Wurbauerkogel
| Wurbauerkogel | ||
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 West-southwest view of the Wurbauerkogel |
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| height | 858 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Upper Austria , Austria | |
| Mountains | Sengsengebirge , Upper Austrian Prealps | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 43 '33 " N , 14 ° 20' 25" E | |
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| Development | Street, chairlift | |
| Normal way | Hike | |
| particularities | Lookout mountain of the Windischgarstner basin , chair lift, summer toboggan run, lookout tower | |
The Wurbauerkogel is a mountain in southeastern Upper Austria . With a height of 858 m above sea level. A. it is the local mountain of Windischgarsten and the Windischgarsten basin .
location
The Wurbauerkogel rises in the municipal areas of Windischgarsten and Rosenau am Hengstpaß in the Kirchdorf an der Krems district . The closest valley village is Windischgarsten.
Tourist development
The Wurbauerkogel is a popular hiking and excursion destination. It can be reached from Windischgarsten in less than an hour via several hiking trails. There is also a road leading up the mountain. At the summit there is a restaurant, a snack station, the observation tower and the mountain station of the chair lift . The route of the summer toboggan run and the specially created bike park, downhill mountain bike routes of various difficulty levels , also begin here . 3D archery is offered on the archery range. There is also a via ferrata park at the Bannholzmauer.
Western summit area with the leisure facilities
Panorama tower
Chair lift to the Wurbauerkogel
Chairlift
The one-seater chairlift, built in 1957 and now nostalgic, leads from the center of Windischgarstner to the summit.
Summer toboggan run
The 1,523 meter long summer toboggan run with a height of 233 meters was built in 1980. It leads from the chairlift mountain station at the summit to the valley station in Windischgarsten. It has one and two-seater tobogganing and has 16 bends and is one of the longest summer toboggan runs in Europe.
Alpine coaster
The Alpine Coaster with two-person sled built in 2004 is 760 meters long and has a height difference of 63 meters. The route has 3 roundabouts, 7 banked turns, 3 jumps, 6 bridges and 10 waves, speeds of up to 40 km / h are achieved.
Panorama tower
The panorama tower observation tower is 21 meters high, glazed and has a passenger elevator. A panoramic view of the Windischgarstner Basin and 21 2000er peaks can be seen from the platform, an outdoor viewing terrace.
literature
- Office of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government , Nature Conservation Department (Ed.): Volume 15: Raumeinheit Sengsengebirge , Linz, 2007 (pdf; 4.4 MB)
- Gerald Radinger: Hiking experience in the Kalkalpen National Park. The most beautiful tours between Enns and Steyr. Kral Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-99024-066-3
