From 2026, a long-distance hiking trail will connect three internationally recognised large protected areas in Austria in thirteen stages: the Kalkalpen National Park, the Gesäuse National Park and the Dürrenstein-Lassingtal wilderness area. The Lynx Trail will thus not only pass through three federal states, but also through the largest contiguous forest area in the country – the home of the lynx.

After the shy forest cat had been almost wiped out in Europe, it was able to regain a foothold – or rather a pawhold – here.
The Lynx Trail is a declaration of love. For natural forests, for biodiversity, for wilderness. The impressive beech forests of the protected areas were therefore declared Austria's first World Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. But the Lynx Trail is also a declaration of love for strong calves. Because over 12,000 metres of altitude difference and 250 kilometres have to be covered in a total of thirteen daily stages.