and in some places you encounter the eventful history of the area.

Magnificent vantage points offer views of the surrounding mountains. Along the centuries-old border between Styria and Lower Austria, the trail leads from the Feistritzsattel saddle up a moderate to gentle ascent of 265 meters to the Kranichberger Schwaig and down to the Steyersberger Schwaig (206 meters). 15 information boards provide information about special places as well as forest and forestry topics.

safety instructions Your hikes in the Vienna Alps should be an all-around beautiful and safe experience. Please therefore note the following: Preparation Make sure when choosing the route that it matches your experience and your fitness. Inform yourself in advance about the weather report. The weather in the mountains can change surprisingly quickly. Therefore, always set out equipped accordingly (e.g., rain protection).Check whether the huts and snack stations you want to visit along the way are open. Inform someone about your choice of route and your planned return before you start.
Equipment Wear suitable clothing and sturdy footwear. Remember rain and sun protection. Bring enough to drink.Always carry appropriate maps. Put on sturdy shoes suitable for the route, take sun and rain protection as well as water and a snack. Take your mobile phone with you and save the mountain rescue emergency number: 140
Route description From our starting point at Feistritzsattel, we first learn a bit about the history of the forest railway. We then keep right and walk past a chapel along the hiking trail, which leads us past various information boards. We hike past the Hennerfeindlacke and the Bärenlacker to the Kranichberger Schwaig. Here we have reached the highest point of the trail and walk downhill to the left. We continue to follow this hiking trail, keep right until a T-junction, where we turn left onto a path. At the next-to-next opportunity, we turn right onto the paved road and thus reach our last stop, the Kranichberger Schwaig.
Parking Parking available at Feistritzsattel.
Getting there From Vienna: South Motorway A2 Exit Edlitz/Aspang- Feistritz - Kirchberg am Wechsel - Trattenbach-Direction Feistritzsattel (5km) From Graz: South Motorway A2 Exit 81 Aspang Markt-Feistritz - Kirchberg am Wechsel - Trattenbach-Direction Feistritzsattel (5km)
Public transport By train from Wiener Neustadt station to Gloggnitz station or Aspang station and then continue by regional buses to Feistritzsattel. More information can be found at www.oebb.at

Recommended period

More information:

Vienna Alps in Lower Austria, www.wieneralpen.at, +43 / 2622 / 78960

Wechselland Tourist Association: http://www.wechselland.info, +43/2649/20925 76

Letzte Änderung: 25 Feb 2026