Graz Center West - Buchkogel (Rudolfswarte) (via St. Martin)

Access to the starting point:
Exit the motorway Maribor - Graz (A9) at the Graz exit, then take the 1st exit at the roundabout in the route St. Peter / Puntigam / Center West.
At the next traffic lights turn left and immediately afterwards left again. Drive to the last building of the shopping centre and park.

Path description:
Continue along the road, to the left of the parking lot, past the rear of the Center West shopping centre.
After about 50 m, leave the road and turn left onto the footpath, which continues to the left along the tennis courts to the underpass.
Go through the underpass, then right to the traffic lights. In the background you can see the Buchkogel hill. Cross the road. Continue straight ahead along the street in the direction of the hill.
Go straight ahead at all junctions. In between, go over a protected level crossing.
Cross a traffic-lighted crossroads. On the other side, turn first left and then immediately right.
At the end of the street, turn into the woods on a steep, marked forest path. In 10 minutes you will reach the parking lot.
From the parking lot you can see the church, which can be reached either by stairs or by road.
Turn right at the church and continue straight ahead on the road up the steep slope.
Before the gate, mountain signs direct you to the left into the forest. At the next crossroads, keep right and follow the marked mountain path.
When you reach the wider forest logging trail, continue straight ahead in the direction of "Rudolfswarte". At the next two forks, keep left, leaving the marked mountain path (as it is quite overgrown in summer).
Then cross the road twice more. Follow the east ridge to the top of the hill.

On the way: Sv. Martin (Gradec) / St. Martin (Graz) (411m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Sv. Janez in Pavel / St. Johann und Paul ( 30 min), Fürstenstand (Plabutsch) (2 h 30 min)

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