

Kreiskogel - Winterleiten
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Coming from Tamsweg via Ranten (or Stadl an der Mur) drive to Murau. Turn right here and drive via Laßnitz, St. Lambrecht and Mariahof to Neumarkt. Turn left here and drive over mills to the Tonnerhütte.
Follow the ridge to the north towards the radar station on the Scharfer Eck, 2,364m. From the junction of the Schreiber-Steig on the west side of the Scharfer Ecke, 2,364m, you go down slightly over the Ochsenbodenhöhe, 2,292m to the Podmenik Cross. Now you go slightly uphill in a northerly direction until the path near the summit turns into a blocky ridge to the summit of the Kreiskogel, 2,306m. From the Kreiskogel follow the marking 315A to the NE, until you reach a wide saddle in front of the Speikkogel (1,927m). From the saddle, the path turns to the right (S) and leads over a short steep section to the "Leitner Hütte", which is located on a small hill in front of the Großer Winterleitensee. From the Leitner Hut you go slightly downwards to the NE past the ÖDK Hut to the Winterleiten Hut, 1,782m (refreshments available). From the Winterleitenhütte on the south side of the Kleiner Winterleitensee, follow marker 32, the slightly ascending path to the Großer Winterleitensee.
Follow the markings 308/315, the slightly ascending path to the S to the Ochsenboden. The path now leads us out of the cirque onto the ridge via the Schreiber-Steig. From here you can enjoy a wonderful view of the Zirbitzkogel opposite and the Linder Valley with the Linder Lake. The path leads over the mountain slope that slopes steeply to the SE from Scharfen Eck and climbs slightly to the Lindertalsattel, 2,300m between Scharfem Eck and the Zirbitzkogel. From the Lindertalsattel you go SE slightly uphill to the Zirbitzkogel shelter (refreshments available).
Follow the short climb to the SW to the summit of the Zirbitzkogel, 2,396m. At the fork in the forest path, about 100 m after the left-hand bend, turn left (NW) and follow the gently sloping forest path. Before the entrance to a weekend house, go slightly uphill to the right until you reach an electric fence. After passing the fence, we follow the path at the same height through sparse high forest until it meets an old forest path in a small valley, which leads slightly uphill towards Hohe Hald (NE) to a forest path. Follow the slightly ascending forest path to the N (left) to the end of the holiday home area. Before the last holiday homes, the NW route branches off to the SE (right) and leads past the mountain station of the ski lift to the path leading up from the Tonner Hut to the Zirbitzkogel.
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