Rienz River Path – Lake Valdaora loop from Weitlanbrunn

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Rienz River Path – Lake Valdaora loop from Weitlanbrunn

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Rienz River Path – Lake Valdaora loop from Weitlanbrunn

09:18

148km

1,430m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

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Biotop Rienzau-Welsberg

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.67 km

Viewpoint

26.5 km

Rienz River Path

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It is absolutely impressive how the wild river, which rises at the foot of the Three Peaks, rushes through the valley here.

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30.4 km

Lake Valdaora

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The Olang Reservoir (also Welsberger Reservoir, Welsberger Lake or Olanger Lake, Italian Lago di Valdaora) is located in the upper Puster Valley in South Tyrol. It dams the Rienz River …

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36.5 km

Biotop Fuchsnau

Nature Reserve

40.4 km

Former Railway Trail with Wooden Bridge and Tunnels

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Former railway line with only a slight incline, beautiful wooden bridge and illuminated tunnels 👌🤠🤩🤩🤩

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43.7 km

Bruneck Cycle Tunnel

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From Bruneck city center on Graben, we head east along the southern embankment of the Rienz. The route soon leads past the sports facilities through the forest, after a tunnel …

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45.7 km

Biotop Rienzau - Biotopo Ontaneto della Rienza

Nature Reserve

60.0 km

Panoramic View of the Dolomites

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A beautiful view of the mountains, actually along the entire bike path

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90.8 km

Tassenbach-See

Lake

94.4 km

Drau Cycle Path: Thal to Abfaltersbach

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Very good cycle path network with signage, great panorama makes cycling really fun here.

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110 km

Drava River Cycle Path

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Beautiful bike path right on the Drau to Lienz. Very crowded on weekends

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116 km

Amlacher Wäldle

Forest

147 km

Drava bicycle path between Innichen and Sillian

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The Drauradweg runs 510 kilometers along the Drava River from Toblach in Italy to the Croatian-Slovenian border. This section is thus at the very beginning of the bike path and …

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148 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

91.2 km

32.5 km

13.4 km

10.6 km

481 m

158 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

130 km

11.6 km

4.24 km

1.85 km

348 m

292 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,220 m)

Lowest point (690 m)

Weather

Wednesday 7 October

10°C

3°C

81 %

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Max wind speed: 4.0 km/h

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Comments

June 30, 2024,6.Etappe von Reischach nach Lienz🚴🏻‍♀️🇦🇹

If there hadn't been so much headwind 💨 we would have almost flown 😅😃 It was so downhill that it rolled by itself. What fun😂The weather was great, not as warm as yesterday. Innichen is a small, pretty place, unfortunately very crowded but worth seeing. We came through Bruneck and in Toblach we saw a really nice youth hostel. Such …

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June 27, 2025,Von Lienz nach Bruneck

Along the Drau River to Toblach, then along the Rienz River to Bruneck. All this in ideal cycling weather.

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June 7, 2025,Von Bruneck nach Lienz und den Dolomiten

Here's the link to the video: E-bike Adventure #10 through the Dolomites

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June 7, 2025,Sommermärchen 2025 - #10 Dolomiten

The tour video:

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September 1, 2025,Tag 20 - nach Norden // 45 km bergauf - Pustertal und zum Schluss abgebogen ins Ahrntal

45 km uphill... If someone had told me that three weeks ago, I'd have had my index finger on my forehead and all that 😉. But it went well 👍
It didn't look so relaxing going the other way.
But the finish line is in sight - right. Roadworks...😳
...and another unscheduled climb 🤦‍♂️ It seems like it won't go …

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August 14, 2022,R/ST (02/14): "Flüsse- & Städtetour Österreich" Von Bruneck entlang der Rienz und der Drau - Lienz - bis Oberdrauburg. 99,4 KM. 600 HM.

Day 2.
Again blessed with great weather.
Sections very demanding. The first 12.8 km had almost 30ü meters in altitude. I found that very tiring. Up to kilometer 32 I continued to climb, but much more moderately. What followed was a fantastic descent, mostly along the Drau. Great bike path to lead, but in good weather and on the WE …

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May 26, 2024,Lost(?) in Europe: Tag 87, Oberdrauburg- Bruneck

Hmm, I hardly noticed the elevation gain, it was very relaxed today. At the highest point I had an average of 17.4 km/h & then I just went for it, first 30-40 km/h for about 10 km & then it was lunchtime. The rest of the route was very relaxed, just before the end there was a descent. It didn't …

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August 29, 2022,Etappe 7: Antholz Mittertal - Lienz

The Anterselva Valley is worth a detour! I really liked it there! A day without a bike did us good, today it went very well. The Drau cycle path is very beautiful, often next to the Drau, with a view of the mountains, well signposted, mostly asphalted and easy to drive on. That's probably why there are a lot of …

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