Hiking route Krakauer Mountain Lakes Circuit - Touren-Impression #1 | © Tourismusverband Region Murau Hiking route Krakauer Mountain Lakes Circuit - Touren-Impression #1 | © Tourismusverband Region Murau

Krakauer Mountain Lakes Circuit

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Challenging hike, passing crytal clear mountain lakes of the Krakau. The destination is the idyllically located Etrachsee.
Basically, this requires a certain level of fitness and endurance, as well as a head for heights. In addition, the route is a constant up and down and thus quite long. Even in summer, snowfields ma still be present. Walk only in constantly nice weather. There are no shelters along the entire trail and you are basically moving on the "weather side" of the main alpine ridge.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness
Experience
Scenery

Best season

January
February
March
April
May
June
October
November
December

The tour in numbers

challenging
Level of difficulty
16,8 km
Route
7:00 h
Time
979 hm
Uphill
907 hm
Downhill
2277 m
Highest point
1303 m
Lowest point

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More information

Coming from Judenburg via Unzmarkt to Scheifling. Turn right here and drive to Murau. In Murau turn right in the direction of Ranten. From Ranten turn right again and drive via Krakaudorf to Klausnerberg-Säge.

Coming from Tamsweg drive over the Prebersee to Krakau to the Klausnerberg sawmill.

Starting point: Klausnerberg-Säge (1.313m).

From the parking lot, follow the forest road, hiking trail 792 through the Ranten valley. Shortly before the Rantensee, turn right at at rock with a memorial and signpost in the direction of the Predigtstuhl (2.543m) would be possible. The trail leads uphill, with a magnificent view of the Rantensee and the Rantental valley until you come to another lake. There, at a fork in the road, turn right following the 702 to the Hinterkarscharte (2.274m).

Now follows the most interesting pat of the hike along the ridge and mountainside with some small mountain lakes over grass and scree fields, always with a magnificent view of the Predigtstuhl and into the Kleinsölktal. Down to the right, the path passes small lakes, a longer piece up and down to the Hubenbauertörl (2.051m). Continuing first east, then south, it goes down the slope. Passing a brick monument over pastures, crossing and small streams, after a while you reach the forest and soon the Schöttelhütte. Follow the trail 789 out of the valley to the fork Hubenbauerntörl-Hinterkarscharte or Rrudol-Schober-Hütte. Follow the slightly descending road down to the Etrachsee.

There are several places to stop along the way
  • Etrachsee trout statin
  • Ebendhandlhütte
  • Rudolf-Schober-Hütte
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Public parking lots are available at the Klausnerberg sawmill.
The ideal time for this hike offer the months of July to September.

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What the weather will be like

Krakau (1171m)

Morning
weather.icon.75
-2°C
55%
5 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
3°C
25%
5 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
1°C
25%
5 km/h
Morning snow showers, then fairly sunny during the day.
Morning
cloudy
-1°C
0%
0 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
7°C
5%
10 km/h
Night
sunny
5°C
10%
10 km/h
Morning clouds will clear gradually. Then frequent sunny periods.
26.04.2024
slightly cloudy
-3°C 9°C
27.04.2024
sunny
-1°C 12°C
28.04.2024
sunny
2°C 17°C
Naturpark-Bank | © Alpengasthof Moser - ArisMedia

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