We start our hike at the Kastenriegel (in Oberwegscheid turn off into the Ramertal and follow the forest road to Kastenriegel), where we can also park our car. At the Kastenriegel you have a wonderful view into the valley of the Hintere Höll. Now we follow the signpost "Zeller Staritzen" - trail 19" along an ascending forest path until we reach a forest road after a short while. There we now continue to the left and finally reach a forest path again, which leads us to the alpine pasture landscape on the Hintere Staritze, which is inhabited by numerous cows in summer. Here we can now take a rest at the Sennhütte.
Freshly strengthened, we now make our way to the summit cross on the Zinken (1,619 m). The view from the summit cross is indescribably beautiful - Hochschwab massif, Dürrenstein, Ötscher, Veitsch and much more...
The way back leads us across the plateau to the east, keeping left over the Ochsenbühel down to the Weiderost. Shortly before the Kuhalm we now branch off to the right onto a forest trail, called "Stiege", and finally return to the trail through the Elendgraben to our starting point at the Kastenriegel. This time, just before the end, we no longer took the forest path, but went out on the forest road to the Kastenriegel.
To all who like to hike a little longer, we can recommend the Zeller Staritzen round tour!
A great photo report of the Zeller Staritzen round tour by Fred Lindmoser can be found >>here!