Bad Gleichenberg (Eichgraben Weg) - Gleichenberger Kogel (via Steinriegel)
Starting point: Bad Gleichenberg (Eichgraben Weg) (328 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.88265°N 15.92017°E 
Path name: via Steinriegel
Time of walking: 1 h 55 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 270 m
Altitude difference (by path): 300 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
We drive to Gornja Radgona, from where we drive into Austria. Through Radgona / Bad Radkersburg we follow the signs for the highway, and after the settlement Halbenrain we turn right in the direction of the town Vrbna / Feldbach. When we get to the settlement Bad Gleichenberg after the car wash Eurowash, we turn right on the road Badstraße, and then we drive also on Ringstraße, Bernreither Straße, Steinriegelstraße and here we turn left on Eichgraben Weg. On the mentioned path we drive for a few 100 m and then we park on a parking lot by the edge of the forest.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we return on the road to the last crossroad, from there we go left, where we first cross the nearby stream and then walk on a paved path which leads us parallel to the road. Higher, we get to a small saddle, where we go left on a side road, by which the path 786 continues. Further, we ascend on Steinriegelstraße, where we go past several houses. Higher, the road flattens, and then we lightly descend to a crossroad, where from the left the path via Eichgraben joins, and we continue straight and again start ascending.
At the nearby crossroad, we go once again left, and the settlement before the forest ends. We continue the ascent on a macadam road through the forest, and at two crossings we stick to the left directions. A little further, we approach an abandoned quarry, where we go straight, the road a little ahead turns right and brings us to a bench, which is situated above the quarry and from which a beautiful view opens up. Further, we ascend diagonally on the slopes of Bschaidkogel, where the path leads us past the hunting observatory. When we already get to the southern slopes of the mountain Bschaidkogel, the first path to Bschaidkogel branches off to the right, only a little further at a marked crossing, where from the left the path via Mühlsteinbruch joins, also the second path.
In both cases we continue on the road, after the second crossing we start descending.
Next follows a few minutes of diagonal descent on the slopes of the mountain Bschaidkogel, then we reach the saddle between the just mentioned peak and our destination. Here we go left in the direction of "Kogel Gipfel" (straight Gleichenberg Dorf) and start lightly ascending on a cart track. A little further, an old pilgrimage path and the path which bypasses Mühlsteinbruch join from the left. Also further we mostly ascend diagonally, higher the path splits. In the straight direction a steep shortcut continues, we continue left and then on the path start semicircularly turning to the right. We follow this path to the nearby peak, where by the ruins stands a cross with an inscription box.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in December 2022 and January 2023.
On the way: Steinriegel (427m)
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