Sommeralm - Zechnerschlag (Rohregg)

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. Through Weiz, we follow the signs for Passail. For the gorge Weizklamm, we turn right from the main road towards Sommeralm and surrounding settlements (straight for Passail). The road gradually starts ascending significantly, and we follow the signs for Sommeralm. Higher, we pass the cottage Stoakoglhütte, and a little further we reach the parking lot by the road to Sommeralm, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we head onto a side road which branches off in the middle of the parking lot towards the north and leads to the nearby wind power plant (we can also reach the wind power plant from the periphery of the settlement Sommeralm, via a marked path that is about a minute longer).
Past the wind power plant, we continue on the path that heads northwest and crosses grassy slopes, offering beautiful views of the surrounding hills. We then cross several grazing fences, and the path leads us for some time through the pastures of the expansive mountain pasture Sommeralm. When the path turns to the northeast, we gradually descend moderately into a strip of forest, where the path turns back towards the northwest. Upon leaving the forest, we stop descending, and sharply to the right, a path branches off towards the cottage Stoakogelhütte.
The path ahead leads us through an indistinct saddle; on the other side of the saddle, as we begin to ascend, we continue right towards the pass or settlement Straßegg (straight ahead Teichalm).
Next follows some light to moderate ascent, and the path brings us to the next junction.
This time, we continue slightly to the right in the direction of Straßegg (slightly left Heulantsch and cottage Stoahandhütte) and begin moderately descending along a cart track. We follow this path, which occasionally offers beautiful views, to the cottages on the mountain pasture Haberlstall Alm, a few minutes away.
At the cottage, we leave the marked path which continues slightly to the left of the road and proceed a few more steps further to the left, bypassing all buildings on the left side. Next follows a shorter, steeper ascent on a grassy slope, where with increasingly beautiful views we reach a partly vegetated ridge, where the path flattens, but still mostly ascends gently to moderately. This path, which is less worn but traceable, we follow to the cross at the top of the mountain.
The starting point - Haberlstall Alm 0:45, Haberlstall Alm - Zechnerschlag 0:15.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in November 2023.

On the way: Haberlstall Alm (1348m)