From the Tonnerhütte over the Zirbitzkogel to St. Martin am Silberberg

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 18,3 km

Time 8:00 h

Uphill 864 hm

Downhill 1351 hm

Highest point 2396 m

A wonderful hike with fantastic landscape backdrops and one or two places to linger.

Far away from the busy road, you can really enjoy the surrounding silence and nature. The hike offers fabulous panoramic views and also many alpine pasture residents grazing. However, you need to have some fitness and endurance.

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By car from GermanyFrom Munich via the A8 towards Salzburg. From Salzburg on the A10 Tauernautobahn to St. Michael im Lungau. On the B 96 to Tamsweg, then on the B 95 to Predlitz. The B 97 leads via Stadl/Mur to Murau. There at the roundabout towards St. Lambrecht to Murauer train station and further towards St. Lambrecht. Via Laßnitz near Murau you reach St. Lambrecht, which is already in the nature park. Continue towards Mariahof, then to Neumarkt, after Neumarkt and St. Marein turn left towards Mühlen. Follow the main road, then turn left to Mühlen. Turn right through the town center and follow the road to the Tonnerhütte.

Arrival from Eastern Austria/HungaryAt the motorway junction in St. Michael near Leoben, take the S 36 towards Klagenfurt. Past Knittelfeld and Judenburg to Scheifling. In Scheifling continue towards Klagenfurt to Neumarkt, via Unzmarkt and Perchau am Sattel you reach Neumarkt. Drive through Neumarkt and St. Marein, then turn left towards Mühlen. Follow the main road, then turn left to Mühlen to the town center. Turn right through the town center and follow the road to the Tonnerhütte.

Arrival from southern Austria/ItalyVia Klagenfurt on the S 37 past St. Veit/Glan, Treibach and Friesach. In Friesach continue towards Vienna, via Dürnstein and Wildbad towards Neumarkt. After the gorge and just before St. Marein, turn right towards Mühlen. Follow the main road, then turn left to Mühlen. Turn right through the town center and follow the road to the Tonnerhütte.

We start at the Tonnerhütte car park and follow the gently ascending forest path to the first hairpin bend, after which we turn right onto the footpath. We walk uphill along the meadow and reach Hohe Hald. We keep to the right (towards the northeast/east) and then turn left (towards the north) at Lavantseehöhe (2,250 m) to reach the summit of the Zirbitzkogel along the ridge. Just before the summit is the Zirbitzkogel hut, which invites us to stop for a bite to eat. Coming from the summit, we pass the hut on the right and follow trail marker 320, which takes us back to the Lavantsee plateau on the connecting path. Once there, we continue straight ahead in a southerly direction to the Fuchskogel and on along the path, which slopes gently southwards, to the Stoana hut (approx. 1,750 m). The trail leads across the “Streitwiesen” to the Judenburger Kreuz and on to the St. Martiner Hut. We follow the forest road in a southwesterly direction to the junction of the footpath to St. Martin am Silberberg. We walk along the moderately sloping Carinthian border trail through high forest to the Gnos hunting lodge. We hike along the gently sloping access road for just under a kilometer until it meets a gravel road in the valley. We follow the municipal road to St. Martin am Silberberg.

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Public parking spaces are available directly at the Tonnerhütte (note: chargeable!).

The ideal time for this tour is from May to October. Information brochures are available at the various information offices.