There are many marked hiking paths on the mountain. The highest ridge of the mountain is covered only by grass, and here – due to the limited soil – the building rock of the mountain can be seen well.Ĭastle FeistritzFirst of all, hiking. The mountain is mainly built from gneiss, but many other minerals have been identified in the last decades, too. The highest summit of the southern flanks is Irrbühel (1423 m). The most important summits of the northern side-ridge are Arabichl (1595 m), Alpl (1499 m) and Kampstein (1467 m). Hochwechsel (1743 m), earlier called Hoher Umschuss The most important peaks of the main western-eastern ridge are The water of Raab and Leitha confluences at city Györ, in Hungary, in a distance of 130 air kilometers from Wechsel. The source of two rivers are on the southern slopes of Wechsel both Feistritz (115 km long) and Pinka (94 km long) are on the cathment area of Raab.
All water from the northern slopes of the mountain get into the river Leitha, while all water from the southern side get into the river Raab. This ridge is also the watershed between the catchment areas of the rivers Leitha and Raab. This main ridge forms the border between the province of Styria and Lower-Austria. KampsteinThe main ridge of Wechsel is 16 km long, in western-eastern direction. Winter hiking is not so safe on many other mountains in Austria. As there are no sharp forms on this mountain but many pleasant walkways, it offers good opportunity for hiking in winter, too. And there is another factor making this mountain popular: the easy access from the 1298 m high saddle called Feistritzsattel. It also means that for tourist arriving from east - from Hungary - this is the first mountain giving some feeling of the Alps. What makes Wechsel special is that it is the easternmost mountain of the Alps that is higher than 1500 m. The Vienna – Mönichkirchen distance is only 98 km. Still it is a popular tourist destination, due to its proximity to Vienna. There are no special natural formations on it: no sharp rocks, no waterfalls or other attractions. It’s not too high – highest point is 1743 m. Very likely it would be not the first destination of a mountaineer who travels to Austria. Prominence: 445 m OverviewWechsel can be considered as a small mountain range or a larger mountain.
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