

Schöcklblick Tour, Passail
From Passail, the route follows the Raab river to the old mining town of Arzberg, where you can still visit the old silver mine. Arzberg is also the home of Almenland Stollen cheese. Here the Raab also "disappears" into the gorge and forms the Great Raab Gorge between Arzberg and Mortantsch/Weiz. Arzberg is therefore also the starting point and destination for hikes through the Raabklamm gorge.
Immediately after leaving Arzberg, you pass the Stubegg ruins, which unfortunately can no longer be visited today. The village of Burgstall or Burgstaller Höhe is idyllically situated between the Raabklamm and the Schöckl and offers wonderful views of the Passailer Kessel. The rest of the trail leads south - always with a view of the Schöckl.
On the way back, the route descends into Wölling-Graben, where the cosy "Bachwirt" invites you to stop for a bite to eat before returning to Passail via Hart ("Xundgarten") and across the golf course.
The route is asphalted throughout, but quite steep, so we recommend an e-bike for this tour!
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- At the Raiffeisenbank we turn right downhill and cycle along the market square to the pharmacy.
- At the pharmacy, we turn left in the direction of "Weiz/Gleisdorf" and turn right into Untergasse immediately after the Pauser/Installations company.
- The path now leads - always along the Raab - past the GH Hullfeld, over the Raab bridge and past the Almenland-Stollenkäse to the idyllic district of Arzberg.
- In the village we keep to the right and drive past the inn Zur Raabklamm (unfortunately closed) to the intersection with the Goller-Landesstraße.At the bridge we turn right ("Passail/Weiz") and must now be careful not to miss the signpost up to the "Burgruine Stubegg".
- We turn left up to the Stubegg ruins and pass them after a few hundred metres.
- Now we cycle steadily uphill along the country road, have the first beautiful views into the Passailer Kessel.
- We cycle through the small district of Burgstall and soon see the beautiful rest area with a view of the Schöckl.
- Continue straight on up the mountain, partly through the forest, until you reach the crossroads/car park "Burgstaller Höhe".
- Here we keep to the right and drive out to the junction with the "Schöckelstraße"/way cross.
- We turn right and now head downhill in the direction of "Plenzengreith", past the GH Schöcklnickl.
- Now it is mainly downhill, through Plenzengreith and Breitenau, always with a view far out into the country.
- At a red wayside shrine we turn left and descend into the "Wöllinggraben".
- At the bridge over the Wöllingbach we turn right and ride along the stream and past the Bachwirt inn out to the junction with the B64 federal road.
- We turn left (be careful when crossing the federal road!) and drive in the direction of "Fladnitz/Teichalm, Frohnleiten".
- After a few hundred metres, a narrow road leads up to "Hart" on the right.
- We drive along this road up to the village.
- At the crossroads there, we keep to the left and pass the "Xundgarten" immediately. If the garden gate is open, you are welcome to enter for a tour.
- Continue across the golf course up to the junction with Fladnitzer Straße.
- We turn right and cycle along the cycle path back to the starting point in Passail.
Passail is served by bus line 216 from Frohnleiten station, bus line 206 from Weiz to Passail.
For local transport we recommend the SAM-SammelTaxi, which also takes bicycles if you book in advance.
More info about the region, where to stop for a bite to eat, where to find rooms and descriptions of the excursion destinations and businesses:
Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
Almenland Nature Park Office
Fladnitz 100
8163 Fladnitz/Teichalm
Tel: +43 3179 23000
Mail: almenland@oststeiermark.com
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