Weinebene Straße - Renneiskogel

Access to starting point:
A) Through one of the border crossings with Austria (Korensko sedlo, Karawanks Tunnel, Ljubelj mountain pass, Jezerski vrh mountain pass, Pavličev vrh mountain pass), we drive into Austria, and then we continue driving on the highway towards Graz. On the mentioned highway we drive to the settlement Volšperk / Wolfsberg, where we leave the highway, and when we get to the old or regional road we continue driving in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud, we notice signs for the Weinebene mountain pass, which direct us right onto an ascending asphalt road. On the mentioned road, we drive approximately 13.5 km, or until a right turn, where a forest road branches off to the left, and near the yellow hiking signposts, there is a parking lot for a few cars.
B) Through the border crossings Holmec or Vič we drive into Austria, and then we continue driving towards the settlement Volšperk / Wolfsberg. From Volšperk we continue on the regional road in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud we notice signs for the Weinebene mountain pass, which direct us right onto an ascending asphalt road. On the mentioned road, we drive approximately 13.5 km, or until a right turn, where a forest road branches off to the left, and near the yellow hiking signposts, there is a parking lot for a few cars.
C) First, we drive to Maribor, and then we continue driving on the highway towards the border crossing Šentilj and further on the Austrian highway towards Graz. We leave the mentioned highway at the exit for the settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz. When we drive off the highway into the roundabout, we continue in the direction of the settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz and further we drive south of the village Gralla, which is today already some kind of peripheral part of Lipnica. Further, the road leads us past the industrial or commercial zone, and at the roundabout by the Hofer store we continue "straight" on the second exit in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. Further, we drive on the main road for some time, then after the village Graschach we turn right in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. In the roundabout right next to the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, we continue "straight" in the direction of the Weinebene mountain pass. From here, the road begins to ascend more steeply, and we follow it to the mentioned pass, which we reach after approximately 20 km of driving from the start of the settlement Lonč. From the pass, we continue driving forward and begin to descend, descending approximately 4.5 km, when from the left turn we turn right onto a smaller parking lot, where we also notice the Bärofen hiking signposts.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto a side road where we parked, marked with signs for Wildbachsattel, Bärofen, and Weinebene, and begin moderately ascending along it. A little further, the road flattens, then moderately ascends again, leading us near the hunting cottage Jagdhaus Straßerhalt, where there is a junction. Here we turn right (left Jagdhaus Straßerhalt, 1 minute) and after a few dozen steps reach a marked junction, where we join the path from the Weinebene pass.
Here we turn left (right Weinebene) and continue on the marked path, which, a little further at a cross, is joined by the path from the starting point at the inn Gasthof Pfeifferstocker or the inn Weberwirt. We follow the signs for Wildbachsattel and Barofen, continuing along the macadam road, which mostly runs through the forest, with a shorter section crossing a scenic slope, offering a beautiful view of the highest peaks in the Lavanttal Alps and the nearby partly forested Barofen. A little further, at a smaller junction, we go slightly right and start ascending. From here we continue on the road for a short time, then turn right into the forest onto a marked footpath in the direction of Wolfstein. After about two minutes of walking through the forest, we arrive at Wolfstein.
A little further on, we leave the forest and walk to the marked junction on the Wildbachsattel saddle, where we turn left towards Hebalm.
The path continues alongside the pasture fence and a little higher enters the forest, where it briefly climbs more steeply before quickly flattening out again. A little further on, we cross a pasture gate and leave the forest. We continue across a larger grassy area; on the far side of this grassy section we leave the marked path and keep to the direction along the fence. Higher up, at a suitable spot, we cross to the other side of the wire fence and walk to the nearby indistinct summit.
Starting point - Jagdhaus Straßerhalt 0:15, Jagdhaus Straßerhalt - Wolfstein 0:35, Wolfstein - Renneiskogel 0:35.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in November and December 2023 and February 2025.

On the way: Jagdhaus Straßerhalt (1522m), Wolfstein am Wildbachsattel (1611m), Wildbachsattel (1605m)