Starting point: Rettenegg (862 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 47.52667°N 15.78107°E 
Time of walking: 3 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 920 m
Altitude difference (by path): 920 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
Highway A2 Graz - Vienna / Wien we leave at the exit for Gleisdorf West, and then we follow the signs for Hartberg and Weiz, and later only Weiz. At the beginning of the town Weiz, we exit the roundabout towards the exit for the settlement Birkfeld and then follow the road all the way to the mentioned settlement, from where we follow the signs for Ratten and Rettenegg. At the beginning of the settlement Rettenegg, we turn left into the center of the settlement, where we then park in one of the marked parking spaces in the center of the settlement.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the sidewalk by the road which leads through the main part of the settlement. Before the road sign marking the end of the settlement Rettenegg, we turn left following the signs for Alois-Günther-Haus am Stuhleckgipfel. The path ahead leads us on the road Stickl Bergweg, along the same route as the marked path, which also coincides with the Planetary Path "Nebesa na Zemlji" / Der Planetenweg "Himmel auf Erden". Along the way, we notice planetary points of this path, equipped with information boards. Next follows an ascent above the settlement, where a beautiful view of Rettenegg opens up when looking back. Then, we ascend through a strip of forest. When the forest ends, we reach the settlement Sticklberg, where we continue straight from the crossroad, passing by nearby buildings of a homestead.
Behind the homestead, the road turns into a macadam path. Further on, at several crossroads, we follow the blazes or signs for "Planetenweg". When we re-enter the forest, we turn left from the road onto a cart track and immediately right onto a footpath that ascends along the edge of the forest. Just a few minutes later, we cross a macadam road. The path then continues partly on cart tracks and, in shorter sections, on the macadam road. The path, which has a few more crossings further on and along which there are individual information boards of the Planetary Path, higher up turns into a steeper mountain path that gradually leads us out of the forest onto grassy slopes, across which we first ascend diagonally to the right, then continue along the grazing fence on the slope fairly straight upward, and the path flattens at the marked crossing on the Schwarzriegel saddle, where we go right (left Pretul).
We continue toward the peak Stuhleck, initially ascending gently, then moderately, and with increasingly beautiful views, passing the upper station of the cableway on Stuhleck, we reach the highest peak of the Mountains east of the Mur, where the mountain hut Alois-Günther-Haus is also located.
Rettenegg - Schwarzriegel 2:15, Schwarzriegel - Stuhleck 0:45.
The description refers to the condition in May 2025, with pictures from May 2023 and May 2025.
On the way: Sticklberg (1014m), Schwarzriegel (1593m)
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