Hebalm (Gasthaus Zur Rehbockhütte) - Reinischkogel-Kapelle

Access to starting point:
a) Highway MP Šentilj - Graz we leave at exit Lebring, and then we follow the signs for Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. When we arrive in Lonč, we follow the signs for Hebalm, and then we start visibly ascending towards the Hebalm ski slope. When we reach the Kluglifte Hebalm ski lift, on the right by the inn Gasthaus Zur Rehbockhütte, we park on a larger macadam parking lot, or we can also park on the parking lot on the other side of the road.
b) From the highway Klagenfurt am Wörthersee - Graz, we take the exit Packsattel, and then we follow the signs for Klagenfurt, Deutschlandsberg, and Preitenegg. Next follows some descent, and then we turn left from the main road towards Lonč and Hebalm. Further on, we start ascending again and higher up we reach the Hebalm ski slope, but we continue driving a little further, so we already start descending towards Lonč. When we arrive at the inn Gasthaus Zur Rehbockhütte, we turn right or left and park on a large parking lot opposite the inn or by the inn.

Path description:
From the parking lot by the inn Gasthaus Zur Rehbockhütte, we head onto the road towards the cottage Freiländerhütte, initially walking northeast. From the road, we soon turn slightly left onto a parallel mountain path, and after a small self-service bar, we return to the road, along which we gently ascend. Further on, from two smaller crossroads, we continue straight, and when we notice the cottage Freiländerhütte on the right, we turn right onto a side road, reaching the mentioned cottage after 100 meters of additional walking.
At the cottage, signs for Großofen and Modriach direct us left, and we return to a slightly wider road, which leads us into the area of new wind turbine construction (data from December 2024), where we keep to the right directions. A little further, the path splits again, and during the construction of wind turbines, marked bypasses were provided.
We continue straight (left for Großofen and Modriach) and proceed slightly to the right of the construction area, later gradually descending diagonally with views of the nearby Schwarzkogel, where some wind turbines already stand. When the road on the slopes of the peak Münzerkogel turns sharply to the right, we continue straight onto a cart track, marked with signs for Schrogentor and Reinischkogel.
Next follows a diagonal descent along the cart track, and lower down, a view temporarily opens up to Rosenkogel (1362 meters), with the view extending to Pohorje in good weather.
A little further, a path from the settlement St. Oswald in Freiland joins from the right, and we continue straight along the path, which gradually flattens. Next follows a short, easy descent through the forest, and upon leaving the forest, we arrive at a pasture by the saddle Schrogentor, where we notice a newer cottage slightly to the right.
We bypass the cottage by the pasture on the lower right side and continue walking along the macadam road, which we leave a few minutes later at a marked crossing, continuing left following the signs for Reinischkogel (straight for Reinischwirt, Bad Gams, and Stainz). Next follows a relatively short ascent and we reach the spot where a short path branches off to the right to Albrecht Kapelle chapel (1 minute detour from our path), while we continue straight ahead and quickly ascend to the next marked junction, from which we then turn right. Further on, we ascend gently to moderately, at first still through the forest, then across two larger grassy areas. Later we return to the forest, where we cross a forest road (if we follow the road to the left, we soon reach the vicinity of the highest point of Reinischkogel (the summit lies in the forest, is unmarked, and there is no marked path to it, but hunters have their hide up there)). We follow the gentle to moderately steep path in the direction of the blazes. A little further on, a beautiful view opens up towards Großer Speikkogel, the highest peak of the Golica / Koralpe mountain range. The path immediately returns into the forest, and after a short steeper section we already reach the cross on Reinischkogel; the chapel is just a few steps further ahead.
Starting point - Freiländerhütte 0:20, Freiländerhütte - Schrogentor 1:00, Schrogentor - Albrecht Kapelle 0:15, Albrecht Kapelle - Reinischkogel chapel 0:30.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in December 2024.

On the way: Freiländerhütte (1420m), Schrogentor (1255m), Albrecht Kapelle (pri Schrogentor) (1278m)