Five reasons for a hiking trip on the Luchs Trail – long-distance hiking through Austria’s Wild Center

1. Durch Through „Austria’s Wild Center“

The claim of the Luchs Trail says it all! Because in the middle of the geographical center of Austria, in the border triangle of Upper Austria, Styria and Lower Austria, a surprisingly pristine natural landscape stretches out, which can be called “wilderness” quite literally in some places. On existing paths, the Luchs Trail connects the internationally recognized protected areas of the Upper Austrian Kalkalpen National Park, the Gesäuse National Park and the Dürrenstein Wilderness Area. The fact that parts of this region have only recently been declared a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site (for old beech forests and beech primeval forests) leaves us with no doubt: in Austria there is no “wilder” place than there! So it is not surprising that the lynx feels so comfortable there. We won’t tell you yet whether you will see the lynx while hiking. This will be the topic of an own blog post coming soon!

Admittedly: This is the claim of the Styrian Gesäuse, but it applies to the landscape along the entire Luchs Trail! That’s why we borrowed it here as a headline. David Osebik from TVB Gesäuse will forgive us! Often bizarrely shaped limestone peaks, from the Reichraminger Hintergebirge over the impressive Haller Mauern and the mentioned Gesäuse to Dürrenstein shape the horizon, while you hike along wildly frothing and thundering rivers like the Enns and the Salza in Austria.

3. The discovery of slowness

4. More service is not possible

For the Luchs Trail, a separate Trail Info & Booking Center has been set up. To combine your individual freedom with service, comfort and security. You will be surprised by the offers, because more service for individual hiking without luggage is not possible! Very important: The luggage transport will make the 12.000 meters of ascent much easier for you! When you arrive at the booked partner accommodation of your choice in the late afternoon, the heavy luggage is already waiting for you in your room, while you have hiked with the light daypack. Further mobility services, a practical trail hotline, various forms of catering and – already a “top seller” – the branded enamel cup as a welcome gift round off the service of the Trail Info & Booking Center. The Trail Landing page can be found here.

Even though the guiding principle “The path is the goal” applies to every long-distance hiking trail, an attractive final destination at the end of the trail can never be a bad thing. The OEAV mountaineering village of Lunz am See with its three mountain lakes is more than equal to this attribute! And if the temperatures are right, the jump into the cool water of Lake Lunz will be a deserved reward for your efforts.

We are sure: In view of these five unbeatable reasons for long-distance hiking through Austria’s Wild Middle, you too will not be able to resist the call of the wilderness on the Luchs Trail! And if you still have questions, just contact the official Luchs Trail Info and Booking Center!
Contact info@bookyourtrail.com oder Tel.: +43 4782 93093

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