Altenbachklamm Gorge – St. Pongratzen Church loop from Reitstall

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Altenbachklamm Gorge – St. Pongratzen Church loop from Reitstall

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Altenbachklamm Gorge – St. Pongratzen Church loop from Reitstall

04:15

11.9km

600m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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827 m

Entrance to the Altenbachklamm

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Entrance to the Altenbachklamm

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856 m

Altenbachklamm Gorge

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A beautiful gorge. Easy to walk at the beginning, the path gets steeper and steeper, but at the end a beautiful view makes up for it. I can only recommend.

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3.01 km

Hochblauen Viewpoint

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Tertinek Restaurant

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3.59 km

Panoramic View of Western Styria

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With good visibility, you can expect a unique all-round view over the hilly landscape of western Styria, which was still a sea almost seven million years ago.

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5.97 km

St. Pongratzen Church

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The white church at St. Pongratzen (Sveti Pankracij) is a popular destination for hikers and mountain bikers and is already on Slovenian territory. It was first mentioned in documents in …

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11.1 km

View of the Valley

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Sunny view of the valley

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11.3 km

Stelzl wine tavern

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Found good wine :-)

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11.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.37 km

3.90 km

1.75 km

1.50 km

407 m

Surfaces

4.94 km

2.35 km

2.23 km

1.44 km

908 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 5 October

23°C

6°C

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Comments

August 20, 2021,Altenbachklamm und Sveti Pancracija 20.08.2021

Walking up the Altenbachklamm was more strenuous than I expected! At the end there is a beautiful view bush bar - but oh my horror - it will be closed this year! There is fresh water from the water pipe, luckily the snack was in the backpack! From there we went to the church of St. Pankrazius. The landscape does …

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