Wechselgraben Waterfall – Hochwechsel loop from Katastralgemeinde Neustift am Alpenwald

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Wechselgraben Waterfall – Hochwechsel loop from Katastralgemeinde Neustift am Alpenwald

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Wechselgraben Waterfall – Hochwechsel loop from Katastralgemeinde Neustift am Alpenwald

04:54

13.1km

740m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Teile des Steirischen Jogl- und Wechsellandes

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.29 km

Wechselgraben Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

Pleasantly shady place, which not only invites you to linger in the heat.

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2.55 km

Himmelsleiter Waterfall on the Wildwasserpfad Mariensee

Highlight • Waterfall

The last station (No.8) of the Mariensee white water trail. From here you can continue hiking to Marienseer Schwaig and Hochwechsel.

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6.13 km

Wetterkogler House

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Altitude 📕
1743 m

Rooms/beds 📗
9

Mattresses 📘
26

Winter room 📙
The winter room is not locked (3 places, heated).
3 places, electric fan heater with coin slot, no cooking facilities.

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6.23 km

Chapel and summit cross on the Hochwechsel

Highlight • Summit

Wetterkoglerhaus at 1,743 meters at the summit with a weatherproof summit cross and chapel - and the particularly beautiful view.

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6.30 km

Hochwechsel

Highlight • Summit

At 1,743 meters, you can enjoy a wonderful view of the Wechsel area. Many hiking tours start from up here and there are other seasonally managed huts besides the Wetterkogelhaus …

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7.86 km

Marienseer Schwaig

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Opening times: Open from around the end of May to mid-September, non-stop.

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10.9 km

Marienseer Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

After a short walk you reach a beautiful waterfall.

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11.2 km

Water Wheel at Familien-Erlebnispark Hochweisel

Highlight • Structure

Nice place to stay longer. Here children and adults can build small stone towers, read the Wetterstein, learn something about the woodpecker tree and of course about the water wheel. 2 tables with benches invite you to a comfortable rest.

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13.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.08 km

3.39 km

2.21 km

370 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.13 km

2.73 km

757 m

370 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 6 October

20°C

7°C

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Comments

September 11, 2021,Almabtrieb Marienseer Schwaig 11.09.2021 17:15

Hochwechselrunde via Marienseer waterfall and Marienseer Schwaig with cattle drive and explored a few meters away from home on WWW 02

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July 31, 2023,Wildwasserpfad Mariensee – Hochwechsel Runde🥾

What I liked best was the stone face with the two halves of the face.......and the alpine pasture, forest paths, cows, view, food, hut, waterfalls etc. - absolute dream tour🥰

pipof.org/universum

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October 11, 2025,11.10.2025 - Wildwasserpfad Mariensee

A very nice hike, starting with the whitewater circular trail from Mariensee to the Marienseer Schwaig, then reaching the cache and then descending the steep Schindelsteig trail.

You gain quite a bit of elevation, but the beautiful scenery distracts you from the exertion, and you can't help but take a few photo breaks.

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