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Weißenbach bei Liezen 646 m |
Langpoltnerklamml 1561m |
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Experience value (1-5) |
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Difficulty (1-5) |
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Webcams : Liezen Tauplitzalm |
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The MTB - Tour Langpolten in Weissenbach / Liezen / Ennstal / Styria is a stamina-challenging mountain bike - tour with 944 altimeter. The many loose stones with a size up to about 5-7cm make this Tour even 30 % more difficult than it is seem to according the altitude profile. In addition, one must bike always very concentrated, so you can avoid the larger stones. This is especially true for the forest road of Weissenbach at Liezen on Wörschachberg. After that the road is a much better. Do you prefer it easier, take the green colored MTB - Tour of Wörschachberg in the Google Map. By Wörschach you can also travel with a off-road car to Langpoltner hut and on the Langpoltnerklamml by the mountain Hochtausing. Even with a racing bike, it is possible to drive about 500m after the hotel Panoramablick of the Wörschachberg, because until then the single track road is well paved. We mountain bikers have count on the descent from Langpoltnerklamml with a little car traffic and choose the speed so that we can stop any time.
By Weissenbach at Liezen on Wörschachberg it may happen that you met no one. This is interesting for those mountain bikers, who prefer a quiet MTB tour. On the descent to Weissenbach by Liezen you should drive very carefully . For safety drive not faster than 25 km / h.
The Langpoltnerklamml is the starting point for hikes to the huts: Hochmölbinghütte and Liezenerhütte. As shown in the photos of this tour it is not passable with a mountain bike and only intended for hikers. Between the huts Schneehitzalm and Bärenfeuchtenalm is a very difficult single trail with big stones near the path. Then you need to carry your mountain bike a few hundred meters
The community Weißenbach bei Liezen has 1,200 inhabitants. Weissenbach is located 3 kilometers in the east of the district capital Liezen at an altitude of 645m. Worth seeing are the up to 1000m steep walls of the Weißenbacher walls a few miles north of Weißenbach. In the majority of existing Dachstein limestone cliffs there alone in the municipal district of Weissenbach at Liezen at the 42 caves with a length of 1 kilometer.
The community Wörschach, a few miles west of Weissenbach at Liezen, has also about 1,200 inhabitants and is situated at an altitude of 643m. Wörschach is also a very good starting point for many hikes, mountaineering, cycling and MTB - Tours. The popular Alpentour Austria goes right through Wörschach and up to the scenically beautifully situated lake Spechtensee. |
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Video Nr.39: MTB - Tour Lanpolten Part 1 |
Video Nr.40: MTB - Tour Lanpolten Part 2 |
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Video Nr.36: MTB - Tour Wörschach Part 1 |
Video Nr.38: MTB - Tour Wörschach Part 3 |
| 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. |
