Pre-Alpine route
Hiking route from Hollenstein Wenten car park
13,07 km length
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Route: 13,07 km
- Ascent: 1.410 egm
- Descent: 1.412 egm
- Duration: 6:00 h
- Lowest point: 552 m
- Highest point:1.769 m
- Tour route
- Nice views
- Summit tour
13,07 km length
Beautiful route to the summit at the tripoint Lower Austria-Upper Austria-Styria.
Wenten car park - Wenten farmhouse - Deichseleck - Lying Cat - Summit Voralpe or Tanzboden/ tripoint - return via Stumpfmauer, otherwise the same path as the ascent
Starting point of the tourHollenstein Wenten car park
From the Wenten farmhouse (after the Wenten car park) alternately on the forest road and a marked path to the Deichseleck (1100 m, beautiful pre-Alpine view). Turn right here and go up a steep path through young and mature forest and later over a rocky ridge up to the rock formation "Lying Cat" and further to the highest point of the route at Tanzboden. The return path leads over the Stumpfmauer summit cross and then down the same path back into the valley.
Coming from Vienna, A1 to the Amstetten West exit, via B121 to Waidhofen an der Ybbs, from there continue on B31 to Hollenstein an der Ybbs, access to Wenten car park possible.
Coming from the west, A1 to the Oed exit, via Aschbach Markt on B121, via B121 to Waidhofen an der Ybbs, from there continue on B31 to Hollenstein an der Ybbs, access to Wenten car park possible.
Wenten car park
VOR bus line to Hollenstein/Ybbs, town center
sturdy hiking boots, provisions (!!!), rain protection, first aid
Safety informationRoute not to be underestimated in terms of terrain, length, and conditions.
Map recommendationsHiking map of the Ybbstal Alps, available at the tourist office
Schwarzmüller confectionery for the well-deserved pastry after the route.