Hike to the Schlögen Danube view

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Tour-Details

Starting place: 4083 Haibach ob der Donau

Destination: 4083 Haibach ob der Donau

duration: 1h 4m

length: 2,8 km

Altitude difference (uphill): 178m

Altitude difference (downhill): 178m

Lowest point: 283m

Highest point: 462m

difficulty: easy

condition: easy

panoramic view: Dreamtour

Paths covering:

Asphalt, Path / trail, Gravel, Other

Short description:
Short hike starting from the Riverresort Donauschlinge on gravel and hiking trails to the Schlögener Donauschlinge viewpoint.

Quality of experience: ******

Recommended season:

March
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October

Properties:

Round trip
Scenic
Botanical highlights
Faunistic highlights

Description:
The Danube region of Upper Austria is home to one of the most famous and beautiful postcard motifs in Austria - the Schlögener Schlinge. Here, the Danube winds elegantly and sinuously through the landscape and makes every hiker on the Donausteig stop for a photo. The best view of the Danube loop is from the Schlögener Blick viewpoint. This rarity - known as the ‘epigenetic breakthrough valley’ - was formed when the Danube carved out its meandering bed in the soft layers of the Tertiary period and later had to maintain it on the hard granite rock. Due to the subsequent uplift of the land mass, the Danube dug itself almost 300 metres deep, creating the narrow valley that forms almost a complete circle in the Schlögener Schlinge.