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Nötsch im Gailtal
Under the western drop of the Dobratsch where the Gailtal opens toward Villach, remembered in Austrian art as the home ground of the Nötscher Kreis painters.
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Highlights
12 from neighbouring places
Gailtaler Bergbad
An outdoor swimming pool at Nötsch im Gailtal in Carinthia, a family bathing spot on the sunny side of the Gail valley below the Dobratsch.
Kanupanzi Jürgen Steinbrenner
A canoe and kayak outfitter at Nötsch im Gailtal, offering guided paddling and rafting trips on the Gail river in Carinthia.
Museum des Nötscher Kreises
A museum at Nötsch im Gailtal devoted to the Nötsch Circle, the group of Carinthian painters around Wiegele, Kolig, Boeckl and Mahringer active in the early 20th century.
Dobratsch Gipfelhaus
3.5 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
A refuge just below the 2,166 m summit of the Dobratsch, among Austria's oldest alpine huts, reached on foot from the Villacher Alpenstraße.
Schaubergwerke Terra Mystica & Terra Montana
3.9 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
Two show mines at Bad Bleiberg near Villach, entered by a long miners' slide, presenting the valley's centuries of lead and zinc mining underground.
Bergbau-Museum
5.1 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
A mining museum in Bad Bleiberg west of Villach, documenting the centuries of lead and zinc mining that shaped the valley.
Die Rosstratten
6.6 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
A pasture restaurant at the Rosstratten on the Dobratsch above Bad Bleiberg, near the top of the Villacher Alpenstraße and a starting point for summit walks.
Greißlermuseum
6.8 km away, in Arnoldstein
A small museum near Arnoldstein recreating an old-fashioned Austrian village grocery, with original shop fittings, wares and craft displays.
Almwirtschaft Schütt
7.1 km away, in Arnoldstein
An alpine pasture snack station in the Schütt area near Arnoldstein, on the rocky southern flank of the Dobratsch above the Gail valley.
Canyoning
7.3 km away, in St. Stefan im Gailtal
A guided canyoning tour for adults through the Vorderberger Klamm in the Gailtal, with abseils and jumps inside the gorge.
Erlebnis-Naturbad Vorderberg
7.4 km away, in St. Stefan im Gailtal
A natural swimming pool at Vorderberg on the R3 cycle route, with a service point and four pitches for campers.
Klosterruine Arnoldstein
8.4 km away, in Arnoldstein
The ruin of a medieval Benedictine monastery on a rock above Arnoldstein, a lookout over the meeting point of Austria, Italy and Slovenia.
Bergbahnen Dreiländereck
9.3 km away, in Arnoldstein
Lifts at Arnoldstein onto the Dreiländereck, the mountain where Austria, Italy and Slovenia meet, serving a small ski area in winter and walking country in summer.
Bunkermuseum Wurzenpass
11.7 km away, in Arnoldstein
A Cold War museum in the preserved Austrian army bunkers on the Wurzenpass road near Arnoldstein, with original fortifications built to guard the border crossing.
Gasthof Oitzl
11.8 km away, in Arnoldstein
A guesthouse at Riegersdorf near Arnoldstein serving traditional Austrian cooking, with produce from its own farm shop.
Nothing of this kind in Nötsch im Gailtal.
Routes
12 from neighbouring places
Dobratsch - Jägersteig
From the Rosstratte restaurant the Jägersteig climbs to the 2,166 m top of the Dobratsch, crossing the Zehnernock and Elfernock on the way.
- 9.1 km
- Distance
- 553 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 49 min
- Duration
- 109
- Check-ins
Dobratsch - Westanstieg
Path 296 reaches the Dobratsch summit from the west, an uncomplicated but long forest climb of well over 1,200 m that asks for fitness.
- 10.7 km
- Distance
- 1 267 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 33 min
- Duration
- 57
- Check-ins
Rund um den Dobratsch (optional mit Bike Shuttle)
A long circuit right around the Dobratsch from Bad Bleiberg, dropping to Villach and returning along the Gail valley floor.
- 64.9 km
- Distance
- 597 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 19 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
Weg des Buches, 11. Etappe: Nötsch - Bad Bleiberg
The eleventh day of the Weg des Buches, climbing some 790 m out of the Gailtal at Nötsch and over into the high valley of Bad Bleiberg.
- 14.3 km
- Distance
- 789 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 58 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
Dobratsch Runde - Der Weg um den Naturpark - Etappe 02
The second stage of the Dobratsch circuit, a long and gently graded 18 km through the old mining valley of Bad Bleiberg.
