Graz Center West - Buchkogel (Rudolfswarte) (via St. Martin)

Access to starting point:
We leave the Maribor–Graz highway (A9) at the Graz exit, then at the roundabout we choose the 1st exit in the direction of St. Peter / Puntigam / Center West.
At the next traffic-light crossroads we turn left and immediately thereafter again left. We drive to the last building of the shopping center, where we park.

Path description:
We continue on the road, left from the parking lot, past the last building of the shopping center Center West.
After approximately 50 m we leave the road and turn left onto a footpath, which further leads left by the tennis courts to the underpass.
We go through the underpass, then right to the traffic light. In the background we see the hill Buchkogel. We cross the road. We continue straight on the street in the direction of the mentioned hill.
At all crossroads we go straight. In between we pass a secured railway crossing.
We cross the traffic-light crossroads. On the other side we go first left and then immediately right.
At the end of the street we turn into the forest on a steep, marked forest path. In 10 minutes we arrive at the parking lot.
From the parking lot we notice the church, to which we come either via stairs or via the road.
At the church we turn right and continue straight on the road steeply uphill.
Before the barrier the mountain signposts direct us left into the forest. At the next junctions we keep to the right and walk on the marked mountain path.
When we step onto a wider forest track, we continue straight in the direction of "Rudolfswarte". At the next two junctions we keep to the left, thereby leaving the marked mountain path (because in summer it is quite overgrown).
Then we cross the road two more times. Along the eastern ridge we arrive at the top of the hill.

On the way: Sv. Martin (Gradec) / St. Martin (Graz) (411m)

Trip can be extended to: St. Johann und Paul ( 30 min) , Fürstenstand (Plabutsch) (2 h 30 min)