Feistritzsattel - Harterkogel

Access to starting point:
We leave the highway A2 Graz - Vienna / Wien at the exit for Gleisdorf West, and then we follow the signs for Hartberg and Weiz, later only Weiz. At the beginning of Weiz, we go from the roundabout in the direction of the exit for the settlement Birkfeld and then we follow the road all the way to the mentioned settlement, from where we follow the signs for Rettenegg. We bypass the mentioned settlement on the right side, and then we ascend to the mountain pass Feistritzsattel, where we park.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we head on the path toward the mountain pass Pfaffensattel and initially walk along an asphalt road that begins descending toward the settlement Otterthal. We soon leave the asphalt road and continue slightly left in the direction of a marked path that starts ascending on a macadam road. The macadam road splits after a few minutes of ascent, and we continue slightly left (slightly right Alpkogel) and keep ascending. When we reach a clearing with a junction of multiple cart tracks, we choose the left marked cart track, along which the blazes continue. The cart track ends higher up, and we continue on a steeper mountain path that eventually leads us out of the forest. Upon leaving the forest, the path flattens, then with a moderate ascent, we reach the secondary peak of Harterkogel, where a cross is situated.
The marked path bypasses the cross slightly to the left, and we follow the path, which offers increasingly beautiful views, to the indistinct peak of Harterkogel, where we notice a smaller cross with the peak's inscription.
Description and pictures refer to conditions in September 2023.

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