Etrachsee - Bauleiteck

Access to starting point:
From the highway Beljak / Villach - Salzburg, take the exit St. Michael and follow the road ahead to the settlement Tamsweg, where we turn left in the direction of the settlement Sauerfeld. We follow this road to the village Seebach (also possible from the town Murau), where signs for Krakaudorf point us to the left. We then follow the signs towards the lake Etrachsee, before which we park on the parking lot. The road is closed in winter.

Path description:
From the parking lot at Etrachsee we continue on the road in the direction of the summit Bauleiteck and mountain hut Rudolf Schober Hütte. The path ahead leads us past the mentioned lake after which we come to some private cottages. We continue on the road, which after a few minutes of walking brings us to a marked path junction. We continue right upward on a cart track which starts to ascend more steeply. After a short ascent, the path brings us back to the road, which we follow to the next path junction. Here we have two options for continuing: to the hut we can ascend on the road (straight ahead) or on a pleasant footpath which turns left. If we have decided for the 5-minute shorter footpath we continue left and then after a few steps right by the stream upwards. Nice path which leads us over pastures, higher crossing the mentioned stream over numerous small bridges. The path, which has meanwhile entered the forest, ascends more steeply and brings us to the mountain hut in a few minutes.
From the mountain hut we continue in the direction of Bauleiteck on the path which slightly ascends and quickly brings us to the next path junction. Here we continue slightly left on the steeper path, which ascends through increasingly thinner, mostly coniferous forest, and follow it to the next junction, where we continue right (left Wildenkarsee lakes).
The path ahead finally leaves the forest and left below us we spot the lower Wildenkarsee lake. Here the steepness eases for a short time and the path turns right below the steep slopes. The path to Bauleiteck ascends straight up the mentioned slope. After 15 minutes the steepness eases and the path brings us to a panoramic grassy slope, where the path turns slightly left. After a few more minutes of walking the path reaches a panoramic and not too steep ridge along which we then ascend. The summit, which we can now clearly see on the left side, we reach after approximately 30 minutes of moderate traverse ascent along and beside the summit ridge of the mountain.

On the way: Rudolf Schober Hütte (1667m)