Preiner Gscheid - Waxriegelhaus (Rax)

Access to starting point:
From the border crossing Šentilj we continue driving on the highway towards Gradec / Graz and forward towards Linz and Salzburg. We soon leave Highway A9 and continue driving slightly to the right towards Vienna/Wien, proceeding on Highway S35. From this highway, we then merge onto Highway S6, still following the signs for Vienna. We leave the highway at the Mürzzuschlag-West exit, then follow the road to the city center, from where we follow signs for the settlement Neuberg an der Mürz. Before we reach the mentioned settlement, we turn right in the settlement Kapellen toward the mountain pass Preiner Gscheid. When we arrive at the mentioned mountain pass, we park in a larger paid parking lot. The parking fee in July 2024 was 4 euros for 24 hours.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we head north, following the signs for mountain huts Waxriegelhaus, Neue Hüttee, and Karl Ludwighaus. The path initially follows a macadam road, then continues on a footpath mostly through the forest, occasionally crossing the macadam road.
Higher up, the path splits, and we continue straight (to the right, the road passes the spring Helenenquelle). A little further, we cross the road again, then turn right and begin ascending through an increasingly sparse forest, soon reaching the grassy slopes of the mountain pasture Gflöz Alm, where the path splits again behind a large rock.
In the direction straight across the macadam road, the path continues towards the cottage Ludwighaus, but we turn right towards the cottage Waxriegelhaus and continue walking on the macadam road, which crosses a stream. After the stream, we turn left onto a footpath, along which we diagonally ascend to the cottage Waxriegelhaus.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in July 2024.