Tonnerhütten Trail

A wonderful bike tour to the Tonnerhütte with starting point Mühlen. Once at the top you are guaranteed a fantastic view.

This bike tour leads from the hiking village of Mühlen, on partly open plains but also through a forest to the Tonnerhütte on the Zirbitzkogel. From above you can look down on the wonderful Murau region and let your hands dangle as you ride down.

From there you can start a hiking tour on the Zirbitzkogel and return to the Tonnerhütte. We return to Mühlen via a different route.

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

15,3 km

Route

2:25 h

Time

692 hm

Uphill

692 hm

Downhill

1593 m

Highest point

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More information

By car from GermanyFrom Munich via the A8 towards Salzburg. From Salzburg on the A10 Tauernautobahn to St. Michael im Lungau. On the B 96 to Tamsweg, then on the B 95 to Predlitz. The B 97 leads via Stadl/Mur to Murau. There at the roundabout towards St. Lambrecht to Murauer train station and further towards St. Lambrecht. You reach St. Lambrecht via Laßnitz near Murau. Continue here to Mariahof. Keep right and drive over Neumarkt, left towards Mühlen.

Arrival from Eastern Austria/HungaryAt the motorway junction in St. Michael near Leoben, take the S 36 towards Klagenfurt. Past Knittelfeld and Judenburg to Scheifling. In Scheifling continue towards Klagenfurt to Neumarkt, via Unzmarkt and Perchau am Sattel you reach Neumarkt. Drive left towards Mühlen.

Arrival from southern Austria/ItalyVia Klagenfurt on the S37 past St. Veit/Glan, Treibach and Friesach. In Friesach continue towards Vienna, via Dürnstein and Wildbad to Neumarkt. After the town center of Neumarkt turn left towards Murau, in Mariahof always go straight ahead and over Neumarkt, turn left towards Mühlen.

The tour starts in Mühlen and first heads south to Mondorf. From there it goes past the Lackner farm over the Fallgrabenbach to the access road to the Tonnerhütte. We return on the northern side over the Jakobsberg to Mühlen.

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Public parking spaces are available in the municipality of Mühlen.

The ideal time for this tour is from April to September. Information brochures are available at the various information offices.