Mountainbiking
Montfort Bike
Buchs–Buchs
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Montfort Bike
Buchs–Buchs
The «Montfort Bike» route offers panoramic views over the Rhine valley, Liechtenstein Alps and Vorarlberg. The route’s name comes from the Counts of Montfort. For a long time, they were the owners of the castle and hamlet of Werdenberg, which gives the region its name.
Starting in Buchs, the tour passes the castle and the village of Werdenberg. After Grabs, a slight climb over Studener Berg, with its scattered villages, leads to the highlands. Efforts are rewarded with a view over the Rhine and the mountains. You take the alpine road to Ivelspus, where you can have something to eat during the summer grazing season.
The descent through woods and meadows leads you to the Buchser Berg, to yet another ascent. A path through mixed woodland takes you to the Seveler Berg. Then the route descends to Hüseren. Via the Schaner Berg plateau, the Montfort Bike route leads you to Oberschan, a former mill village.
When crossing the Schaner Riet, a stretch of marshland, you pass the Magletsch fortress. A short descent leads you to the hamlet of St. Ulrich, a well-preserved Walser settlement. Another ascent follows, until the path leads out of the forest. On the way back to Buchs, the tour takes you past the birds-of-prey park (Greifvogelpark).
The descent through woods and meadows leads you to the Buchser Berg, to yet another ascent. A path through mixed woodland takes you to the Seveler Berg. Then the route descends to Hüseren. Via the Schaner Berg plateau, the Montfort Bike route leads you to Oberschan, a former mill village.
When crossing the Schaner Riet, a stretch of marshland, you pass the Magletsch fortress. A short descent leads you to the hamlet of St. Ulrich, a well-preserved Walser settlement. Another ascent follows, until the path leads out of the forest. On the way back to Buchs, the tour takes you past the birds-of-prey park (Greifvogelpark).
The «Montfort Bike» route offers panoramic views over the Rhine valley, Liechtenstein Alps and Vorarlberg. The route’s name comes from the Counts of Montfort. For a long time, they were the owners of the castle and hamlet of Werdenberg, which gives the region its name.
Starting in Buchs, the tour passes the castle and the village of Werdenberg. After Grabs, a slight climb over Studener Berg, with its scattered villages, leads to the highlands. Efforts are rewarded with a view over the Rhine and the mountains. You take the alpine road to Ivelspus, where you can have something to eat during the summer grazing season.
The descent through woods and meadows leads you to the Buchser Berg, to yet another ascent. A path through mixed woodland takes you to the Seveler Berg. Then the route descends to Hüseren. Via the Schaner Berg plateau, the Montfort Bike route leads you to Oberschan, a former mill village.
When crossing the Schaner Riet, a stretch of marshland, you pass the Magletsch fortress. A short descent leads you to the hamlet of St. Ulrich, a well-preserved Walser settlement. Another ascent follows, until the path leads out of the forest. On the way back to Buchs, the tour takes you past the birds-of-prey park (Greifvogelpark).
The descent through woods and meadows leads you to the Buchser Berg, to yet another ascent. A path through mixed woodland takes you to the Seveler Berg. Then the route descends to Hüseren. Via the Schaner Berg plateau, the Montfort Bike route leads you to Oberschan, a former mill village.
When crossing the Schaner Riet, a stretch of marshland, you pass the Magletsch fortress. A short descent leads you to the hamlet of St. Ulrich, a well-preserved Walser settlement. Another ascent follows, until the path leads out of the forest. On the way back to Buchs, the tour takes you past the birds-of-prey park (Greifvogelpark).
Length | Number of stages
40 km
| 1 Stage
Roads and trails
Asphalted: 21 km
Natural surface: 19 km
of which Singletrail: 0 km
Natural surface: 19 km
of which Singletrail: 0 km
Ascent | Descent
1400 m | 1400 m
Grade | Fitness level
easy
|
difficult
Arrival | return travel
Season
Season
Caution: Snow is possible up until spring in the «Obere Tobelbrugg» region.
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Push-only passage
Walking sections: Studener Berg – Schwendistrasse, approx. 20min./ Schwendistrasse – Studener Berg, approx. 15min.
Hint
Tip: Cool down in the Oberschan natural spa.
Contact
Werdenberg Tourismus
Städtli 42
9471 Buchs
Tel. +41 (0)81 740 05 40
touristinfo@werdenberg.ch
www.werdenberg.ch
Städtli 42
9471 Buchs
Tel. +41 (0)81 740 05 40
touristinfo@werdenberg.ch
www.werdenberg.ch
