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Wienerbruck - Ötschergräben - Vorderötscher - Erlaufklause
Hiking tour Starting from Wienerbruck
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 17,47 km
- Duration: 6:00 h
- Ascent: 497 m elevation gain
- Descent: 463 m elevation gain
Beautiful hike through the Ötschergräben. Starting at the Ötscher base in Wienerbruck through the Ötschergräben and up to the Vorderötscher shelter.
- Starting point of the tour
- Wienerbruck
- Tour destination
- Vorderötscher shelter
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 17,47 km
- Duration: 6:00 h
- Ascent: 497 m elevation gain
- Descent: 463 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:3/6
- Overall experience:6/6
- Scenery:6/6
- Lowest point630 m
- Highest point921 m
- With refreshment stops
Description
Beautiful hike through the Ötschergräben. Starting at the Ötscher base in Wienerbruck through the Ötschergräben and up to the Vorderötscher shelter.
- safety instructions Please inform yourself in advance about possible path and road closures in the Ötscher-Tormäuer Nature Park. You can find this information at https://www.naturpark-oetscher.at/aktuelles-top-informiert-im-naturpark
- Equipment Good footwear
- Parking Parking lot in Wienerbruck
- Public transport Arrival by Mariazellerbahn to Wienerbruck
- Editor’s tip Overnight stay in the Vorderötscher shelter, renovated in 2014, and the next day continuation of the hike towards Gemeindealpe or Ötscher/Lackenhof.
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Current weather on site
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Tomorrow, 13.03.2026
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Wind speed3,3 km/h