- 17.9 km
- Distance
- 281 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 12 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
Radbus Tour von Hermagor zum Ossiacher See
An almost flat run of 60 km through the Gailtal, from the Pressegger See past Emmersdorf and St. Stefan-Vorderberg to the lakeshore at Annenheim.
- 60.1 km
- Distance
- 60 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 25 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
Dobratsch Runde - Der Weg um den Naturpark - Etappe 03
The third stage of the Dobratsch circuit, an easier 13 km along the Gailtal side of the massif around Nötsch.
- 12.8 km
- Distance
- 250 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 31 min
- Duration
Dobratsch Rundfahrt
A long, mostly gentle circuit of the mountain west of Villach, starting from the main station and coming back through the Gail valley.
- 56.4 km
- Distance
- 593 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 34 min
- Duration
Stollenwanderweg
3.8 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
A short themed walk of 5 km through Bad Bleiberg, following the traces of the valley's long history of lead and zinc mining.
- 5.2 km
- Distance
- 163 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 37 min
- Duration
Dobratsch - Nordansteig - Alpenlahner
5.6 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
A demanding ski tour out of the Bleiberg high valley, gaining over 1,250 m by way of the Alpenlahner to the Dobratsch summit.
- 3.7 km
- Distance
- 1 263 m
- Ascent
- 11 m
- Descent
- 3 h 10 min
- Duration
- 57
- Check-ins
Seltschacher Alm
9.3 km away, in Arnoldstein
An easy ski tour with under 200 m of climbing to the pastures below the Dreiländereck, passing the Liftwarthütte and the mountain restaurant.
- 4.0 km
- Distance
- 764 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 2 h 7 min
- Duration
- 12
- Check-ins
Dobratsch - Heiligengeist bis Rosstratte
9.6 km away, in Villach
A moderate ski climb of some 825 m from Heiligengeist up Villach's home mountain to the Rosstratte, passing the Pogöriacher Hütte.
- 4.6 km
- Distance
- 825 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 2 h 19 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
Kobesnock - Überschreitung
3.5 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
A traverse in the Bleiberg high valley linking the Kobesnock and Zebernock, passing the Wertschacher Alm, with close to 1,000 m of ascent.
- 10.3 km
- Distance
- 1 021 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 17 min
- Duration
- 6
- Check-ins
Bewegungsarena Bad Bleiberg - Jakomini-Runde (B3)
4.7 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
A middle-distance Nordic-walking loop of nearly 8 km in the high valley of Bad Bleiberg.
- 7.8 km
- Distance
- 202 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 19 min
- Duration
Von Bad Bleiberg nach Villach
5.1 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
A point-to-point run down from the Bleiberg valley to Villach, passing the Töplitsch power station and finishing at the city tourist office.
- 45.7 km
- Distance
- 616 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 38 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
Bewegungsarena Bad Bleiberg - Leininger-Runde (B1)
4.7 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
The shortest of the Bad Bleiberg Nordic-walking loops, barely 3 km with almost no gradient.
- 3.1 km
- Distance
- 31 m
- Ascent
- 48 min
- Duration
Dobratsch - Rosstratte bis Zehnernock
6.6 km away, in Villach
A short ski tour from the Rosstratte up to the Zehnernock, gaining a little over 200 m with the 10er Schutzhaus close by.
- 1.4 km
- Distance
- 217 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 38 min
- Duration
- 33
- Check-ins
Weg des Buches, 12. Etappe: Bad Bleiberg - Warmbad Villach
4.1 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
The twelfth day of the Weg des Buches, dropping from Bad Bleiberg past the Friedlhütte and the Völkendorfer huts to Warmbad Villach in about four hours.
- 17.3 km
- Distance
- 245 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 2 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
Erzberg Höhenweg -Schwandnock - Hachelnock
5 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
A section of the Erzberg high route crossing several tops of the Bleiberger Erzberg, among them the Hachelnock and Lahnernock, with views to the Drautal and the Hohe Tauern.
- 10.0 km
- Distance
- 641 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 22 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
Bewegungsarena Bad Bleiberg - Perscha-Runde (B2)
4.7 km away, in Bad Bleiberg
A short Nordic-walking loop of under 4 km on the floor of the Bad Bleiberg high valley, with very little climbing.
- 3.6 km
- Distance
- 75 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 2 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
No routes of this kind in Nötsch im Gailtal yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
Dobratsch - Jägersteig
From the Rosstratte restaurant the Jägersteig climbs to the 2,166 m top of the Dobratsch, crossing the Zehnernock and Elfernock on the way.
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