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From Lackenhof to the Ötscher

Hike from Lackenhof to the "Ötscher" father mountain
Hike from Lackenhof over the Riffelsattel to the Ötscherschutzhaus and then to the summit with a wonderful view of the Styrian-Lower Austrian mountains.

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Best season

January
February
March
April
November
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
13,3 km
Route
6:25 h
Time
1097 hm
Uphill
1097 hm
Downhill
1893 m
Highest point

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More information

Detailed information on how to get there can be found here.
Lackenhof - Ötscherschutzhaus (without using the lift):

The starting point is in the center of Lackenhof. The first signpost (hiking trail no.4, Österr. WWW 06, Ötscherland RWW 277/677) can be found opposite the former Lackenhof elementary school. Follow the "Ötscherweg" past the youth hostel and then on the forest road straight ahead, mostly through the forest.

Crossing the ski slopes you reach the Riffelboden (approx. 1050m above sea level) after about 45 minutes. You can also get here from the Weitental (from the Ötscher lift valley station) via the marked path (No. 5a) to the Riffelboden (this ascent, however, is steeper, approx. 20 min. ). Here you leave the forest road straight ahead. After a short walk, the trail leads to the new Ötscher family descent and finds its continuation on the left side of the descent, up the slope into the shady forest.

After many serpentines and a steep ascent, you reach a side arm of the descent. Continue on this and later turn right along the forest path to the Riffelsattel (1283 m above sea level, approx. 40 min., important crossroads, right to the "Steinernen Mandl", to the Kleiner Ötscher or to the Feldwiesalm, straight ahead to the Ötschergräben and to the southern width of the Ötscher).

The path leads left along the slope to the Ötscherschutzhaus and to the top station of the Ötscher lift (1436m above sea level, approx. 20 min.). The ÖTK house is open all year round (except November and April) and offers catering, camp quarters and rooms.

Ötscherschutzhaus - summit:

From the mountain station, take a comfortable walking path in a few switchbacks across the grass-covered "Wiesmahd" up to the Hüttenkogel. In clear weather it is recommended to look through the panoramic telescope (approx. 15 min., 1520m above sea level), because already here you have a magnificent view of the mountain panorama to the south and west as well as of the hill ranges north of the Ötscher. The marked path turns already before the panoramic telescope to the left towards the east, steeper uphill over the stony rocky ridge with increasingly magnificent views. At a rocky constriction of the ridge, the "Weißes Mäuerl", you can see the summit cross for the first time. Across the grass-covered flattening, especially charming along the ridge with a magnificent deep view into the southern cirque, you continue to the steeper ascent of the Kreuzkogel with the small summit plateau (1893m above sea level, approx. 1 1/4 hours).

For the descent, it is preferable to use the less stony but somewhat damp "Hangweg", which branches off to the right after the "Weißen Mäuerl", over grassy slopes and through mountain pine alleys to the meadow meadow.

Source: Mostviertel Tourism

If you want to take it easier, you can take the lift from Lackenhof to the Ötscherschutzhaus and hike from there to the summit.
Timetables and travel information can be found directly at:    www.oebb.at     www.busbahnbim.at
Parking lot at the former elementary school Lackenhof
Tourism Association Hochsteiermark - Office Mariazeller Land

Main square 13, 8630 Mariazell

T: +43 (0) 3882 2366

tourismus@hochsteiermark.at

www.hochsteiermark.at

The SommerAktiv hiking map is available free of charge at the office of the Tourist Association Hochsteiermark - Mariazeller Land!

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