wörschach irdning austria bike tour

6	Kilometer - KM
10	Altimeter total
3	Experience value (1-5)
1	Difficulty (1-5)

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With only 6 kilometers a very short trip by bike on the bike path along the river Enns of Wörschach to Irdning in Enns valley - District Liezen - Styria - Austria. The bike path is paved entirely. And so well that many rollerbladers like to use this cycle path.

Just a few hundred meters, you go on this bike ride past a model airfield. Especially on weekends, there are there for the kids to see some of the most motorized model airplanes. The first opportunity for a break. With a little luck you can also see the nearby army barracks in exercises with the helicopters.
The whole bike ride along the Enns is car-free. Only in Sallaberg am Kulm is an intersection, you must cross careful with the bike.

The family tour ends at the football stadium in Irdning. Next door is a very nice, large playground. Who wants to go on the bike ride, swim, can do this very well in the modern natural swimming pond, which is connected directly to the playground in Irdning. Visitors from further away could spent their holidays in the Village next to the playground.

The Ennsvalley is in the middle of Austria and was named after the largest river in the valley. The Enns is a 254 kilometers long tributary of the Danube. It rises in the province of Salzburg in the Radstätter Tauern. From Salzburg the Enns flows eastwards through Styria. Between Admont and Hieflau in Upper Styria, the Enns breaks through a narrow valley - the Gesäuse in the Ennstal Alps before it flows north to Upper Austria. In the last section is the Enns, the boundary between Upper and Lower Austria. Between the villages of Mauthausen and Enns empties the Enns, as 100m wide river, into the Danube.

The Ennsvalley is one of the major valleys in Austria, and forms the geological boundary between the Northern Limestone Alps and the Central Alps south of the river Enns. The mountains of the northern Limestone Alps are often very steep and less forested than the south of the Central gentler mountains are more accessible for hikers. Where the mountains from east to west are becoming increasingly burdensome. The upper Ennsvalley at the border between the Austrian provinces of Salzburg and Styria, the Enns river flows south past the Dachstein glacier. The Dachstein 2.995m is the highest mountain in Styria. The people in the Ennsvalley live mainly from tourism and agriculture.

The largest alpine winter sports region can be found around Schladming, Dachstein-Tauern-region. Who the mass tourism is not so wish, you can resort to the small ski areas further east, such as in Gröbming (Stoderzinken) Donnersbach (Planneralm Riesneralm) and Admont (Kaiserau). Beautiful country skiing areas are available in Ramsau am Dachstein, Tauplitzalm, Liezen / Pyhrn Admont / Kaiserau. This provides the upper and middle Ennstal for ski touring, snowshoe hiking, or simply seeking relaxation many wonderful tours and lonely remote valleys.

In the spring, summer and autumn there are many hiking trails, bike trails and mountain bike tours in the Ennsvalley. The Ennsvalley is thus a wonderful holiday destination for skiers, snowboarders, ski mountaineers, skiers and those seeking relaxation in the winter, and many tourists come in summer, at the Enns valley to hiking, climbing, mountaineering, mountain biking and exploring by bicycle on one of the many cycling the beautiful Alpine area . The Gesäuse is popular with rafting and kayaking. In the Ennsvalley, many protected areas were created. Such as "Naturpark Sölktäler", Gesaeuse National Park and the Limestone Alps National Park.