Farchtensee – Weissensee Bridge loop from St. Stefan-Vorderberg

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Austria

Carinthia

Bezirk Hermagor

Sankt Stefan im Gailtal

Farchtensee – Weissensee Bridge loop from St. Stefan-Vorderberg

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Farchtensee – Weissensee Bridge loop from St. Stefan-Vorderberg

05:51

82.7km

1,200m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 16, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

Tips

Includes a ferry crossing

Check ferry timetable.

After 35.9 km for 5.99 km

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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11.0 km

Windische Höhe

Mountain Pass

24.3 km

Farchtensee

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The Farchtensee is under nature protection, is privately owned and is probably therefore almost untouched.

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38.9 km

Weißensee

Lake

43.4 km

Weissensee Bridge

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At its narrowest point, the bridge connects the north and south banks. There has been a bridge at this point since the 11th century. In the 1960s, the old wooden …

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43.4 km

View of Lake Weißensee from Techendorf Bridge

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The only bridge over the lake. It connects the two banks and serves as a pier for the excursion boats. At the same time, it marks the approximate dividing line between the eastern, natural and the western, touristic-sustainable part.

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44.4 km

Weissensee

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At the Weißensee you can spend a wonderful time hiking, cycling or swimming.

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47.9 km

Kreuzbergsattel

Mountain Pass

54.3 km

Gitschtal Valley

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

A flat, paved path leads through the beautiful Gitschtal valley, which is very good for cycling. Heading east, you can enjoy a magnificent view of the St. Lorenzen Church, which rises above the town of the same name.

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57.0 km

View of St. Lorenzen Church in Gitschtal

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Schöber view of the church in St. Lorenzen

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74.5 km

View of Pressegger See and Nassfeld

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The Gailtal is a valley running from East Tyrol to Carinthia. It begins in Kartitsch and ends near Villach. The Gailtal does not form a hydrogeographical unit: most of the …

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77.3 km

Bridge over the Gail River

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In the southwest of Carinthia, families prefer to cycle along the "R3" Gailtal cycle path. This approximately 90 km long bike ride runs parallel to the Italian border and is …

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82.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

37.4 km

13.3 km

10.9 km

7.11 km

6.69 km

5.99 km

1.31 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

53.7 km

10.4 km

9.44 km

6.12 km

3.12 km

Elevation

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Highest point (1,110 m)

Lowest point (550 m)

Weather

Monday 19 October

16°C

8°C

24 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

June 4, 2023,A-9620 Presseggen-Windische Höhe-Farchtensee-Fischeralm-Bodenalm-Weißensee-Weißbriach-Hermagor

Unfortunately, the weather here is very mixed, so we made the best of it and went on an active cycling holiday.
From the Presseggersee there was a beautiful but also exciting bike path, always slightly uphill to Matschiedl. This is where the steep ascent to the Windischehöhe (1100m) began. Arrived safely at the top, the hot descent to the fork …

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