Road biking tours in the Salzkammergut

Various racing bicycle tours in the Salzkammergut region

Reel off uncountable kilometres, feel the wind in your helmet and test your physical boundaries: many sportspeople just cannot resist the temptation of the narrow wheels.

Go to new places with your road bike: in the road biking region Salzkammergut you go through wonderful lake and mountain landscapes of a unique variety during your road biking tours.

Bad Goisern – road biking tour to the Attersee variant 1

This beautiful tour takes you to the most beautiful Salzkammergut lakes.

Starting from Landhotel Agathawirt in Bad Goisern you take the main road B145 to the emperor’s town Bad Ischl. At the junction Bad Ischl Nord you take the road to Ebensee / Gmunden. Before reaching Ebensee you turn left into the Weißenbachtal valley (B153) and reach Weißenbach am Attersee. Via Strobl and Bad Ischl you finally go back to Bad Goisern.

Bad Goisern – Attersee with the racing bike variant II - long

The first part of this variant is the same as variant I until Weißenbach am Attersee. Then you cycle anti-clockwise around the Attersee and pass the villages Steinbach, Weyregg, Schörfling and Seewalchen, Attersee, Nussdorf and finally Unterach. Here you take the road to Mondsee. Just as in variant I you then go via Wiesenau and Schafling to St. Gilgen, then on to Strobl and Bad Ischl until you reach Landhotel Agathawirt in Bad Goisern.

Bad Goisern – Strobl on the racing bike

A beautiful and easy racing bike tour from Bad Goisern to Lake Wolfgang and through the emperor’s town Bad Ischl. Along the main road B145 you go slightly downhill to Bad Ischl. On a parallel path to the main road you cross the emperor’s town before you bike on a short stretch of the main road B158 to Pfandl. There you turn right at the traffic lights to the “Alte Wolfgangseestraße” L546. Via Wirling and Radau the road goes to Strobl and from here along the B158 back to the starting point in Bad Goisern.

Two men ride down a road in the Salzkammergut on their racing bike
The most beautiful road bike tours in Bad Goisern

Obertraun – Bad Aussee road biking tour

This tour leads you through the picturesque Koppental valley.

From the hotel you take the east shore hiking and biking path to Obertraun. There you make a turn to the road leading into the Koppental valley before you conquer the steepest part, the Koppenpass with a challenging gradient of max. 23%. On you go to Bad Aussee and then on the main road B145 towards Bad Goisern. At the traffic junction Bad Goisern Süd you turn to the main road B153 towards Gosaumühle. Here you turn at the junction and go via Hallstatt and Obertraun back to Hotel Agathawirt.

Road bike holidays in Landhotel Agathawirt

Have we wetted your appetite to explore the unique natural landscape of the Dachstein-Salzkammergut with the road bike? Bikers will be very well cared for in Landhotel Agathawirt and will always receive valuable tips for their bike tours by the hosts themselves. Send us a no-obligation enquiry for your holidays in Landhotel Agathawirt in Bad Goisern!

Selected road bike routes around Bad Goisern

Dr. Vogelgesang-Gorge in Spital am Pyhrn

Spital am Pyhrn, Oberösterreich, Österreich
  • pets allowed
  • All weather
  • Suitable for groups

A wild romantic gorge with a doctor’s title – the LONGEST GORGE IN UPPER AUSTRIA & THE SECOND LONGEST GORGE IN AUSTRIA!

Experience the natural spectacle of cascading water in the longest gorge in Upper Austria with a length of over 1.5 km from the ticket office and 2.7 km from car park 2 as well as 500 wooden and stone steps. The gorge is also the starting point for the approx. 5-hour 3-hut hike (Bosruckhütte, Rohrauerhaus and Hofalm).

The Dr Vogelgesang gorge is suitable for small children and older people with appropriate fitness and hiking experience. After the exit, you come to the international long-distance hiking trail (E 601 via alpina), which offers a beautiful and popular circular hike. If you are a little tired from the ascent, you can take a rest in the Bosruckhütte, in the Rohrauerhaus or before the descent to Spital am Pyhrn in the Hofalm and fortify yourself with good home cooking.

Dr. Moritz Vogelgesang was the local doctor at Spital am Pyhrn and also head of the local improvement club. His efforts to make the gorge accessible are the reason why it is named after him.
The word “Vogelgesang” also means bird song, the gorge is therefore often erroneously called bird song gorge.

