Hinterstoder - Großer Priel

Access to the starting point:
After the Šentilj border crossing, continue on the motorway past Graz and follow the signs for Salzburg and then Linz. The road also passes through two toll tunnels (€8 and €4. 5 - August 2013). Once you come out of the second tunnel (just after Liezen), continue past Spital am Pyhrn and then leave the motorway at the exit for Hinterstoder. Continue driving through Hinterstoder and then, about 2 km after the end of the village, turn right slightly downhill onto a narrow road leading to a parking area. At the crossroads there are also yellow mountain signs with signs for the Prielschutzhaus hut. Park in the large pay parking lot (1 day: 3€, 2 days: 5€ - August 2013).
From the Gorenjska side: Drive through the Karavanke tunnel into Austria, then continue along the Thuringian motorway. We follow the motorway to Salzburg (also Solnograd) only as far as the exit for Radstadt, Schladming. We continue on the road past Schladming and Liezen. At Liezen, take the motorway to Linz. Leave the motorway at the exit for Hinterstoder. Continue as described above.

Path description:
From the parking lot, head east on the gravel road. The road quickly leads through the forest to a crossroads at the Klinser farm. We follow the main road slightly to the right after the "Prielschutzhaus" signs, and a slightly sharper right leads to Hinterstoder and the Schiederweiher lake.
From the crossroads, the trail follows the pastureland and then crosses the bridge over the river Steyr. After the bridge, the road turns left and follows the river for some time. The road then passes the Polsterstüberl guesthouse and leads to a crossroads where the road passes Lake Schiederweiher on the right.
At the crossroads, continue left along the still sloping road and follow the signs for hut Prielschutzhaus. The road continues through the woods and at the crossroads follow the signs for Prielschutzhaus. Later the road leads to a crossroads where signs direct us to the right on a footpath, and the road leads on towards a cargo cableway.
The path here passes through tall bushes and then soon starts to climb. At first, we climb up the eastern slopes and occasionally we get a view towards the starting point and the nearby lower peaks. This path then leads to the Klinserfall waterfall, which is located along the path. At the waterfall, the path turns slightly to the right onto slightly steeper slopes. The path here is not particularly difficult, but we are helped in a few places by a ropeway. The path then soon turns left and leads us under the rock oven (Grosser Ofen) and leads us to a less vegetated slope from which we have a nice view towards the Spitzmauer summit.
A little higher up, the path turns to the right and leads into the woods on the slopes below the funicular. The trail then continues near the cable car until it reaches the Prielschutzhaus hut, which also offers a fine view of the Großer Priel peak.
At the hut, continue north-west and climb up the grassy slope above the hut. A path then branches off to the right towards the climbing kindergarten (Klettergarten), and we continue slightly to the left after the "Großer Priel" signs.
A slightly flatter path then crosses slopes covered with dwarf pines and leads to a crossroads. To the left is route 201 towards the Spitzmauer summit and the Pühringerhütte hut, and we continue to the right towards the Großer Priel summit. There is a short climb which leads to another crossroads.
This time the Bert Rinesch Klettersteig climbing route to Großer Priel branches off to the right, and we continue left on the normal route. Our route continues climbing westwards for some time. The route here follows a mostly grassy slope along the increasingly rare dwarf pines. Higher up, the path turns right and the grassy slopes become rocky. The path then leads us past a small water spring and opens up a beautiful view towards the Großer Priel summit. When you reach the bottom of the slopes of Großer Priel and Brotfall, the path turns left and then passes over a snowfield. After crossing the snowfield, the trail becomes a little more difficult and climbs up to the Brotfallscharte by means of a cable car. There is also some rubble on the trail in this part, so some caution is needed.
When you reach the notch, continue right along the rocky slope. Here the path is no longer difficult and soon leads us to a crossroads where we join the path from the left via the Fleishbanksattel saddle.
At the crossroads we continue slightly to the right and continue to climb the rocky slope. This path then leads us to a ridge from which the view opens up again towards the summit of Großer Priel. The route is not difficult and follows a scenic ridge, which soon leads to the summit.

On the way: Prielschutzhaus (1420m), Brotfallscharte (2340m)

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