Flötzersteig Loop - Steyr Gorge

The Flötzersteig Loop combines the experience of the impressive Steyr River with a hike on the left bank of the Krummen Steyrling, where traces of its former use as a timber-floating watercourse are repeatedly visible. Timber barriers caught the floating logs here. There was even a wooden lift that transported those logs that were not to be floated further downstream on the Steyr out of the difficult-to-access gorge. Timber floating took place in Molln until 1949.

In terms of wildness and romance, the Flötzersteig is by no means inferior to the gorge paths of the Reichraminger Hintergebirge. On the way back, you also pass by the Hoisn House, an old jaw harp smithy.

As with the gorge path from Pizzeria Dolce Vita, take the road briefly towards Zimeck, then down into the Steyr Gorge and continue downstream to the mouth of the Krummen Steyrling (approx. 30 minutes). From there, do not cross the footbridge but follow the Krummen Steyrling upstream on the left bank with constant ups and downs until shortly after a wooden platform (approx. 25 minutes). Leaving the gorge, it takes a few minutes to climb to the district of Zinken, then 100 meters along the road to the Hoisn House and back to the starting point via side streets.

Pure walking time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Variant 1:

From the mouth area, do not follow the Krummen Steyrling, but leave the gorge via a zigzag path up to the district of Zinken (“Zinken-Eck”) and along the upper edge of the Steyr Gorge, first through a residential area, then through woods and meadows back to Pizzeria Dolce Vita (approx. 20 minutes).

Variant 2:

From the platform, do not leave the gorge but follow the Steyrling further upstream to the sewage treatment plant in the district of Gstadt (approx. 10 minutes). From there, on Piesslingerstraße either towards Maultrommel Wimmer or Hoisn House (5 minutes) and continue as above, or cross the bridge and continue on Haunoldmühlstraße to the Gradau parking lot (10 minutes), or cross Piesslingerstraße via a steep asphalt path (“Alter Nockerberg”) towards Molln center (15 minutes).