Etrachsee - Unterer Wildenkarsee

Access to starting point:
From the highway Beljak/Villach - Salzburg, we head to the exit St. Michael and follow the road ahead to the town of Tamsweg, where we turn left towards the settlement Sauerfeld. We then follow this road to the village Seebach (also possible from the town Murau), where the signs for Krakaudorf direct us left. We then follow the signs towards the lake Etrachsee, before which we park at 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 still 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 again brings us 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 on the 5-minute shorter footpath, we continue left and then, after a few steps, right alongside the stream upwards. Nice path which leads us over pastures, higher through numerous little bridges crosses the mentioned stream. The path, which in the meantime has already 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 increasingly steeper path, which ascends through increasingly thinner, mostly coniferous forest, to the next junction, where we continue left (right Bauleiteck). After a few more minutes of easy walking, the path brings us to the lake Unterer Wildenkarsee.

On the way: Rudolf Schober Hütte (1667m)

Trip can be extended to: Oberer Wildenkarsee ( 25 min)