Gröbming – Öfen Gorge Road loop from Pruggern

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Gröbming – Öfen Gorge Road loop from Pruggern

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Gröbming – Öfen Gorge Road loop from Pruggern

04:51

48.7km

1,530m

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 accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 19, 2026

Tips

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 11.6 km for 389 m

After 33.9 km for 178 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.35 km

Gröbming

Highlight • Settlement

Gröbming, surrounded by beautiful nature and the imposing mountains Stoderzinken and Kammspitze, offers a variety of leisure activities for all generations.

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12.0 km

Öfen Gorge Road

Highlight • Gorge

The canyon just above Gröbming with Stoderzinken in the west and Kammspitze in the east you must have passed through.

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13.1 km

Before the 25 Percent Descent

Highlight • Trail

It goes downhill or uphill

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19.6 km

Path to the Ritzingerhütte

Highlight • Trail

Very nice..

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21.3 km

Miesbodenalm

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Don't leave helmets hanging on the bike if it's unsupervised, otherwise there will be a wet surprise on the descent 🤣

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23.3 km

View of the Tauplitzalm

Highlight • Viewpoint

just beautiful !!!

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23.5 km

🚵‍♀️ Dachsteinrunde Classic - Viehbergalm

Highlight • Mountain Hut

scenically beautiful, currently (as of August 2026) closed off from the south side of the Salza reservoir due to debris flows!

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24.1 km

Rassenbach Alpine Pasture

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Few hikers and cyclists during the week – a quiet affair.

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48.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.2 km

19.4 km

4.30 km

2.68 km

2.16 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

17.4 km

13.1 km

8.73 km

8.10 km

576 m

425 m

346 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,480 m)

Lowest point (670 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

16°C

6°C

96 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 4.0 km/h

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Comments

July 6, 2024,Über die Öfen auf die Viehbergalm – Ritzingerhütte Salzastausee Runde von Gröbming

The highlight of the Dachstein circuit
But be sure to drive from Gröbming through the Öfen to the Viehbergalm and along the Salzastausee

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September 10, 2022,Viehberg Runde

From the Salza waterfall the Viehbergrunde.
Passing the (closed) Steiner Pass road at the reservoir, it's a long and steep climb.
☀️ and ☁️ alternate before it starts to rain on the Viehbergalm.
According to Gröbming about the ovens that
Route breathtaking and unique.
We'll be back for sure!

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September 8, 2024,Viehbergalm mit Salza-Stausee und Miesbodensee

If you continue straight on after 2.5 km, you save 50m of pushing or carrying 😊

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October 3, 2021,Viehbergalmen-Öfenschlucht-Salza Stausee-Tour

A really nice tour !! The descent through the "ovens" is a dream, but not for people who are afraid of "steep" 🤣 (but it is only a short distance)

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October 29, 2022,Viehbergalmen-Tour mit Salza-Stausee

Comfortable autumn tour over the Viehbergalmen and along the half-empty Salza reservoir, back again!
(Attention, the route along the reservoir is officially closed. Everyone uses the path at their own risk and responsibility!)

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May 21, 2023,Viehbergalmen-Salza-Stausee-Tour

Attention: The route along the reservoir is officially closed to cyclists and pedestrians due to the risk of falling rocks! Everyone moves there at their own risk and responsibility!

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June 17, 2022,Viehbergalmen-Salza-Stausee-Runde

From Bad Mitterndorf to the Viehbergalmen to the "Lenis Hütte" (cosiness factor 100), then down through the ovens to Gröbming, a bit along the cycle path, then steeply up to the Salza reservoir and back to Bad Mitterndorf 👍🤘
Attention: The path along the reservoir is officially completely closed to cyclists, pedestrians and other vehicles! Everyone uses the path at …

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May 2, 2024,Viehbergalm - Öfen - Stausee -Tour

Everything was free of snow and easy to drive on 🤘 Only the sun and some warmth were missing 👍 But the rain that started to fall gave me the motivation 🤦

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