Hiking Route Brennerfeldeck - Touren-Impression #1 | © Tourismusverband Murau

Brennerfeldeck

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty challenging
Route 12,2 km
Time 8:30 h
Uphill 1252 hm
Downhill 1456 hm
Highest point 2501 m
This is a beautiful, but physically demanding mountain hiking trail that should definitely not be underestimated.
Magnificent views of the Niedere Tauern, the Dachstein, the Toten Gebirge in the north, the Zirbitzkogel and the Julian Alps with Triglav in the south, as well as, on a clear day, the easternmost glaciers of the Central Alps, the Hochalmspitze and the Ankogel.

Best season

January
February
March
April
November
December

More information

East: From Vienna on the A 2 and S 6 to Leoben and St. Michael i. d. E., continue on the S 36 to Judenburg and on the B 96 to Murau. From Murau via Ranten to Krakau.


West, North: From Bregenz/Innsbruck via the A 12, A 93 and A 8 to Salzburg. From Salzburg on the A 10 to St. Michael im Lungau. From here on the B 96 to Tamsweg and further towards Murau via Sauerfeld to Krakau.

South: From Klagenfurt on the B 83 to Scheifling. Then take the B 96 to Murau and on to Krakau.


Public parking spaces are available directly at the Etrachsee.
From the Karlhütte car park on path 796a to the Schattner Hut (1,799m). From the Schattner Hut to the right, the path leads to a small lake and continues to the saddle to the Brennerfeldeck to the south. Always along the ridge you go from the GI of the Brennerfeldeck (2507m) to the Feldeck (2480m) and the Trübeck (2367m) where, a few hundred meters after the last summit, you branch off towards Krautgarten-Kunstenbach. In Schöder you take path no. 796 in the direction of Dorfhütten (Krakaudorf).
  • Good shoes
  • Sun protection
  • Sufficient food
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The ideal time for this tour is from May to October. Information brochures are available at the various information offices.

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Gallery

cattle on the Brandriedl with view to the Dachstein (Ramsau am Dachstein)

What the weather will be like Krakau (1171m)

Today, 27.09.2026

Dry and sunny throughout the day with hardly any clouds.
Morning
very sunny
6°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 0%
sr.Windstärke 0 km/h
Noon
very sunny
18°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 0%
sr.Windstärke 10 km/h
Night
very sunny
12°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 0%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h

Tomorrow, 28.09.2026

Dry and sunny throughout the day with hardly any clouds.
Morning
very sunny
7°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 0%
sr.Windstärke 0 km/h
Noon
very sunny
19°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 0%
sr.Windstärke 10 km/h
Night
very sunny
12°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 0%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h

Forecast

29.09.2026
very sunny
7°C 19°C
30.09.2026
very sunny
6°C 19°C
01.10.2026
slightly cloudy
5°C 19°C
Naturpark-Bank | © Alpengasthof Moser - ArisMedia

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