Ysperklamm route
Mountain bike tour Starting from Bärnkopf, village center
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 31,18 km
- Duration: 3:15 h
- Ascent: 837 m elevation gain
- Descent: 837 m elevation gain
Bärnkopf - Weinsbergwiese - Gutenbrunn - Gmaining - Pisching - Am Reith - Königswald - Schlesingerteich - Bärnkopf
- Starting point of the tour
- Bärnkopf, village center
- Tour destination
- Bärnkopf
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 31,18 km
- Duration: 3:15 h
- Ascent: 837 m elevation gain
- Descent: 837 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:3/6
- Overall experience:4/6
- Scenery:4/6
- Lowest point513 m
- Highest point978 m
- Round tour
- With refreshment stops
Bärnkopf - Weinsbergwiese - Gutenbrunn - Gmaining - Pisching - Am Reith - Königswald - Schlesingerteich - Bärnkopf
The Ysperklamm route (in conjunction with the Leithenpanoramatour) ideally connects all three mountain bike hosts in the Waldviertel and is also located on the Waldviertler Granittrail, which leads from Gmünd on the Czech border to Persenbeug on the Danube. In other words, ideal conditions for a whole MTB weekend in the Waldviertel.
Make sure when choosing the route that it matches your fitness level. Check whether the gastronomy businesses you want to visit along the way are open. Pack your mobile phone and map material in your backpack.
Helmet, suitable clothing and footwear, rain and sun protection, first aid kit (blister plasters), sufficient provisions (snack, muesli bars, fruit, water).
After a few hundred meters the route leads onto a forest path. This is not particularly difficult, only after heavy rain it turns into deep terrain (which does not shake anyone) up to Gutenbrunn. Then follows an about 3 km long partly quite rough downhill. The last kilometers lead at very high speed on asphalt into the village of Gmaining and uphill again to the sawmill. Another three km uphill on a paved forest road (partly 18% gradient). After climbing almost 400 m, it goes with short alternating inclines and descents past the Pfaffensteg and Schlesinger ponds back to Bärnkopf!
Parking is possible at the Kirchenwirt or at the Bärnkopf tourist office.
A1 - Exit Ybbs on the Danube, Danube bridge, B36 to Laimbach, then via Gutenbrunn to Bärnkopf
The Schlesingerteich offers a perfect cooling on warmer days.
Recommended period
Tourist office Bärnkopf
3665 Bärnkopf 103
(T) +43 2874 8212
(E) gemeinde@baernkopf.gv.at
(I) www.baernkopf.gv.at
Market municipality Gutenbrunn
3665 Gutenbrunn 25
(T) +43 2874 6242
(E) gemeinde@gutenbrunn.at
(I) www.gutenbrunn.at
Market municipality Martinsberg
3664 Martinsberg 6
(T) +43 2874 6278
(E) gemeinde@martinsberg.gv.at
(I) www.martinsberg.at
Market municipality Münichreith-Laimbach
Municipal office Laimbach No. 76
(T) 02758 5214
(E) gde.laimbach@wavenet.at
(I) www.laimbach.at
Waldviertel Tourism
3910 Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 1/2/2
(T) +43 2822 54109
(E) info@waldviertel.at
(I) www.waldviertel.at
Letzte Änderung: 16 Mar 2026