Photo: Georg Blasl

Klettergarten Burgfels

Losenstein, Upper Austria

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Best time of day/yearA real tip for spring or late autumn. The location below the castle ruins and the southwest orientation create a thermic under the walls that still allows climbing in a T-shirt when it is already or still shady all around.Rock qualityLimestone with many ledgesAmbienceDirectly below the walls of the Losenstein castle ruinsDistancefrom the church 200 metersfrom Steyr 22 kmApproachLooking at the castle rock from the parking lots – past the left end of the wooden rockfall protection wall – 2 minutes to the entry point. Stay on the dirt path to the rock face and avoid entering the semi-dry grassland.Important notesHelmet recommended, rock next to the routes partly brittle, danger from falling objects directly below the castle's viewing area!Arrival by car:From Salzburg/Linz: A1 motorway exit Enns-Steyr > B115 into the EnnstalFrom Vienna: A1 motorway exit Haag > B42 > B122 > B115 into the EnnstalFrom Passau: A8 Passau > Wels > A1 to motorway exit Enns-Steyr > B115 into the EnnstalFrom Graz: A9 Pyhrnautobahn > motorway exit Klaus > Grünburg > into the EnnstalComing from Steyr, drive through the Losenstein bypass tunnel and turn left immediately at its end. After 20 meters, you will reach the parking lots below the castle rock on the left.Coming from Reichraming – turn right directly before the tunnel.From the village (church) straight through the Daucher archway and after the former Schlosstaverne turn left, then 30 meters – parking lots on the left