North-South Long-Distance Hiking Trail 605
The trail measures around 520 km (including the Nordwaldkammweg 650 km) and touches the federal states of Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria and Carinthia.
- Lowest point
- 200 m
- Highest point
- 1608 m
The trail measures around 520 km (including the Nordwaldkammweg 650 km) and touches the federal states of Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria and Carinthia.
It starts on the 1017 m high Nebelstein in the upper Waldviertel and runs mostly in a southerly direction into the Styrian wine country to Eibiswald. Along the way, it touches a wide variety of landscapes and encounters Austria's cultural assets. With the exception of the Hochschwab and the Eisenerzer Reichstein (surefootedness and a head for heights required in some places), it can be described as a family hiking trail.
From the Bohemian Forest through the Wachau to the Alpine Foothills: Nebelstein (1,017 m) – Liebenau (970 m) – Schönbach (731 m) – Ottenschlag (849 m) – Jauerling Nature Park (960 m) – Spitz (199 m) – Melk (213 m) – Plankenstein (674 m). Easy tours, approx. 170 km.
From the Alpine Foothills to the Ötscher region and across the Styrian Mountains to the Middle Mur Valley: Plankenstein (674 m) - Ötscher Tormäuer Nature Park (437 m) - Ötscherschutzhaus (1,418 m) - Terzer Haus (1,626 m) - Mariazell (868 m) - Hohe Veitsch (1,981 m) - Seebergsattel (1,253 m) - Voisthaler Hut (1,654 m) - Hochschwab (2,277 m) - Sonnschien Hut (1,523 m) - Leobner Hut (1,582 m) - Präbichl (1,232 m) - Reichensteinhütte (2,128 m) - Trofaiach (658 m) - Leoben (541 m). Moderate to challenging hikes (Reichenstein), approx. 170 km.
From the Middle Mur Valley through the high alpine pastures of Western Styria to the Windisch hills: Leoben (541 m) – Mugel (1,630 m) – Fensteralm (1,642 m) – Lärchkogel (1,894 m) – Speikkogel (1,988 m) – Gaberl (1,547 m) – Hirschegger Alpe (1,871 m) – Pack (1,116 m) – Weinebene (1,668 m) – Koralpe (2,140 m) – Eibiswald (361 m). Moderate hikes, approx. 180 km.
The North-South Trail 05 is also a section of the European Long-Distance Hiking Trail E 6, and between Eibiswald and Gaberl, it also runs alongside the Via Alpina.
Source:
Austrian Alpine Club http://www.alpenverein.at/weitwanderer/weitwanderwege/2002_01_22_110.php
Austrian Alpine Club
Long-Distance Hikers Section, Gert Kienast
(T) +43 650 5436278
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Waldviertel Tourism
3910 Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 1/2/2
(T) +43 2822 54109
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Letzte Änderung: 3 Aug 2026