Description
From Lunz follow the Erlauftal cycle path via Pfaffenschlag to Gaming, where the first highlight waits with the charterhouse. Then follow the small Erlauftal cycle path towards Gresten to just after Brettl, from where you ride traffic-light through the Wieser and Zogelsgraben on the small Ybbstal cycle path. Past the charming Maria Seesal you reach Ybbsitz, one of the "main places" of the Iron Road.
The blacksmith craft visible on the roadside leads the round from Ybbsitz up to the Prolling valley - a wonderfully located plateau. After a short descent follows a slightly steeper kilometer to the crest of the "Große Kripp" before you enjoy the well-deserved descent down to the Ybbstal to St. Georgen am Reith.
From there follow the Ybbstal cycle path leisurely upstream and reach the starting point in Lunz am See via Kogelsbach and Göstling on the Ybbs.
The route is NOT signposted as such!!
Starting point of the tour
Town center Lunz am See
Destination point of the tour
Town center Lunz am See
Route description Mostviertel from mild to wild
From Lunz on the Erlauftal cycle path towards Pfaffenschlag - 5km with a max. 6% ascent. Then 5km descent with a max. 9% gradient. Shortly before Gaming downhill on the main road to the charterhouse and through Gaming. 2km after leaving the village turn left onto the small Erlauftal cycle path towards Gresten. 3km with a maximum 4% long ascent to Brettl, then briefly flat and slightly descending to the junction left towards Maria Seesal/Wiesergraben.
Follow this, from slightly rising up to max. 8% at the end of the 5km climb. Well visible and slight downhill stretch in the Zogelsgraben to Maria Seesal and further downstream towards Ybbsitz.
The last 3km to Ybbsitz on the main road into town. There turn left onto the state road towards Göstling/Ybbs or St. Georgen/Reith. At the edge of Ybbsitz follow 600m with a max. 14% ascent before you ride over some smaller waves for about 8km in the Prolling high valley to the Kleine Kripp.
A short steep downhill with two curves and immediately into the counter-ascent over one kilometer with a max. 15% up to the Große Kripp. Immediately afterwards almost 3km downhill with max. 10%, relatively straight and thus possible at higher speed. Well visible, good asphalt, no confusing curves.
At the bottom of the Ybbstal turn left and follow the Ybbstal cycle path flat upstream - through/across Kogelsbach and Göstling back to Lunz am See.
Directions
Motorway exit Ybbs - Erlauftal federal road B25 to Lunz am See
Parking
Parking possibility at Haus der Wildnis / town center Lunz am See
Paid parking spots at Lunzer See
With rental bike: VOR bus line to/from Lunz am See. Bike rental ANKA in Lunz am See
With your own bike: bike hitchhiker or bike taxi from/to Waidhofen/Ybbs or Lunz am See
Author's tip
A visit to Ferrum - World of Iron, THE museum of the blacksmith craft in Ybbsitz, rounds off the route content-wise perfectly!
