liezen wörschach family bike tour

10	Kilometer - KM
30	Altimeter total
3	Experience value (1-5)
1	Difficulty (1-5)

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Very light and family suitable bike ride on Ennstal bike path R7 away from Liezen to Wörschach. Ennstal - District Liezen - Styria - Austria. The length of the route is 10 kilometers with no climbs. From the city Liezen you drive on the Enns valley bike path to the Ennsbridge in Döllach. After that begin a dirt road to Wörschach. This dirt road is also used by the farmers with their tractors. Here and there are a few potholes.
Only in the district of Wörschach and on one kilometer between Weissenbach and Döllach you must expect with a little traffic on this beautiful bike ride through the Enns valley.

Once in Wörschach you can hike as alternative to cycling on foot to the castle Wolkenstein. The castle is reached by a climb in about 15 minutes. Apart from down here, although from very adventurous, but do not worry that a private club matches for the conservation of ruins, that everything can be viewed safely.

Video Nr.1: Ennstal bike path Liezen	Video Nr.2: Ennstal bike path Döllach

The Ennsvalley is in the middle of Austria and was named after the largest river in the valley. The Enns is a 254 kilometers long tributary of the Danube. It rises in the province of Salzburg in the Radstätter Tauern. From Salzburg the Enns flows eastwards through Styria. Between Admont and Hieflau in Upper Styria, the Enns breaks through a narrow valley - the Gesäuse in the Ennstal Alps before it flows north to Upper Austria. In the last section is the Enns, the boundary between Upper and Lower Austria. Between the villages of Mauthausen and Enns empties the Enns, as 100m wide river, into the Danube.

The Ennsvalley is one of the major valleys in Austria, and forms the geological boundary between the Northern Limestone Alps and the Central Alps south of the river Enns. The mountains of the northern Limestone Alps are often very steep and less forested than the south of the Central gentler mountains are more accessible for hikers. Where the mountains from east to west are becoming increasingly burdensome. The upper Ennsvalley at the border between the Austrian provinces of Salzburg and Styria, the Enns river flows south past the Dachstein glacier. The Dachstein 2.995m is the highest mountain in Styria. The people in the Ennsvalley live mainly from tourism and agriculture.

The largest alpine winter sports region can be found around Schladming, Dachstein-Tauern-region. Who the mass tourism is not so wish, you can resort to the small ski areas further east, such as in Gröbming (Stoderzinken) Donnersbach (Planneralm Riesneralm) and Admont (Kaiserau). Beautiful country skiing areas are available in Ramsau am Dachstein, Tauplitzalm, Liezen / Pyhrn Admont / Kaiserau. This provides the upper and middle Ennstal for ski touring, snowshoe hiking, or simply seeking relaxation many wonderful tours and lonely remote valleys.

In the spring, summer and autumn there are many hiking trails, bike trails and mountain bike tours in the Ennsvalley. The Ennsvalley is thus a wonderful holiday destination for skiers, snowboarders, ski mountaineers, skiers and those seeking relaxation in the winter, and many tourists come in summer, at the Enns valley to hiking, climbing, mountaineering, mountain biking and exploring by bicycle on one of the many cycling the beautiful Alpine area . The Gesäuse is popular with rafting and kayaking. In the Ennsvalley, many protected areas were created. Such as "Naturpark Sölktäler", Gesaeuse National Park and the Limestone Alps National Park.