Rein - Mühlbacher Hütte (via Hochstein)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Maribor - Graz - Salzburg (A9) we go to the exit Gratkorn - Nord (2nd exit before the Plabutschtunnel). We turn right in the direction of Rein.
We drive through three roundabouts. At the first we choose the 1st exit, at the second the 2nd exit, and at the third the 1st exit towards the settlement Rein.
Two more junctions follow, where at the 1st we turn right, and at the 2nd left.
After 2.5 km we arrive at the settlement Rein, where we park on the large parking lot intended for visitors to the monastery.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we go on the path (along the hedge) in the direction of the monastery.
At the crossroad, we turn right over the bridge of the stream Mühlbach and immediately after the first house we continue left on a narrower road.
A few meters after that, when the path passes from the asphalted surface to macadam, we turn right on the hunting path (sign "Jägersteig").
After approximately 100 m (along the fence) we turn sharply right steeply uphill.
At the top of the slope, we continue left along the ridge. First steeply upwards, then slightly up/down, until the path joins the road.
Up the road, after approximately 800 m a sign directs us again to the forest path.
Higher up the path rejoins the road, which this time we just cross. Then follows a junction where we choose the left path (otherwise the right path also leads higher to the common path).
We follow the path signs. After the steeper section of the path we arrive at the macadam road, where we keep to the right.
After 100 m of walking along the road we continue on the steep unmarked trail left upwards.
Soon a nice view opens up on the surrounding hills.
We follow the well-beaten trail to the top.
From the top we follow the trail along the ridge downwards.
In between, on the ridge we once again ascend a few elevation meters, then we rejoin the road.
We follow the road for approximately 1.5 km, where in good weather we can admire the view into the valley.
A sign on the rock directs us onto a wider forest path, which we follow to the hut Mühlbacher Hütte.

Along the route: Hochstein (925m), Mühlbacher Kogel (1050m)

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