Teichalm (Harrerhütte) - Sommeralm

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 in the direction of Vienna/Wien on the highway 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. A little further, we arrive at the cottage Harrerhütte, where we park in a parking lot near the cottage.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the macadam road, which gently ascends alongside the stream Mixnitzbach, making several interesting turns on a fairly flat section (similar to below Triglav on Malo polje). A little further, at a small crossroad, we continue straight, and upon entering the forest, we veer slightly left. When we leave the forest again, a marked path from the inn Holzmeister joins from the left, but we continue right, staying briefly alongside the stream before moving away from it and ascending moderately to the crossing at the cross Schwoabauerkreuz.
We continue left in the direction of Sommeralm (straight to the source of Raba / Raabursprung in Passail, sharply right to Osser) and start ascending more steeply on a grazing slope. Higher up, the path flattens, and an increasingly panoramic path leads us along the ridge Siebenkogel, where it takes us over or slightly below several peaks. For some time, we continue with beautiful views of the surrounding mountains, then the path enters the forest, where we bypass the highest peak in the previously mentioned ridge on the left side. The path ahead leads us past another cross and a self-service bar, then we pass through a strip of forest, after which we walk across a pasture to a crossroads near the hill on which three crosses stand.
Behind the hill, we go left in the direction of Sommeralm (right to Passail) and continue along a cart track that returns to the forest. When we leave the forest, we are already at the chapel on Sommeralm, and we can continue a little further to the center of the settlement.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in November 2023.

On the way: Schwoabauerkreuz (1245m)