The Dr. Vogelgesang-Gorge was made partly accessible for the first time in the summer of 1906 for tourists. In 1908 the gorge was destroyed by floods. From 1926 – 1927 the entire gorge was made fully accessible by the municipality of Spital am Pyhrn by means of steps and footbridges fixed vertically into the rocks. The entire gorge can be climbed by approximately 500 steps. Every May the steps are inspected and maintained all summer long, to ensure that visitors can enjoy the water falls at no risk. In 2006 the gorge celebrated its one-hundred-year old existence.



Suitable for:
  • In wet weather the wooden steps are slippery.
  • Many small children manage to hike through the gorge, but for some it is too much.
  • Wooden footbridges and wooden steps that are open at the back run through the gorge.
  • Dogs are allowed in the gorge, but the open wooden steps pose a problem for many dogs.

May 1 to November 2
Weekdays: 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM.

From November 3 to the end of April, the winter closure applies and the gorge is closed!

Elevation

655 m

Accessibility / arrival

ATTENTION: Drive from the motorway exit without sat nav - this will usually lead you to the wrong gorge!

On the A9, the Pyhrn motorway, take the Spital am Pyhrn exit and turn left. Drive through the village of Spital am Pyhrn. 100 metres after the end of the village (just before the Panorama indoor pool), turn right into Sandstraße and follow the signs along the Trattenbach stream to the Grünau district (approx. 2 km).

Or via the B138 from Windischgarsten in the direction of Spital am Pyhrn, after the Panorama indoor pool turn left into Sandstraße and follow the signs along the Trattenbach stream to the Grünau district (approx. 2km).

Public transport: With the ÖBB postbus (line 911) or with the postbus (line 436) to the Spital am Pyhrn Stiftsplatz stop - walking time to the gorge entrance approx. 30 minutes. Walk down Weinmeisterstrasse between the Kemetmüller pastry shop and the municipal office. After the Lindenhof youth paradise, follow the signs to the gorge.

All information about the parking fees for the "Klamm parking spaces" can be found at: https://www.urlaubsregion-pyhrn-priel.at/service/anreise-mobilitaet/autoanreise/parken-spital-am-pyhrn.html

Attention: there are no bus parking spaces at the gorge! Buses can turn around at the turnaround point and then park for free down in the valley by the indoor swimming pool in Spital am Pyhrn.

Parking
  • Parking space: 150
Route planner for independent travellers
  • Toilet facility
Service
  • Shop
General price information

 Gorge holding Fee:

  • Adults: € 6.30
  • Children (6-15 years): € 4.20
  • Group Adults (from 20 people): € 5.70
  • School groups up to the 15th birthday (from 10 people): € 3.60
  • Family Ticket: When entering accompanied by at least one fully paying adult and showing the family card, children pay only € 3.60
  • Family Rate: With 2 fully paying adults, children pay only € 3.60
  • People with disabilities (with ID): € 5.30
Payment methods
Other payment methods
Cash payment
Discounts (Memberships)
  • Pyhrn-Priel-Card
    Free entry as often as you like.
  • Phyrn-Priel seasonal pass
    Free entry as often as you like.
  • Family Card OÖ
    Children only pay € 3.60 when accompanied by at least one full-paying adult and showing the family ticket
    https://www.familienkarte.at/d…
  • Holiday coupon Pyhrn-Priel
  • All weather
  • Suitable for groups
  • Suitable for schools
  • Pets allowed
  • Suitable for teenagers
  • Suitable for seniors
  • Suitable for single travelers
  • Suitable for friends
  • Suitable for couples
  • Suitable for children
Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
Other special suitabilities

In wet weather the wooden steps are slippery.
Wooden footbridges and wooden steps that are open at the back run through the gorge. Many small children manage to hike through the gorge, but for some it is too much.
Dogs are allowed in the gorge, but keep in mind that the steps are open at the back and this is a big problem for many dogs.

Not suitable for wheelchairs. The property is not compliant with Austria's ÖNORM legal standard.

Contact


Dr. Vogelgesang-Gorge in Spital am Pyhrn
Grünau 6
4582 Spital am Pyhrn

Phone +43 664 4970135
mobile +43 7563 249
Fax machine +43 7563 249 - 20
E-Mailspital@pyhrn-priel.net
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Dr. Vogelgesang-Klamm
Grünau 6
4582 Spital am Pyhrn

Phone +43 664 4970135
mobile +43 7563 249
Fax machine +43 7563 249 - 20
E-Mailspital@pyhrn-priel.net
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Legal contact information

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AT-4582 Spital am Pyhrn
gemeinde@spital-pyhrn.ooe.gv.at

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