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Road bike tours in Upper Austria - Tour 4From Wels to Lake Traunsee

Road bike tours in Upper Austria - Tour 4: From Wels to Lake TraunseePhoto: Jörg Wenzel
Well-developed cycle paths and cosy inns. If you set off from Wels in the direction of Lake Traunsee, you will cycle through picturesque landscapes with numerous rest stops.

Tour characteristics

Round to the edge of the Alps and the Traunsee lake nestled there. After just four kilometres, you turn onto a lonely, flat, imperceptibly ascending road to the south and cycle directly towards the Alps. From Eberstalzell, you mostly follow the Almtal cycle path (R 11). Shortly before the halfway point, the only tough climbs await: the first next to the B 120 towards Gmunden, the second in the Laudachtal valley directly at the foot of the Traunstein. At the top (at kilometre 44) there are two inns: Zum Silberfuchs (www.gasthaus-silberfuchs.at) and Franzl im Holz (https://gasthaus-franzlimholz.stadtausstellung.at). At the Traunsee lake, we turn north-east and cycle back on country roads with little to no traffic (six kilometres of rough asphalt before Steinerkirchen).

Overview map of Upper AustriaPhoto: anner Grafik

The route in detail

Either use the following route description with details of all forks and turn-offs or download the GPX track of the tour at the bottom of the page.

  • 0.0 Start Wels, Traunbrücke (bar "Isola Bella") | over the bridge, at the roundabout turn right towards Steinhaus, at km 3.5 straight ahead, after 400 m turn left: Eberstalzell
  • 13.5 right industrial estate, junction | Eberstalzell, there: cycle path 11 "Almtalweg" (white arrow, green background)
  • 26.5 turn right in left-hand bend | over bridge, keep right, turn right at junction after railway tracks (29.3 km)
  • 32.5 straight junction | leave R 11: Birihuberhöhe. At B 120 (33.7 km) turn right, soon right uphill cycle path to Gmunden, downhill B 120
  • 39.5 left Kranichsteg, junction | Laudachtal, Gmunden
  • 45.8 turn left after the descent | hiking sign: Gmunden, turn right at the Traunsee, before the railway tracks turn left to the lake and cross the bridge to the town hall square
  • 48.4 right Gmunden, Rathausplatz | to the road and right over the Traun bridge: Kirch-, then Vorchdorf
  • 63.2 left Vorchdorf, junction | Lambach, next roundabout on the right: Eberstalzell
  • 65.9 left turn-off | Steinerkirchen, turn left at the junction (pavement): Lambach
  • 76.3 km right turn-off | Forstberg, after 500 m left: Güterweg Schauertal, at country road (79.8 km) turn left
  • 87.2 Destination Wels, Traunbrücke

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GPS data: Upper Austria, Wels

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