Styria – the green heart of Austria – consistently expands its bike and mountain bike offers. With over 2,500 kilometers of national cycle paths, 175 MTB and grave routes, 55 trails in three bike parks and 5 other offers with lift support as well as numerous pump tracks, Styria already offers a wide variety of cycling and MTB enthusiasts. Now the Graz adventure region and the Leader Region Lipizzanerheimat is set by another focus: the first two of the nine planned mountain bike tours were opened in the Lipizzanerheimat.
Die “Altes Almhaus Tour” and the “Brendlalm Tour”.
“Cycling and biking, not least through the e-bike boom-developed into leisure and holiday activity with great potential,” emphasizes Michael Holidays, Managing Director of Styrian Tourism and Local Marketing GmbH. “A clear signage, digital preparation and legal security for property owners are the basis for making the offer sustainable and contemporary between Dachstein, Lipizzanerheimat and Almenland.”
“We started the first discussions three years ago. In the previous year we were able to start the project together with the LAG (Leader Action Group) Lipizzanerheimat and the congregations. Two tours – old Almhaus and Brendlalm – are already ready. communicate “, say Susanne Haubenhofer, managing director of the Graz adventure region, and Thomas Apfelthaler, financial officer of the Graz adventure region.
A new milestone for the region
“With gentle hills, forests and alpine terrain, the Lipizzanerheimat offers ideal prerequisites for bike experiences. The interplay of municipalities, tourism and landowners will raise cycling to a new quality level,” says pleasure Leader chairman Erwin Dirnberger.
“The project was submitted as a leader project about the LAG Lipizzanerheimat as a project sponsor and will be implemented together with the Graz adventure region, supported with federal, state and EU funds. By 2027, a total of nine mountain bike tours in the Lipizzanerheimat Voitsberg are planned. Experts and the communities, ”explains Elfriede Pfeifenberger, leader manager of the Lipizzanerheimat. “My special thanks go to the mayors who actively accompany the implementation.”
To the great joy of the mayor of the region, especially from Kurt Riemer and his Vice Bernd Mara from Maria Lankowitz as well as Bernd Gratzer from Kainachwhere the first two tours are located, the routes were designed together with Markus Pecoll, the MTB coordinator of the State of Styria, according to the criteria of the state of Styria.
The concept of creating new tours provides for the following in Styria or Lipizzanerheimat: The tours lead 20 to 40 kilometers through natural landscapes with beautiful viewpoints. Mostly on existing forest roads, with little asphalt and clear signage, they combine sporting variety with regard to nature, forest and hikers. Blocking times are observed, regional gastronomy is an important part of the green heart.
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“The new routes are particularly characterized by these three things: uniform signage, digital control and a well thought-out route that ensure an attractive experience and also a targeted visitor steering. Markus Pecoll, MTB coordinator of the State of Styria.