johnsbach mtb tour national park gesaeuse austria

28	Kilometer - KM
767	Altimeter total
4	Experience value (1-5)
3	Difficulty (1-5)

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The scenery beautiful MTB - Tour at Johnsbach in the austrian National park Gesäuse - is 28 km long. Of these, you drive 20 km on asphalt and 8 km on gravel roads. Who does not want to go on a mountainbike tour of an asphalt road has to start 5 km in the village, Johnsbach, or after 10 km at the beginning of the gravel road by Ebnerhof. In all the main points enough parking. The traffic for Johnsbach is very low, and the bizarre rock formations on the first few kilometers from the inn "Bachbrücke" to Johnsbach are so interesting that it is also very rewarding for mountain bikers to ride the entire tour. Racing drivers can drive into the first 10 kilometers, plus a few hundred meters into the Johnsbach valley.

The MTB - Tour Johnsbach begins at the inn "Bachbrücke" on the Gesaeuse road at an altitude of 596m. 5 km after the start you'll reach the small, idyllic mountain village Johnsbach im Gesäuse at 760m. Shortly before Johnsbach is a short, narrow tunnel (see last part of the video).

After the village Johnsbach follows a not very difficult, 2km long climb into the top Johnsbach valley with two bends. Where is around 7 km at an altitude of 860m. The next 3 miles to the start of the gravel road at the parking lot before the Ebnerhof are then much easier. Again, there are some wonderful views across the two Gesäuse mountains Ödstein and Admonter Reichenstein.

The real MTB - Tour has its starting point at the parking lot before the Ebnerhof on 971m. The first kilometer through the gorge with the two tunnel has an average gradient of 12% and then to Kölblalm (11.6 km / 1.120m) it is again more flat. After the first possibility for a break one goes from the Kölblalm at the same forest road back 600m and then turn left. At kilometer 14 and at a height of 1.272m you'll reach the second hut - Ebneralm. The sunny terrace offers the best views of the Johnsbach valley on the whole MTB - Tour. 500m after the hut Ebneralm you turn on the very well-marked MTB - Tour to the right. 200m later you are on the highest point of the tour hut bike tour Johnsbach to 1.310m. Depending on the weather it can be a bit muddy the first meters after the Ebneralm.

The forest road on the descent to the third hut - Zeiringeralm is very nice at the beginning and then in the course but steep and rocky (see video). It requires no means a very great technical riding skills. Drive a bit slowly, before crossing the gullies and then release the brakes on just fine. The Zeiringeralm with 1.120m is on the same height as the Kölblalm at km 16,3. Until to Zeiringeralm may also travel cars. Therefore, the final count on about 12 kilometers through Johnsbach back to the starting point are with oncoming traffic. Who has after the three wonderful pastures hunger or thirst, for which there is on the way back in the Johnsbach valley with the inns Kölblwirt and Ödsteinwirt and in village Johnsbach and in the finish of MTB - Tour the Inn Bachbrücke, four other good Refreshments.

The jewel of nature Johnsbach in Gesäuse is a small village with less than 200 inhabitants and is located in a side valley of the Gesäuse, District Liezen, Austrian province of Styria.

Surrounded by the bizarre and off the narrow valley, straight up the towering mountains Gesäuse Johnsbach lies at an altitude of about 750 to 850 meters. Large parts of Johnsbach are protected and belong to the National Park Gesäuse. Who wants to live permanently in Johnsbach, has to get used to nature. The so beautiful nature in Johnsbach, life in the mountains can often be quite rough. So the road to Johnsbach is often closed in summer because of mud flows and winter because of acute danger of avalanches for several days.

The first written mention was in year 1139th Johnsbach was originally a mining town in the copper and iron was mined. In modern times, the community in Gesäuse has turned into a tourist resort. Johnsbach is the starting point for many beautiful walks on the mountain huts and in Gesäuse. E.g. Haindlkar, hut - Hesshütte, hut - Mödlingerhütte, Hochtor and the pastures Sulzkaralm, Haselkaralm, Zeiringeralm, Ebneralm, Köblalm.

Leisure activities in Johnsbach in summer: mountain biking, climbing, mountaineering, Nordic walking, canyoning, rafting, hiking.

Leisure activities in Johnsbach in winter: sledding, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, tobogganing Ebneralm.

The Gesäuse: The National Park Gesäuse in the Ennstal Alps - Gesäuse with 11,054 hectares, the third largest national park in Austria. The highest mountain is the Hochtor with 2370m. The two massifs Buchsteinmassiv and Hochtormassiv consist of Dachstein limestone and Ramsau dolomite. It's always very impressive how the Enns has blazed a path through the mountains. The Enns is specifically in the area of the entrance Gesaeuse not an inert, but a raging, wild river. If you want to do exactly, book a rafting trip on the Enns. The wild, romantic Gesäuse is an attraction for thousands of hikers, whitewater paddlers, cyclists, hikers and those seeking relaxation. In Gesäuse from 978m to 1723m, there are a total of 9 huts, which have their offerings designed specifically for walkers and climbers.

The "capital" in the Gesäuse, or "Xeis referred to is the small village Gstatterboden. The national park's pavilion in Gstatterboden is an opportunity to appeal on the bike lap Gesaeuse a longer break. The architecture of the building and a modern restaurant with a sunny terrace and good views are very interesting. The multimedia exhibition on geology, which also experiences in the natural park-located pavilion Gstatterboden, one very interesting way to learn more about the geology and origin of the Gesäuse.

There are, for example, a virtual climb, a virtual downhill skiing on a glacier ice and a virtual flight over the National Park Gesäuse. The car park at the National Pavilion in Gstatterboden is also the starting point of the official Hochscheibenalm mountain bike tour passes through the middle of the National Park Gesäuse. An insider tip among all the mountain bikers, as it next to the demanding tour on the Hochscheibenalm (1195m), so the beautiful, natural landscape in the national Gesäuse very good to know. The Hochscheibenalm MTB tour is recommended, as there are along the entire route, many excellent viewpoints.