Salzstiegelhaus - Speikkogel (Packalpe)

Access to starting point:
We leave the Highway A2 Klagenfurt - Graz at the Packsattel exit, then follow the signs for Graz and Pack. At the settlement Stampf, we leave the old road towards Graz and continue driving in the direction of the settlement Hirschegg, from there follow the signs for the ski slope Salzstiegel and the mountain hut Salzstiegelhaus. In the last part, we follow the macadam road to the parking lot at the mountain hut Salzstiegelhaus, which is situated by the mountain pass Hirscheggersattel.
b) We leave the Highway A2 Graz - Klagenfurt at the Modriach exit, then follow the signs for the lake Packer Stausee and the settlement Hirschegg. From the settlement Hirschegg, we follow the signs for the ski slope Salzstiegel and the mountain hut Salzstiegelhaus. In the last part, we follow the macadam road to the parking lot at the mountain hut Salzstiegelhaus, which is situated by the mountain pass Hirscheggersattel.

Path description:
Signposts at the mountain hut Salzstiegelhaus direct us left towards the southwest in the direction of the saddle Peterer Sattel and the peaks Speikkogel, Ameringkogel, and Großerberg, where we initially walk on a macadam road, then quickly turn right onto a cart track. The cart track we follow moderately ascends, and at the crossing of the grazing fence, we turn left towards Ameringkogel. Next follows some easy walking, then we moderately ascend on a grassy slope where a ski slope runs in winter. When the forest along the path ends, we quickly ascend to the indistinct peak Rosseben, where the reservoir lake Salzstiegel Almsee is nearby.
We bypass the lake on the left side, then in a gentle ascent, we reach a marked junction.
At the junction, a path branches off to the left towards the saddle Peterer Sattel, but we continue straight, bypassing the nearby wind power plant on the left side. The path ahead starts ascending more steeply on an increasingly panoramic grassy slope. Higher up, we cross a grazing fence, and the path flattens; a little further, we reach an indistinct ridge where the path splits. Sharply to the left, an unmarked path branches off, leading to the nearby secondary peak of Speikkogel, where a cross and a summit register box are located, while the marked path continues straight towards the unmarked main summit of Speikkogel, which we reach in a few minutes of further walking.
Starting point - Rosseben 0:30, Rosseben - Speikkogel 0:45.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in July 2023.

On the way: Rosseben (1710m)