Knödelhütte - Seinerkreuz

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 right in the direction of the mountain hut Saureishütte and the peak Seinerkreuz (left, the mountain hut Görlitzerhütte, straight, the saddle Peterer Sattel) and from the ridge, we pass onto grassy slopes, which we cross towards the right. The path, which continues without significant ascents or descents, after some time brings us to a grazing fence, which we cross and on the other side continue in the direction of the mountain hut Saureishütte (here, another path joins from the left, which branches off from the path towards the saddle Peterer Sattel a little 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 streams and reach the mountain hut Saureishütte.
Before the mountain hut, we go left in the direction of the peak Seinerkreuz and the mountain pass Salzstiegel and start ascending steeply. After a few minutes, the path temporarily flattens and crosses a grazing fence, then becomes steep again, and we ascend on a more grassy slope. Next follows a few minutes of ascent through a small valley, and then we reach a crossing on an indistinct ridge.
Here we go slightly right (slightly left, the saddle Peterer Sattel and Salzstiegel, right, Hirschegg) and in a minute of additional walking, we reach the cross on the top of Seinerkreuz.
Knödelhütte - Bernsteinhütte 0:45, Bernsteinhütte - south peak Hirschegger Alm 0:50, south peak Hirschegger Alm - Saureishütte 0:45, Saureishütte - Seinerkreuz 0:20.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in July 2023.

On the way: Bernsteinhütte (1559m), Hirschegger Alm (južni vrh) (1767m), Saureishütte (1620m)