Nature and culture educational trail "Leben am Steilhang"

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distance
9.4 km
altitude meters uphill
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440 m
altitude meters downhill
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440 m
total walking time
3:30 h
highest point
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1569 m
difficulty
🞽
average
fitness:

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technique:

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public transport:

Bushaltestelle St. Veit in Defereggen Bruggen

parking:

Bruggen

starting point:
Bruggen (St. Veit)
destination point:
Gassen
best season:
JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT

arrival

Stop

St. Veit i. D. Kirche

Parking spot

Car park St. Veit

altitude profile

Pdf file

Gpx file

Interactive map

Current weather conditions

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Description

Initially easy uphill to Holzer Mühle. After a steep section, going out of the valley, on the mountain slope facing the sunny side you come across typical examples of early mining life in an extreme location. At Froditzbach the ‘Holzer Mühle’ is still in operation today. Flax is processed and grain mills are powered by the streams. People had to fend for themselves over the long winter in this secluded area. Information boards recount this to date unfamiliar story. The route may also be tackled from the other direction, for instance from the centre of St. Veit via Gassen to Bruggen.


 

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