Hiking: “Grosser Pfaff” from “Feistritzsattel”

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Short but promising hiking tour up to the Großer Pfaff via the Harterkogel starting from Feistritzsattel.

Short but promising tour up to Großer Pfaff via Harterkogel starting from Feistritzsattel

The tour starts at the parking Feistritzsattel (GPS: 47.567648, 15.864767) and follows the Alpannonia® trail towards Stuhleck (westwards). It first ascends up to the Harterkogel plateau which provides a promising surround view towards Stuhleck and the entire Rax / Schneeberg group. It then leads through impressive mountain pasture towards the steep ascent of Großer Pfaff. If done from the east, the ascent requires basic climbing skills (UIAA I-), the west ascent is a steep but normal hiking path (here used for descending). The tour uses the same way back to the parking.
 

The Alpannonia® long distance trail combines in up to 7 stages a tour from the eastern alps in Austria towards the “pannonian lowlands” in Hungary. The entire trail is 125 km long and 3.800 meters in ascent. It is normally done in 7 days, starting in Fischbach (AT) and ending in Köszeg (HU).
For more information visit www.alpannonia.at.

 

This tour is part of the Alpannonia® long distance trail. It covers the last part of stage 1b (“Pretul” – “Feistritzsattel”).

 
Tour Description

00:00 Start at the parking Feistritzsattel (GPS: 47.567648, 15.864767) and first follows the street westwards for a couple of meters.
00:05 At the first crossing, turn left and follow the forest street upwards (marked with the red Alpannonia® logo).
00:10 At the crossing, keep left and follow the Alpannonia® trail towards Stuhleck (please note that here the Alpannonia splits between the longer 1a alternative and 1 (towards Semmering)).
00:15 At the crossing, turn slightly left (not sharp left) and follow the Alpannonia trail.
00:20 Keep right and follow the trail upwards.
00:30 Keep right and follow the smaller tail upwards.
00:40 At the plateau (mountain pasture), follow the trail straight ahead (but go to the northern ridge to enjoy the impressive distance views!).
00:50 Enjoy the “impressive” summit cross of Harterkogel. From here you are able to see the Großer Paff. Follow the trail westwards (descending).
01:00 Pass by the small pond and follow the trail through the forest.
01:10 At the saddle, keep straight ahead (leave the official trail) and follow the small trail (bad marked) up to Großer Pfaff (UIAA I-).
01:20 Well deserved break at Großer Pfaff. Best enjoyed with self-brought refreshments !
01:40 Follow the trail westwards for the easier descent.
01:45 Turn right and follow the marked trail back to Harterkogel and Feistritzsattel (follow the red Alpannonia® markings)
03:00 Back at the parking, end of the tour.

 
At a glance

Level  easy 
–  UIAA Level (Climbing) [Hausstein]  I- / 0+ 
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General Tour Data

Area: Fischbacher Alpen, Lower Austria/Styria, Austria
Distance: 8km
Ascent: 411m (1h 30min)
Descent: 407m (1h 25min)
Highest Pt: 1555m
Lowest Pt: 1283m
Duration: 2h 40min (without breaks)
3h 00min (with breaks)
Stop/Rest: none / bring your own food!
Equipment: Hiking shoes
Shoe chains (“Grödeln”) in winter
Backpack with standard hiking equipment
Snacks and water
1x Gipfelbier  
Sun & Weather protection
Camera
  Download GPX
O   Tour at outdooractive.com
 

Tour Diary

2021-05-24 07:30

Weather: Partly cloudy
Participants: Stefan, Robert
Activity: Strava* (only way back recorded)
Suunto
 
 

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