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'Heaven and hell'

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The tour in numbers

Route 208,5 km

Time 3:30 h

Uphill 2824 hm

Downhill 2844 hm

Highest point 1221 m

From Mariazell, the place of grace, to the wild and romantic Höllental valley.

A tour that leads from Mariazell via the Niederalpl and Preiner Gscheid to the 'Lower Austrian side'. Bikers' hearts will beat faster at names such as Höllental and Kalte Kuchl.

Via Schwarzenbach an der Pielach, Frankenfels and Puchenstuben you return to the starting point - Mariazell.

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Mariazell B 20 to Wegscheid - turn left - Niederalplpass - Mürzsteg - Neuberg - B 23 to Kapellen turn left towards Reichenau - Paßhöhe Preiner Gscheid - Edlach keep left - Hirschwang turn left onto B 27 towards Schwarzau im Gebirge - Höllental - Schwarzau im Gebirge -Kalte Kuchl - Ochssattel - at Strkm 64.3 after the bridge turn right towards St. Pölten (B 214) - Freiland - left onto B 20 towards Mariazell - Türnitz - at km 39.1 right towards Schwarzenbach - through Schwarzenbach an der Piellach to the junction with the B 39 - left towards Mariazell - through Frankenfels to the junction with the B 28 left towards Mariazell - Puchenstuben - Passhöhe Wastl am Wald - junction with the B 20 left towards St. Pölten. In the village of Sägemühle turn right towards Gscheid. Stay on the main road until Ulreichsberg. There turn right (at the wayside shrine) - Walster - continue to the junction with the B 21 turn right - Mariazell.

Sights along the route:

Mariazell Basilica
Glass blowing workshop and monastery building in Neuberg an der Mürz
Walk along the Hubertussee in the Walster

Petrol stations along the route:
Socar in Mariazell, OMV in Neuberg, Rauckenberger petrol station in Schwarzau/Gebirge, Genol in Türnitz, Socar in Mariazell