Kohlebnerstand - Kutatsch-Hütte

Access to starting point:
From the border crossing Šentilj we continue driving on the highway towards Gradec / Graz and forward towards Linz and Salzburg. We soon leave Highway A9 and continue driving slightly to the right towards Vienna/Wien, proceeding on Highway S35. From this highway, we then merge onto Highway S6, still following the signs for Vienna. We leave the highway at the Mürzzuschlag-West exit, then follow the road to the city center, from where we follow signs for the settlement Neuberg an der Mürz. Before we reach the mentioned settlement, we turn right following the green signposts for Schneealpe, bypassing the guesthouse Teichwirt Urani on the right, followed by an approximately 8 km ascent, on a macadam road in the final part, to four marked parking lots in the area named Kohlebnerstand.

Path description:
Above parking lot number 4, we continue on a gravel road closed to public traffic with a gate.
The path ahead ascends in a few hairpin turns, followed by a diagonal ascent, from where increasingly beautiful views open up on the massif of the Schneealpe mountain group and, across the valley, on the Rax mountain group with its highest peak, Heukuppe. The path later turns left and, after a further diagonal ascent, brings us to a ridge, which we reach at a small saddle.
Here, a short path branches off to the left toward a nearby viewpoint, but we continue right on the road, which ascends near the transmitters, which we bypass on the right side. Follows a few more minutes of walking on the road, and then on the left we notice the cottage Kutatsch-Hütte, which we reach after a minute of further walking.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in November 2024.