Rupprechtseck
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West, north: From Bregenz/Innsbruck via the A 12, A 93 and A 8 to Salzburg. From Salzburg on the A 10 to St. Michael im Lungau. From here on the B 96 to Tamsweg and on towards Murau via Sauerfeld to Krakau.
South: From Klagenfurt on the B 83 to Scheifling. Then on the B 96 to Murau and further into the Krakau.
The way back is from the Rupprechteck moderately descending along a path to the south in the direction of Arfeld, 2,491m. The trail passes below the Arfeld summit, passes a pasture fence made of stones and crosses a mountain slope to the east to the Scharte, where the Brennerfeldeck/Rupprechteck and Etrachsee trails fork above the Schattnerhütte. From the Scharte, the trail leads to an idyllically situated small mountain lake, with views of the glaciated peaks of the Hochalmspitze and the Ankogel. Across steep alpine pastureland, past a wayside shrine, the trail leads to the tree line and on to the Schattnerhütte, 1,799m. Follow the forest road to the southeast, slightly descending to the stream. Continue on the forest road to the west in the direction of Etrachsee until you reach a right turn. Here the footpath leaves the forest road and leads slightly downhill through high forest terrain to the south-west until it crosses the forest road. The path continues over somewhat steeper high forest terrain over several serpentines to a forest road. Follow the forest road to the south (left) for about 300m until you reach a fork in the forest road. To the north-west (right) slightly descending, past an alpine pasture to the access road to the Etrachsee. Continue north (right) approx. 200m to the starting point "GH Etrachsee parking lot".
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