Rein - Mühlbacher Kogel (via Hochstein)
Starting point: Rein (452 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 47,13706°N 15,28756°E |
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Name of path: via Hochstein
Time of walking: 2 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Altitude difference: 598 m
Altitude difference po putu: 695 m
Map: Graz und Umgebung, https://www.bergfex.at
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter):
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Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Maribor - Graz - Salzburg (A9) take the exit Gratkorn - Nord (2nd exit after the Plabutschtunnel). Turn right towards Rein.
Go through three roundabouts. Take the 1st exit at the first, the 2nd exit at the second and the 1st exit towards Rein at the third.
There are two more forks, where you turn right at the 1st fork and left at the 2nd fork.
After 2. 5 km you arrive in Rein, where you park in a large parking lot for visitors to the monastery.
Path description:
From the parking lot, follow the path (by the hedge) towards the monastery.
At the crossroads, turn right over the Mühlbach stream bridge and immediately after the first house, continue left along the narrower road.
A few metres after the path changes from asphalt to gravel, turn right onto the hunting trail (signposted "Jägersteig").
After about 100m (by a fence) turn sharp right up a steep hill.
At the top of the slope, continue left along the ridge. First steeply up, then gently up/down until the path joins the road.
Follow the road uphill, after about 800 m the sign directs you back to the forest path.
Higher up, the path rejoins the road, but this time only cross it. Then there is a crossroads where you choose the left path (otherwise the right path also leads you higher up again on the common path).
Follow the trail signs. After the steeper part of the path you will reach a macadam road, where you keep right.
After 100m walk along the road, continue up the steep unmarked track to the left.
Soon a beautiful view of the surrounding hills opens up.
Follow the well-worn track to the top.
From the top, follow the track down the ridge.
In between, climb a few metres on the ridge, then rejoin the road.
Follow the road for about 1. 5 km, where you can admire the view of the valley in good weather.
A sign on the rock directs you to a wider forest path, which you follow to the Mühlbacher Hütte hut.
At the fountain behind the hut, follow the path slightly uphill to the left. After 50 m at a crossroads, continue steeply uphill to the right. You will come to a saddle where you turn left.
A grassy path leads into the forest. After a few 10 metres you reach the top.
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