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Trail Sign at Hochwechsel – Hochwechsel Trail Sign loop from Waldbach-Mönichwald

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Austria

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Bezirk Hartberg-Fürstenfeld

Waldbach-Mönichwald

Trail Sign at Hochwechsel – Hochwechsel Trail Sign loop from Waldbach-Mönichwald

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5.0

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Trail Sign at Hochwechsel – Hochwechsel Trail Sign loop from Waldbach-Mönichwald

04:01

12.7km

550m

Mountaineering

Moderate mountaineering route. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

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Teile des Steirischen Jogl- und Wechsellandes

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2.33 km

Trail Sign at Hochwechsel

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Straight ahead 🧭
Hochwechsel
Vorauer Schwaig

Back 🧭
Rabl Kreuz Hütte

Right 🧭
Mönichwald

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3.04 km

Hochwechsel Trail Sign

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Straight ahead 🧭
Hochwechsel
Wetterkoglerhaus

Back 🧭
Rabl Kreuz Hütte
Breitenbrunn
Waldbach

Right 🧭
Mönichwald
Jausenstation Kaltwiesenhütte

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3.04 km

Rest Area with Wayside Cross

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Hiker, stand still 😴

Think it only continues if God wants it 🙏🏼

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4.06 km

Warning Sign About Grazing Livestock

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Watch out for grazing animals!

Keep your distance at all costs.
Mothers protect their young.
Entering and bringing dogs is at your own risk.

Grazing animals look after our landscape.

🐂

Our Bruno runs the 100 m in 9.4 seconds.

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5.65 km

View of Hochwechsel

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The mountain ridge of the Wechsel stretches for over 15 km - the eastern Austrian low mountain range on the border between Lower Austria and Styria 🌲

Its three most lofty peaks each rise over 1,700 m ⛰️

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6.68 km

Grünberg Border Marker (976.97 m) – Crossing Point Between Lower Austria and Styria

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Border stone between Lower Austria and Styria 🧱

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10.3 km

Wooden Trough

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Unfortunately, I cannot judge the drinking water quality 🧐

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10.3 km

Warning: Free-Roaming Bull

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Caution ⚠️

Bull running loose 🐂

Danger to life ⚠️

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12.7 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.42 km

3.51 km

1.76 km

Surfaces

5.02 km

3.75 km

3.15 km

762 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,730 m)

Lowest point (1,180 m)

Weather

Saturday 30 May

20°C

8°C

67 %

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Trail Sign at Hochwechsel – Hochwechsel Trail Sign loop from Waldbach-Mönichwald

Trail Sign at Hochwechsel

Hochwechsel Trail Sign

Rest Area with Wayside Cross

Warning Sign About Grazing Livestock

View of Hochwechsel

Grünberg Border Marker (976.97 m) – Crossing Point Between Lower Austria and Styria

Wooden Trough

Warning: Free-Roaming Bull

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