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.
Characteristics
The tour in numbers
medium
Level of difficulty
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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.
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).
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Public parking spaces are available directly at the Etrachsee.
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Etrachsee | © Tourismusverband Murau | Tom Lamm
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Am Weg zum Etrachsee | © Tourismusverband Murau | Tom Lamm
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Krakau | © Tourismusverband Murau | Tom Lamm
What the weather will be like
Krakau (1171m)
Light snowfall at daybreak, then fairly sunny during the day.
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
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