Hikers & Bikers beware!

You can find an overview of the current closures in the hiking and mountain biking region here!

Status: Febuary 20th, 2025

Winter closure of the Ybbstal Cyclepath & mountainbike trails:
Please note that the Ybbstal Cyclepath as well as all mountainbike trials of the region will be closed during the winter season from November 1st, 2024 until April 15th, 2025.

Gaming / Lackenhof:

Hiking trails:

  • Winter hiking trail & snowshoe route "Kesselgraben" are closed until further notice due to fallen trees.
  • Due to forestry work, the "Radlweg" from Langau/Maierhöfen towards Lackenhof is closed until further notice! This also affects hiking trail No. 3 (Durchlass) and the OÖ Mariazellerweg. Detour route: via state road L108 to Lackenhof.
    The "Kartäuserpfad" to Gaming is not affected by this closure.
  • Vordere Tormäuer – Trübenbach hiking trail: The hiking trail will be CLOSED due to forestry work/road construction until further notice. Alternative hike: The closed section of the path can be bypassed over a large area (1 km) via the Sommerer Bridge / Devil's Church / Devil's Church Hanging Bridge.

Mountainbike tours:

  • Please note that all mountainbike trails and the Ybbstal cyclepath are closed during winter from Nov 1st 2024 until April 15th 2025.
  • Due to forestry work, the "Radlweg" from Langau/Maierhöfen towards Lackenhof is closed until further notice! This also affects mountainbike tours „Lunzer Strecke“ & „E-Bike-Tour Schindlhütte".
    Detour route: via state road L108 to Lackenhof.

Lunz am See:

Hiking trails:

  • Due to a landslide, the Ahorntalrunde from Steinbach is closed from September 17th until further notice!
  • Walcherbauer, Seekopf hiking trail closed from February 7th, 2024 until further notice due to windthrow damage. There is an extreme risk of falling rocks! From August 26th, 2024, the hiking trail between Walcherbauer and Bernreiter will be closed until further notice due to windthrow damage.

Göstling/Ybbs:

Hiking trails:

  • Due to pipeline construction, the road into Steinbachtal from the tunnel is closed until further notice as follows: Monday to Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m every second Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m
  • Due to storm damage the hiking trail "Rund um den Schober" is closed until further notice.

Hollenstein an der Ybbs:

Hiking trails:

  • Willi-Gruber-Weg closed until further notice
  • Kalchauersteig closed until further notice
  • Grenzbergsteig closed until further notice
  • Naturfreundesteig closed until further notice
  • Tut Gut - Route 3 (starting at herbal garden) is closed until March 31st, 2025
  • Particular caution is requested on all hiking trails. With the request that forest closures be taken into account!

Mountain bike routes:

  • Please note that all mountainbike trails and the Ybbstal cyclepath are closed during winter from Nov 1st 2024 until April 15th 2025.

Opponitz:

Hiking trail:

  • Due to excavation work in the area, the Steghausweg (between Steghäuser/Am Flussufer and Opponitz power plant) is closed until further notice! This closure also affects the "Grabenrundweg" hiking trail. Attention: danger of falling rocks! You can alternatively detour via Ybbstal cycle path.