ST1 - Matschiedl-Rauterbauer

Level of difficulty: Medium

19.2 km

Distance
2 h

Duration
554 vm

Lowest elevation
875 vm

Highest elevation
407 vm
407 vm

ST1 - Matschiedl-Rauterbauer

The tour to Matschiedl and to the Rauterbauer runs in a varied way through several romantic villages. Uphill and downhill passages alternate constantly, and the underground often varies as well.

Road surface:

Asphalt
Gravel
Forest trails
Meadow pathseasy, very short trail passages

Suggestion

A varied mountain bike tour for everyone, which shows us much of the enchanting landscape of the region!

Equipment

Helmet duty!!!!!!
Right clothing: Do not only adapt your clothing to the current weather conditions.
Also pack warm clothing, a spare jersey and rain protection in summer, especially in the early and late seasons.
Emergency equipment: bandages, repair kit (spare hose, pump, tools), map, mobile phone and possibly
GPSATTENTION: In the mountains reception is not guaranteed everywhere!
Take enough to drink with you and plan a stopover in good time

Directions

On the southern motorway (A2) to the Arnoldstein exit, W-wards over the Gailtal Straße (B111) to Feistritz, turn off to Vorderberg to the natural swimming pool

A first glimpse

Some impressions of the tour

Directions

From the starting point, go northwards along the Gail and the railway, turn right along an asphalt road to the first bend, turn right here and go downhill slightly to a crossroads (km 1,7), turn left uphill to the village of Karnitzen, 632m.

At km 2,4 keep right and go uphill to the B111 (map 4; km 3,6); after 20m turn left uphill to St. Paul,

at km 4,0 turn left and pass the castle Bichelhof to Hadersdorf, 750m (km 5,9)Continue north to Tratten, then east on a country road towards Kerschdorf, turn left at km 7,2 (map 6) to Matschiedl;

At km 8,5 (map 7) join the road to Windischer Höhe, turn left downhill and immediately right to Rauterbauer, pass through a farm, at the big tree turn left downhill along a gravel path,

at km 10,2 cross the stream, before the first houses, turn right off the dirt road to a forest crossing, past a gravel pit

from km 10,9 along an asphalt road to Köstendorf;

turn left at Gasthof Kreuzwirt (km 12,9), downhill along a narrow asphalt road with a slight gradient to the B111 underpass (map 9; km 13,2), downhill along a gravel road,

at km 14,8 the road merges into an asphalt road, here downhill to the right, over the Gail bridge to cycle path R3, keep left and return to Vorderberg

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