Pension Camping Holzmeister - Osser

Access to starting point:
From the border crossing Šentilj, we continue driving on the highway towards Graz and further towards Linz and Salzburg. We soon leave Highway A9 and continue driving slightly to the right in the direction of Vienna/Wien on the expressway S35. We exit the highway at the Frohnleiten exit, then follow the signs for Weiz and Rechberg. After the settlement Tulwitz, we turn left towards Teichalm. The road ascends through a few more settlements, then flattens as we reach the Teichalm plateau. We drive to the inn Almgashof Angerwirt, where we turn right towards the settlement Sommeralm. At the inn Holzmeister, the described path begins. The parking lot by the inn is intended for guests.
We leave Highway A2 Graz-Vienna/Wien at the Gleisdorf West exit, then follow the signs for Hartberg and Weiz, and later only for Weiz. Through Weiz, we follow the signs for Passail. For the gorge Weizklamm, we turn right from the main road towards Sommeralm and surrounding settlements (straight for Passail). In the continuation, we gradually begin to ascend more noticeably, and we follow the signs for Sommeralm. After the settlement Sommeralm, we begin descending and drive to the inn Holzmeister, where the described path begins. The parking lot by the inn is intended for guests.

Route description:
By the main road we notice signs for Osser and Sommeralm - the path along the Siebenkogel ridge, which directs us to the inn, which we bypass on the right side. From the inn follows a short descent to the stream Mixnitzbach, which we cross and then continue alongside the stream for some time.
Here, from the right, the path from the hut Harrerhütte joins quite unobtrusively, while we gradually leave the stream and moderately ascend a grassy slope to the crossroads by the cross Schwoabauerkreuz.
We turn sharply right (left Sommeralm, straight to the source of Raba / Raabursprung and Passail) and begin ascending a grassy slope. A little further, we cross a grazing fence, and the path becomes slightly steeper. The path ahead leads us past a wooden cottage, which we bypass on the left side, and we begin ascending diagonally to the left, where the path follows a cart track. Higher up, signs direct us to the right onto a marked pathless terrain, where we steeply ascend to the edge of the forest, and after crossing a grazing fence, a footpath reappears. The path ahead becomes quite steep and mostly leads through the forest. After the second crossing of a rough road, the path gradually flattens, and the forest starts to thin out. This is followed by a short, easy ascent, and we arrive at a panoramic summit where a cross stands.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in November 2023.

Along the route: Schwoabauerkreuz (1245m)

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