Gamsstein route

©(C) Wolfgang Wutzl

Difficulty: Difficult
Distance: 61,81 km
Duration: 4:00 h
Ascent: 1780 m elevation gain
Descent: 1780 m elevation gain

Challenging MTB tour with everything your heart desires: intense climbs, cool descents, magnificent views. A worthwhile detour into the Eisenwurzen Nature Park.

Starting point of the tour: Hollenstein, village center
Tour destination: Hollenstein, village center

Difficulty: Difficult
Distance: 61,81 km
Duration: 4:00 h
Ascent: 1780 m elevation gain
Descent: 1780 m elevation gain

Fitness level required:
5/6
Overall experience:
5/6
Scenery:
6/6

Lowest point458 m
Highest point1239 m

Round tour
Nice views
With refreshment stops

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Challenging MTB tour with everything your heart desires: intense climbs, cool descents, magnificent views. A worthwhile detour into the Eisenwurzen Nature Park.

Through the sand ditch, the route becomes increasingly steep on asphalt to the Promau hill. After a short descent on asphalt, do not turn off at a sharp left-hand bend but continue straight ahead onto the gravel road and begin the long and sometimes steep ascent towards Gamsstein, all on gravel.

Once at the top, in the middle of the Eisenwurzen Nature Park, the MTB scenery is at its best: far away from civilization, over clearings, through forests and lush green meadows, the route is flat and sloping for a few kilometers before the actual descent begins on an easy gravel road with a few sharp bends (be careful!) down to Palfau.

In Palfau, an idyllic village belonging to Styria and known for sensational rafting tours in the Salza, the steep ascent (first asphalt, later gravel) up towards Gamsstein to the Moaralmhütte begins in the village area.

From there, the first ascent is a descent back to Hollenstein.

safety instructions Please note the winter closure of this and all other MTB trails in the Mostviertel from November 1st to April 14th. Thank you for your understanding!
Equipment MTB hardtail, provisions (especially water!), change of clothes for the descent(s), repair tools
Route description Hollenstein - Wentsteinhammer - Promau cross - Scheibenberg - Mühlbauernkogel - Palfau - Waidtal hut - Bear's nook - Mooralm hut - Promau cross - Wentsteinhammer - Hollenstein
Getting there Coming from Vienna, take the A1 to the Ybbs-Wieselburg exit, B25 Erlauftal federal road via Purgstall, Scheibbs, Gaming, Lunz/See and Göstling to Hollenstein. Coming from the west, take the A1 to the Amstetten West exit, B121 towards Waidhofen, via Waidhofen and the Ybbstal federal road to Hollenstein.
Editor’s tip For the cool-down, the best is to go swimming in one of Austria's most beautiful river beach baths in the crystal-clear Ybbs.

Recommended period

Municipality Hollenstein/Ybbs
Walcherbauer 2,
A-3343 Hollenstein/Ybbs,
Tel. 07445/218, Fax extension 24,
E-mail: gemeinde@hollenstein.at,
www.hollenstein.at

Tourism Association Ybbstaler Alpen
Göstling 46/2, 3345 Göstling an der Ybbs
T +43 5/93049
E info@ybbstaler-alpen.at

Mostviertel Tourism
Töpper Schloss Neubruck
Neubruck 2/10, 3283 Scheibbs
T +43/7482/204 44
info@mostviertel.at
www.mostviertel.at

Businesses directly on the Gamstein route:

Guesthouse Dornleiten
Dornleiten 94,
A-3343 Hollenstein, Tel. 07445/329

Guesthouse Zur Traube (Eisenstraße innkeeper)
Village 2,
A-3343 Hollenstein, Tel. 07445/214

Confectionery Schwarzlmüller
Village 42,
A-3343 Hollenstein, Tel. 07445/282

Friends of Nature Hut Palfau
(managed on weekends from June to September)

Alpine Tour Inn Stiegenwirt
Palfau 159,
A-8923, Tel. 03638/219

Letzte Änderung: 14 Apr 2026