{"id":375,"date":"2023-06-26T08:27:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T07:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikeride.bigmight.com\/blog\/?p=375"},"modified":"2023-07-07T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T10:08:00","slug":"strass-im-zillertal-to-bishopshofen-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeride.bigmight.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/26\/strass-im-zillertal-to-bishopshofen-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"Strass im Zillertal to Bishopshofen (Austria)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leaving the Honey shop we headed towards the Hochk\u00f6<\/em>nig mountain, knowing we had over 85 miles to cover wit 2114 metres to climb we started early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gradients of climbs for the day,….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Leaving the Strass im Zillertal from the beautiful AirBnB hosted by Gerhard in Reith im Alpbachtal<\/a> early we covered the distance on the flat valley floor as quick as possible but soon started the climb towards the ski resorts S\u00f6ll<\/a>, Elmau<\/a>, St. Johan im Tirol<\/a> in cold rain, the climbs were numberous but not long, with many drops, we had lunch at Hochfilzen having climbed 1001 metres and covered 45 miles and dried out after the rain stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The afternoons ride through stunning hills remained much the same until 3:30pm when we started the 760m climb to the top of the Hochk\u00f6<\/em>nig, appropriately named the “Hochk\u00f6<\/em>nig Strasse Hell”. I (Karl) struggled with the climb, where the gradients varied from 10% to 18%, Simon was a great psychological help, and by 4:15pm I reached the top. After another big drop we had the final climb of 244 metres, which again nearly killed me, with Simon looking like he’d been for a short walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The descent into Bishopshofen was trivial, a matter or easing of the brakes for 35 minutes, Simon hitting a top speed of 46.8mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Strava stats are here https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9320060815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stats: 85 miles, 2008 metres climbing, 6 hours 50 mins moving time, 184W weighted average power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beautiful view from AirBnB in Reith near Strass im Zimmertal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flat Inns valley leaving Strass im Zimmertal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flat valley floor leaving Strass in Zimmertal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Hochkonig mountains in the distance from Inns valley floow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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No idea why I took this photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the numerous Alpine streams topping up the Inns and Salz rivers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Quite amazing how the Austrians have signs to tell you it’s stopped raining?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Soll – First of the Ski Resorts of the day…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Starting the climb to Hochkonig in stunning mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Austrian warning sign – Do not cycle over adults with children <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Climb towards ski resorts at Hochkonig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Start of the last 1000m climb…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Austria is beautiful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Ski Resorts on the Hochk\u00f6nig – normally accessed via a lift (much easier)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beautiful Austria…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Although a challenging climb, the views will never be forgotton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leaving the Honey shop we headed towards the Hochk\u00f6nig mountain, knowing we had over 85 miles to cover wit 2114 metres to climb we started early. Leaving the Strass im Zillertal from the beautiful AirBnB hosted by Gerhard in Reith im Alpbachtal early we covered the distance on the flat valley floor as quick as … <\/p>\n

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