Wildalpen - Ennstal - Bad Aussee - Hallstatt

Route and map by Achim

Day one is a kind of LEGO-System and offers us a great variety of roads to go. All together have a length of ~ 380 km, so if there are some iron butts, they can do they whole trip.

The modules are the following ones:

Module 1: Wildalpen, Hieflau, Admont, Wörschach

Tot.Dist Dist Direct WP Desc
0 0 START Wildalpen  
2,5 2,5   Fischerau  
5,5 3   Steinbruch  
9,5 4   Fachwerk  
14,5 5   Stickler  
18 3,5 LEFT Erzhalden Go direction Hieflau/Admont
24 6   Eschau Starting point for the Rafting tour on day 3
25,5 1,5   Gams b. Hieflau straight down the hill
31 5,5 LEFT Lainbach Go direction Hieflau/Admont
35 4   Hieflau  
45 10   Gstatterboden  
49 4   Johnsbachbrücke  
53,5 4,5   Gesäuse Eingang take a look to your right side - what a wild water !!!
59,5 6   Admont through the town
65,5 6   Frauenberg  
67,5 2   Oberdorf  
71,5 4   Highway crossing here we meet the highway crossing. go on straight
77,5 6   Liezen Go direction Wörschach
80,5 3   Langpoltern  
85,5 5 STOP Wörschach here is the end of route Nr. 1

Module 2: Gravel road to the Spechtensee

Tot.Dist Dist Direct WP Desc
0 0 START Wörschach  
1 1 RIGHT   just after the town, there should be a sign saying "Spechtensee"
7 6 STOP Spechtensee a idyllic lake for having a rest. back the same way.

Module 3: Wörschach, Bad Mitterndorf, Bad Aussee

Tot.Dist Dist Direct WP Desc
0 0 START Wörschach  
6 6 RIGHT Stainach Go direction Bad Mitterndorf
9 3   Lessern  
12 3   Tauplitz  
15,5 3,5   Lukas  
17,5 2   Bad Mitterndorf  
21,5 4   Knappen  
23,5 2   Äußere Karnisch  
29,5 6 STOP Bad Aussee  

Module 4: Tauplitz Alm

Sorry, cancelled due to closed roads for bikers.

Module 5: Toplitzsee

Tot.Dist Dist Direct WP Desc
0 0 START Bad Aussee  
1 1 RIGHT   Go direction Grundlsee
5,5 4,5   Grundlsee  
11 5,5   Gößl Go round the lake.
14 3 LEFT Wienern/
Gipsbergwerk
there should be a small road
20 6 STOP Toplitz See not directly at the lake, but the panorama should be fantastic
back the same way

Module 6: Loser

Tot.Dist Dist Direct WP Desc
0 0 START Bad Aussee  
1 1 LEFT   Go direction Altaussee
4,5 3,5 LEFT Altausseer See Go direction Ramsau
8 3,5 RIGHT Ramsau Go direction Loser
16 8 STOP Loser back the same way

Module 7: Bad Aussee, Pötschenhöhe, St. Agatha, Hallstatt, Obertraun, Bad Aussee

Tot.Dist Dist Direct WP Desc
0 0 START Bad Aussee  
4,5 4,5   Alpengarten  
8,5 4   Höheralm  
11,5 3   Pötschenhöhe  
18 6,5 LEFT Bad Goisern / Herndl Go direction Hallstatt
25,5 7,5   Gosauzwang  
27,5 2   Maria Himmelfahrt  
30 2,5 STOP Hallstatt here we will visit the bone house. Hallstatt is a very idyllic place.
30 0 START Hallstatt  
34 4   Winkl  
46 12 STOP Bad Aussee Up the Rauher Koppen: 23 % !!!!

Module 8: Liezen, Windischgarsten, Unterlaussa, St. Gallen, Großreifling, Wildalpen

Tot.Dist Dist Direct WP Desc
0 0 START Liezen  
7,5 7,5   Phyrnpaß  
15 7,5   Spital am Phyrn This is the "iron street"
24 9 RIGHT Windischgarsten Go direction Hengstpaß (Laussapaß)
31,5 7,5   Rosenau  
40,5 9   Kampertal  
48,5 8   Unterlaussa  
56,5 8   Altenmarkt bei St. Gallen  
59,5 3   Fösel  
62,5 3   Kraftwerk Krippau  
67 4,5 LEFT Großreifling Go direction Palfau
77 10 LEFT Palfau  
79 2 RIGHT   Go direction Wildalpen
83 4   Erzhalden  
86,5 3,5   Stickler  
91,5 5   Fachwerk  
95,5 4   Steinbruch  
98,5 3   Fischerau  
101 2,5 STOP Wildalpen  

So, the absolut minimum for a tour would be 1, 3, 7, 3, 1 (289 km). Of course I know, that this is quite much for one day with ~ 15 bikes, but we can discuss the detailed way at the meeting. A possibility would be to skip Hallstatt (part 7), and do 6 and/or 5 instead.