Winter hiking on the Gschaidt Forest Experience Trail

Winter walking route from Village square Gschaidt

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Elevation profile

3,24 km length
Tour dates
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Route: 3,24 km
  • Ascent: 102 egm
  • Descent: 115 egm
  • Duration: 1:00 h
  • Lowest point: 689 m
  • Highest point:790 m
Features
  • Round tour
  • Nice views
  • With refreshment stops
  • Suitable for families and children

Details for: Winter hiking on the Gschaidt Forest Experience Trail

Brief description

The Gschaidt Forest Experience Trail is designed to bring joy to both the very young and older visitors and to raise awareness of the beauties of nature, especially the forest. You can also enjoy especially beautiful views in the snow.

Description

There are 20 topics waiting to be explored.

1. Use of wood: wood, our most important raw material

2. Young forest: reforestation of deciduous and coniferous trees

3. The large beech: a common tree in the forests of eastern Austria

4. Forest edge: transition from high forest to meadows and fields

5. Flasch'n Cross: in memory of the Flasch siblings

6. Habitat forest and meadow: and its agricultural use

7. Three-country corner observation tower: a view over wide parts of the regions Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria

8. Bösendorfer: wood for fine pianos from our forests

9. Sound wood: wood as a good sound conductor (tree telephone)

10. Ants: small forest guardians

11. Paths in the forest: lifelines that run through the forest

12. Mushrooms: edible, but also poisonous mushrooms

12. The 250-year-old pine: a seed tree that ensures the survival of its species

14. The ice pond: from “icebox” to biotope

15. Tree ring: events in Gschaidt and Austria

16. Barefoot course: sensory pleasure for big and small feet

17. Biomass: the healthy alternative for energy generation

18. Tree quiz: 10 trees introduce themselves

19. Ditch vegetation: plants at the roadside

20. The largest trees in Hochneukirchen-Gschaidt: surrounded by kindergarten children

Starting point of the tour

Village square Gschaidt

Destination point of the tour

Village square Gschaidt

Route description Winter hiking on the Gschaidt Forest Experience Trail

You pass by the St. Magdalena Church, then turn left. Follow this street, which leads to the hiking trail. Here you can decide in which direction to take the circular route. Then follow the signage (wandering ant) and return along the same path to the village square for the last section.

Directions

From Vienna take the South Motorway A2, take the Schäffern exit. Turn left onto L424. Follow L424 and L146 to Gschaidt.

From Graz take the South Motorway A2 to Haideggendorf, take the Pinggau exit. At the roundabout take the first exit (Steinamangerer Str./Tanzegg/B63), turn left onto L146. Follow L146 to Gschaidt.

Parking

There is ample parking at the village square.

Find more information at www.oebb.at and www.vor.at

Equipment

Always take suitable maps. Wear sturdy shoes appropriate for the route, take sun and rain protection as well as water and a snack. Take your mobile phone with you and save the mountain rescue emergency number: 140

Don’t forget headgear and gloves, and in any case avoid hypothermia!

Safety information

Your hikes in the Vienna Alps should be a completely beautiful and safe experience. Please therefore note the following:

Preparation

Make sure when choosing the route that it matches your mountain experience and fitness. Check the weather report in advance. Weather in the mountains can change very quickly. Always set off accordingly equipped (e.g., rain gear).

Check whether the huts and snack stations you want to visit along the way are open. Inform someone about your route choice and planned return before you set out.

More safety tips for your hike can be found here.

Warning, this hiking trail goes through the forest, it is not cleared and may have slippery spots in snowy conditions. Use at your own risk. Pay attention to early dusk and plan your tour particularly carefully. Also drink enough water in winter.

Author's tip

Especially the frozen ice pond is a beautiful sight and a real place of peace in winter.

In Gschaidt, there are milk and cheese products from the Reithofer family available directly from the farm to take away.

Just a 5-minute drive away, weather permitting, you can also enjoy archery or warm up again in the new inn s'Hutwisch in Hochneukirchen.

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