Lenzanger - Schutzhaus Neubau

Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving on the Tauern motorway. Further, we drive through the Katschberg Tunnel and later also the Tauern Tunnel / Tauerntunnel; we follow the motorway towards Salzburg (also Solnograd) only up to the exit for Bischofshofen, from where we continue driving on a four-lane road towards the already mentioned town. From Bischofshofen, we follow the signs for the town of Zell am See through the valley along the river Salzach. At the end of the town of Taxenbach, we turn towards the town of Rauris. Further, we drive through the Raurisertal valley through the towns of Rauris and Wörth. We then follow the ascending road all the way to the large parking lot at Lenzanger. In the last part, the road is subject to a toll (9€ - August 2013).

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue following the signs »Naturfreundehaus« on the road, which is further closed to traffic. The road, which immediately after the barrier becomes a gravel road, first leads us through the forest and brings us to a junction. To the right, slightly downhill, the road leads towards the alpine pasture Grießwiesalm, while we continue slightly left on the road towards the hut Naturfreundehaus.
The road then soon brings us out of the forest and leads us along the stream Scheidbach with beautiful views towards the summit Hoher Sonnblick. Here we soon come to a junction where, to the right over a bridge, footpath 123 branches off towards the notch Goldzechscharte and the summit Hocharn.
We continue on the road and soon we are at another junction. To the left, the road leads towards the hut Ammerhof, while we continue to the right and soon reach the hut Naturfreundehaus along the level road.
At the hut, we continue following the signs »Hoher Sonnblick, Schutzhaus Neubau«. The path takes us into the forest, through which we ascend towards the south for some time. Further on, the path leads past the Barbarafall waterfall, and from the path ever more beautiful views open up on the nearby peaks and the Raurisertal valley.
Out of the forest, we then reach grassy slopes where livestock grazes in the summer months. Here, the signposts direct us to the right, and a traverse towards the west follows. When we reach the vicinity of the stream, the path turns left uphill again and then ascends for quite some time on mostly grassy slopes.
A short distance before the hut, we reach a junction where the path to the hut Niedersachsenhaus branches off to the left. At the junction, we continue to the right, and only a short ascent remains to the hut Neubau, which we can already see ahead of us.

On the way: Naturfreundehaus Kolm Saigurn (1598m)

Trip can be extended to: Rojacher Hütte (1 h 30 min) , Goldzechkopf (4 h 10 min) , Hoher Sonnblick (3 h) , Hocharn (5 h 45 min)