Knödelhütte - Saureishütte

Access to starting point:
Highway A2 Klagenfurt - Graz we leave at the Packsattel exit. When near the mountain pass, we reach the old Klagenfurt - Graz road and turn left; shortly after at the pass, we turn left again toward the Knödelhütte cottage. Next follows driving on a slightly narrower asphalt road. A little higher, the road splits, and we continue on the right macadam road, beside which there is a gate. To continue driving, it is necessary to pay a fee of 2 euros (July 2023); then, on the macadam road, we reach the Knödelhütte cottage, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we first walk to the cottage, then cross a grazing fence onto the path toward the cottage Bernsteinhütte, saddle Peterer Sattel, and pass Salzstiegel. At first, we gently ascend through the pasture, then the path enters the forest, where it remains gentle. Further at a few smaller crossings, we follow the blazes, and when we reach a marked crossing, we go straight in the direction of the saddle Peterer Sattel (slightly right, the mountain hut Bernsteinhütte). Only a little further, we reach the next crossing, where we also continue straight (left, the mountain hut Unterauerlinger Hütte, and right, the mountain hut Bernsteinhütte).
Next follows the crossing of a grazing fence, and we bypass the mountain hut Bernsteinhütte on the left side. Next follows a moderate ascent by the edge of the grazing area, and the path a little higher splits once again.
To the left leads the path towards the mountain huts Görlitzerhütte and Schrotthütte, and we continue straight, where a few minutes higher, we leave the thin forest. Next follows a fairly steady moderate ascent on a panoramic grassy ridge, and when the path flattens, on the right side, only three minutes from the path, we notice a cross on the south summit Hirschegger Alm. The marked path bypasses the mentioned peak on the left side, and we quickly descend to the nearby saddle, where there is a marked crossing.
From the saddle, we continue slightly to the right in the direction of the cottage Sauerishütte and the peak Seinerkreuz (to the left cottage Görlitzerhütte, straight ahead Peterer Sattel) and from the ridge we pass onto grassy slopes, which we cross to the right. The path, which continues without significant ascents or descents, after some time leads us to a grazing fence, which we cross and on the other side continue in the direction of the cottage Sauerishütte (here, from the left, another path joins, which branches off from the path towards the saddle Peterer Sattel slightly higher). The path ahead leads us over a small saddle, after which we start descending diagonally through a thin forest. Lower down, we cross two more streams and arrive at the cottage Sauerishütte.
Knödelhütte - Bernsteinhütte 0:45, Bernsteinhütte - southern peak Hirschegger Alm 0:50, southern peak Hirschegger Alm - Sauerishütte 0:45.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in July 2023.

On the way: Bernsteinhütte (1559m), Hirschegger Alm (južni vrh) (1767m)