Laufnitzdorf - Kreuzkogel

Access to starting point:
Highway Maribor-Graz-Salzburg (A9) after few shorter tunnels outside Graz we leave and we continue right on the highway in the direction of Wien-Bruck/Muhr-Peggau.
We leave the highway at exit Laufnitzdorf and we turn right. On the road, we drive 1km. On the left side, we notice a parking lot, where we leave the car.

Path description:
From the parking lot on the other side of the road, we see the first blaze and signpost for Schiffall.
We cross the road and we follow the blazes through the settlement Laufnitzdorf.
When the road ends, we continue on a forest path steeply upwards.
We get to a larger meadow and by the edge of the forest we slowly gain at an altitude.
We cross the fence and the road and we continue on the path through the forest.
We again come on a meadow, where a steep path through a meadow brings us on a narrower asphalt road.
We go right and after 150 meters before the farm, we leave the road and bypass the building on the left side.
We continue on the forest road.
We come again to a meadow (admiring the beautiful view into the valley), along which we proceed a little further to the crossing Schiffall/Kreuzkogel.
At the crossing, we continue straight towards Kreuzkogel (the path to the left leads to Schiffall).
We follow the road upwards. Along the way, we pass the abandoned farm Obergoisser, and a little higher, we pass a vantage point.
We soon leave the road and continue on a steep forest path. We cross a clearing and reach a crossing where the path from Schiffall joins from the left.
We continue right towards the summit of Kreuzkogel. When we bypass a larger rock, we notice a cross on the rocky summit.
We overcome the final section with the aid of steel cables and reach the top. At the top, there is a cross and a bench for resting.