Circular trail on the sunny side

From the centre of Kleinlobming (1), 759 m, we head towards the church. The road passes below the church and leads gently uphill until, after a few metres, we have a beautiful view of the valley. Immediately after a bend to the right, we leave the paved road, turn left and walk across a short stretch of meadow and along well-marked hiking trails to the junction for the Hauser snack station (2), 880 metres. It is approx. 10 minutes downhill to the snack station. The Sonnseiten circular hiking trail continues straight ahead to the Ebnerhütte (3), 885 metres. Please note that you enter a pasture just before the Ebnerhütte, but this ends just after the building. If the fence is to be opened, make sure that everything is properly closed again. In spring and autumn, when there are no grazing cattle, the Ebnerhütte makes a wonderful resting place. The route now continues steadily uphill until we leave the road at a left-hand bend to follow the hiking trail to the right. Here we have reached the highest point of the hike. Along the edge of the forest and further downhill through the forest, a short stretch a little steeper, we reach a tarmac road or a crossroads. Now turn left and follow the tarmac road uphill, which leads through the farm vlg. Kahlbauer farm (4), 915 m, and then continues along a paved gravel road. Now we hike along at a leisurely pace until the signpost to the right can be seen after a right-hand bend. The forest track eventually leads into a hiking trail that leads to a wooden footbridge and a fountain. Then follow the forest road slightly downhill and you will soon see the signpost to Jausen-Platzl (5), 835 metres. A cosy place to enjoy the view of the valley. After the break, we follow the forest road downhill until we reach the tarmac road in the valley. Here we turn right and follow the road into the centre of Kleinlobming.

• Avoid contact with grazing animals, do not feed them, keep a safe distance!
• Keep calm, do not frighten grazing animals!
• Mother cows protect their calves. Avoid encounters between mother cows and dogs!
• Always keep dogs under control and on a short leash. If an attack by a grazing animal is foreseeable: Immediately unleash!
• Do not leave hiking trails on alpine pastures and meadows!
• If grazing animals block the way, avoid them as far as possible!
• When grazing animals approach: Stay calm, do not turn your back, avoid the animals!
• Leave the grazing area quickly at the first sign of restlessness of the animals!Fences must be respected!
• If there is a gate, use it, then close it well and cross the pasture quickly!
• Treat the people working here, nature and the animals with respect!

A few tips for correct and fair behavior in the forest: (Source: www.bundesforste.at - 6/2021)

• Hikers should avoid visits to the forest about 1.5 hours before sunrise and after sunset, as wildlife is especially active during this time.
• Plastic bottles, handkerchiefs, cigarette butts & Co have no place in the forest! Please make sure that you do not leave any trash in the forest.
• Camping and making fire - is strictly forbidden in the forest!
• In principle, each person is allowed to collect 2 kg of mushrooms and berries per day for personal use in the forest. It is only forbidden if the forest owner expressly forbids it.

Alpine emergency call:

Mountain rescue emergency number: 140

EU emergency number: 112

Weather service: www.zamg.ac.at 

Direct link mountain weather Styria: https://www.zamg.ac.at/cms/de/wetter/produkte-und-services/bergwetter/steiermark 

•  Backpack with rain cover
• Telescopic / hiking poles
• Mountain / hiking boots
• Gloves: waterproof and warming
• Headgear / sunglasses
• Outerwear: Onion layer system, T-shirt, sweater, jacket and winter jacket with hood
• Hiking pants
• Seat pad
• Drinking bottle / thermos flask (on cooler days a warming drink is pleasant)
• Snack
• First aid kit with blister plaster and tick tongs

Other important equipment

• Route descriptionDetailed
• plan of the hike
• Hiking map: For overview a map in scale 1 : 50 000 of the respective region
• GPS device
• cell phone

Choose and order in advance for this tour at the Gasthof Landhotel Hubmann on site

www.weg-es.at/wirwirtewandern  or www.gasthof-hubmann.at 

General information about public transport in the region: www.verbundlinie.at 

Murtal Taxi, Tel.: +43 660 1018101, 8740 Zeltweg, www.murtal-taxi.at 

Taxi Jäger, Tel.: +43 3512 44833, 8720 Knittelfeld

Taxi Steiner, Tel.: +43 3512 71718, 8720 Knittelfeld

Gasthof Landhotel Hubmann, Tel.: +43 3516 2238, 8734 Kleinlobming, Meranstraße 9, www.gasthof-hubmann.at 

Gasthof Lobmingerhof, Tel.: +43 3516 2364, 8734 Lobmingtal, Liftstraße 13, www.lobmingerhof.at 

Hirsch-Hauser snack station and farm shop, Tel.: +43 3516 2251, 8734 Kleinlobming, Hausergraben 13, www.hirsch-hauser.at 

Shopping facilities:

ADEG Hörbinger grocery shop, Tel.: +43 3516 2217, 8734 Lobmingtal, Dorfstraße 28

Further information:

Murtal region: www.murtal.at 

Municipality of Lobmingtal: www.lobmingtal.at