Ötscher gorges and the Zellerrain pass
53 km (33 miles), 1 hr, intermediate
Photo: Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 4.0, resizedMotorcycle ride in Styria
Gesäuse National Park, Leopoldsteiner See and the Präbichl pass
54 km (33 miles), 1 hr, intermediate
The Gesäuse, Styria’s only national park, is the gorge where the Enns forces its way between limestone walls overlooked by the Hochtor, a major centre for Austrian hiking and climbing with some 500 km of trails. The B146 follows the river from Admont past the Gesäuse entrance and Gstatterboden, where the park pavilion faces the Hochtor cliffs, to Hieflau. The Iron Road (B115) then leads to the Leopoldsteiner See, a small mountain lake ringed by a path of about 4 km, then to Eisenerz and the Erzberg opencast mine, which you can admire from the Präbichl pass before dropping down to Vordernberg. Fast, winding roads much loved by riders: the B146 is narrow in the gorge and busy at weekends.
Stops along the way
- SStart: Admont
- 1Gesäuseeingang, after 5 km (3 miles)
- 2Gstatterboden, after 15 km (9 miles)
- 3Hieflau, after 24 km (15 miles)
- 4Leopoldsteiner See, after 36 km (22 miles)
- 5Eisenerz, after 39 km (24 miles)
- 6Col du Präbichl, after 47 km (29 miles)
- FFinish: Vordernberg, after 54 km (33 miles)
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