Tonnerhütte - Scharfes Eck (winter path)

Access to starting point:
A) Via the Ljubelj border crossing we drive to Austria and follow the signs for Celovec / Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. In Celovec at McDonald's we go right onto the south bypass / Südring, at the next larger intersection once again right in the direction of Velikovec / Völkermarkt and Mostič / Brückl. We soon leave the road towards Velikovec because shortly after the Obi store we turn right in the direction of the highway and Mostič. Further on we go past the Ikea store, where we follow the signs for Mostič and past the highway on-ramps. When we arrive in Mostič we follow the signs for Svinec / Eberstein and Hüttenberg and then to Mühlen, which is already located in Steiermark. We reach Mühlen by turning right from the main road, and through the settlement we follow the signs for Jakobsberg and mountain hut Tonnerhütte, higher up only the signs for mountain hut Tonnerhütte, where we park on a paid parking lot (4 EUR personal car, June 2020).
B) Via the border crossings Jezerski Vrh, Holmec or Vič we drive to Austria, then we follow the signs for Velikovec / Völkermarkt, from there the signs for Mostič / Brückl. When we arrive in Mostič we follow the signs for Svinec / Eberstein and Hüttenberg and then to Mühlen, which is already located in Steiermark. We reach Mühlen by turning right from the main road, and through the settlement we follow the signs for Jakobsberg and mountain hut Tonnerhütte, higher up only the signs for mountain hut Tonnerhütte, where we park on a paid parking lot (4 EUR personal car, June 2020).

Path description:
From the parking lot we walk above the hut, where the path splits, and we choose the right panoramic path / Panoramaweg (left Zirbenweg). Initially we walk on the road that ascends transversely towards the right, only a little after the left bend we leave it and continue right in the direction of Zirbitzkogel. The path ahead leads us along the edge of the ski slope route, when the ski slope ends the path levels out temporarily. We follow the marked path, which through a strip of forest brings us to extensive pastures, where we quickly reach the Herterhöhe viewpoint, where panoramic panels are located.
We continue straight towards Zirbitzkogel, where with ever better views we reach the next marked junction, where to the left branches the path towards the peaks Kreiskogel (2306 m) and Wenzelalpe (2151 m) and hut Winterleitenhütte (1782 m), and we continue straight ahead. A fairly even ascent follows, which offers nice views, before crossing the first stream we leave the usual marked path and continue slightly left on initially easier pathless terrain, where we follow the winter markers (wooden poles). A transverse ascent towards the left follows, where in a few minutes we reach the Hirschnlackn pond.
The pond, where a traceable little path appears, we bypass on the right side, only a little further we go past another smaller pond. A steeper ascent follows, where we follow the little path, accompanied by occasional winter markers. Higher the path starts to fade, and we follow the winter markers, which lead us steeply upwards on the slope. When the slope flattens we quickly reach a marked path, which we follow to the left (right Zirbitzkogel Hütte and Zirbitzkogel).
A little further we arrive at the next junction, where a marked path branches off right downwards towards the hut Winterleiten Hütte, and we continue straight and along the panoramic ridge in a few minutes of ascent reach Scharfes Eck, where there is a meteorological radar.
Starting point - Herterhöhe 0:40, Herterhöhe - Scharfes Eck 2:05.

On the way: Herterhöhe (1800m), Hirschnlackn (2010m)