Mountain Farmers' Round Gasen

• The trail is marked "Bergbauernrunde", trail no. 17.
• From the starting point at the Stoanihaus in Gasen, head to the department stores' (SPAR market) and then immediately uphill to the right.
• Along panorama trail no. 14 to the asphalt road to the "Willingsbauer", now a few metres on the asphalt road, then already off to the right again and through high forest up to the "Großauer" farmstead.
• Continue on a forest path up to the "Höllhofer-Eck".The "Bergbauernrunde" now runs along a forest road, then an alpine path up to the "Willingsbauer-Alm".
• The trail now leads to the left and you hike comfortably, alternating through high forest and past lush alpine pastures, over to the "Stroßeggwirt" inn.
• Continue in the direction of Mitterbachkogel (trail no. 730/706, Mariazellerweg). The trail flattens out again out of the forest and down to the Pöllabauersattel.
• After the Pöllabauerkreuz cross, follow the wide forest road over to the "Haberlstall" and further up to the "Gotschlhoferkreuz".
• The trail now runs along a partly wooded ridge down to the large trail junction at the "Kerschbaumgatterl".
• Here we leave the "Mariazellerweg" and walk along trail no. 730/745 slightly uphill towards the Sommeralm.
• Walk across the alpine pastures up to the "wind wheel" on the Sommeralm.
• Here a sign points out to the left to the "Stoakoglhütte" (trail no. 745).
• Through an opening in the protective fence (marked red-white-red) you reach the "Weizbachquelle" spring and continue downhill to the "Stoakoglhütte".
• Now continue on the "Bergbauernrunde" in a north-westerly direction (trail no. 8, "Gasen") and you will reach the "Nestlsatterl".
• Now go straight on (watch out for the fork in the road!). A somewhat steeper descent begins through the former Plankogel mining area.
• Via the Weberhoferalm you descend in the high forest to the "Petschenhofer-Höhe" where you meet the "Stoakogler Heimatweg".
• The "Bergbauernrunde" now runs along the "Stoakogler Heimatweg" and continues downhill to the left to the "Eisenkogelhütte" (closed!), which you reach after a few minutes.
• The trail continues downhill in a northerly direction on a forest path and meets the "Mühlenpanoramaweg" at the signboard with the raven birds.
• We follow the sign "Dorf Gasen" and soon reach the centre of Gasen again.

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Hiking map "Grazer Bergland - Schöckl - Teichalm - Stubenbergsee", freytag & berndt, 1:50 000, available in bookshops.