Gold Rush | Gravel Loop Drautal – Weissensee

The tour starts in Spittal an der Drau, ideally near Porcia Castle. The route initially follows the flat Drau Cycle Path (R1) upstream in a north-westerly direction. Passing St. Peter in Holz and Lendorf, the route leads on to Möllbrücke and Sachsenburg.In Sachsenburg, you cross the Drau. On the southern bank of the river, the route now heads back a short distance eastwards to Lind im Drautal. This is where the challenging section begins: the route leaves the valley floor and leads steeply uphill via Fellbach and Gajach towards the south.Once the climb has been conquered, the route reaches the western part of the municipality of Stockenboi and, shortly afterwards, the eastern shore of Lake Weissensee and the village of Techendorf. The route now runs along the southern shore, or rather above the lake, through the Weissensee Nature Park towards the west to Naggl and on to Schattseite.From Lake Weissensee, the route descends via a downhill section to Weißbriach in the Gitschtal valley. In Weißbriach, the route turns sharply eastwards. Passing through St. Lorenzen in the Gitschtal valley, the next climb takes you over the Kreuzberg (near the eastern shore of Lake Weissensee, but this time keeping to the south).From Kreuzberg, the route continues eastwards through the village of Zlan and follows the road through the Ziebl Valley and Stockenboi Valley. The descent takes you past Tragail and Aichach back into the wide Drau Valley. At St. Peter, the circuit rejoins the familiar route and leads the final few kilometres back to the starting point in Spittal an der Drau.