Hochwechsel Trail North – Hochwechsel loop from Rabl-Kreuz-Hütte

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Austria

Styria

Bezirk Hartberg-Fürstenfeld

Waldbach-Mönichwald

Hochwechsel Trail North – Hochwechsel loop from Rabl-Kreuz-Hütte

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Hochwechsel Trail North – Hochwechsel loop from Rabl-Kreuz-Hütte

04:48

42.3km

1,410m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 26, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Teile des Steirischen Jogl- und Wechsellandes

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

6 m

Rabl-Kreuz-Hütte

Highlight • Mountain Hut

On the way to the Hochwechsel is located at 1,351 meters above sea level Rabl-Kreuz-Hütte, which is ideal for a small or large break. Because here you can not only …

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4.88 km

Chapel and summit cross on the Hochwechsel

Highlight • Summit

Wetterkoglerhaus at 1,743 meters at the summit with a weatherproof summit cross and chapel - and the particularly beautiful view.

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5.15 km

Hochwexl "The WU" Trail

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

Towards the end there is a larger root field, which is probably the biggest challenge of the trail. However, you can bypass this by using the hiking trail to the right of the forest!

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7.88 km

Marienseer Schwaig

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Opening times: Open from around the end of May to mid-September, non-stop.

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20.8 km

View of Speicherteich St. Corona

Highlight • Lake

Nice pond - SUPs can be rented in summer. Single trail starts further up at the Almrauschhütte and leads directly past the lake. Flowtrail starts directly under the lake.

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23.5 km

Uphill Flowtrail Wexl (Upper Section)

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

From the mountain lift station to the Almrauschhütte, it winds its way through the forest over rooty curves at the beginning. Even before the reservoir, it flows into the forest …

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35.8 km

Hochwechsel Trail North

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Last section to Hochwechsel
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37.3 km

Hochwechsel

Highlight • Summit

At 1,743 meters, you can enjoy a wonderful view of the Wechsel area. Many hiking tours start from up here and there are other seasonally managed huts besides the Wetterkogelhaus …

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42.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.2 km

8.10 km

4.06 km

Surfaces

19.0 km

15.9 km

5.06 km

2.42 km

Elevation

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Highest point (1,730 m)

Lowest point (980 m)

Weather

Thursday 5 November

3°C

-2°C

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Comments

July 2, 2022,Rauf zum Hochwechsel zum „The WU“

Had been planning to cycle up to "The WU" for a long time. All in all, the uphill is really nice and varied. Unfortunately, Komoot sent me back exactly the same way after WU. Wasn't very varied but still nice. When I got to the Wextrails, I did the single trail up to the lift station, but by then my …

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July 29, 2023,#9_23 Hochwechsel inkl. The WU / Orbea Rise Testfahrt

I was finally able to borrow an Orbea Rise from somewhere and as a small test I climbed up the Hochwechsel and down there over The Wu. It was a fun ride (except for a little hoppala from a passenger including broken glasses + cut 🥴.... luckily it didn't happen again, he's fine) and I'm quite enthusiastic about the rise …

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July 7, 2023,Bratlfettn am Hochwechsel

Beautiful mountain tour and nice WU Trail. It's been planned for a long time and now it's done. In the Wetterkogelhaus there was bread soup and fried bread. We recommend. Tour with wonderful views and nature. But it was very tiring.

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September 2, 2021,Zwischen Kühen bis zum WU

Finally I was once on the Wexl Trails. Nice flow and single trails plus bike washing facility for afterwards. After I had ridden two Wexl trails in the bike park, I wanted to go up to the high change. Well, that took a while. I was there all alone. A couple of cow pastures also had to be crossed. At …

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August 26, 2023,Wexl Tour: Panorama Trails - Hochwechsel - Almrausch Hütte

Today we made the change unsafe 😉😂 We skipped the bike park but still had a few nice trail pieces with us like the Almrausch Trail. All in all, a really nice tour over alpine pastures and through forests and of course the high transition couldn't be missed 😉. And it was the first tour with my new bike. 😃😎

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