Circular hike, Birkfeld

• We start at the main square, walk past the church and along the footpath across the cemetery grounds down to the valley floor.
• We cross the pedestrian bridge and turn right into Edlsee-Straße.
• At the large crossroads, we turn left towards “Hartberg/Pöllau”. We cross the Feistritz bridge and then immediately turn right again.
• After a few meters, we turn left onto a side road and continue uphill.
• At the end of the asphalt road, at a crossroads, we keep to the right, uphill and along the path we come to a wooden and stone construction.
• We follow the narrow path no. 3 uphill, keeping to the right at a wooden fence.
• We continue along the forest path to a resting place by the stream.
• We continue uphill along the edge of the forest, reach a farm and walk directly under the stable bridge.
• Along the asphalt road, past the “Am Sonnenhang” signpost, we walk to a crossroads and keep to the right.
• After approx. 900 meters we reach the next crossroads with a large wooden pilgrimage board. We turn left and walk uphill to Sonnleiten.
• Opposite the village sign “Sonnleiten” we turn left into the road and walk about 400 meters.
• We pass the house with the number 53 and a little way across the meadow and then see the start of a forest path.
• Now we follow the markings up through the forest to the Hahn horse farm.
• After the house, continue left along the asphalt road. After a few minutes we find a yellow signpost on the right (“Weg-Nr. 5”). This is where the detour to the summit begins.
• We walk along trail no. 5 until we reach a crossroads, where we keep right. We walk along trail no. 15 via the Nandl Loch to the Zeiseleck summit cross in the forest (1,078 m).
• For the way back, we take the same path to the forest road and continue downhill to the right.
• We follow the markings through the forest and come to a beautiful meadow with a view of the Wildwiesenwarte.
• We continue downhill along the gravel road and turn left at the crossroads.
• We walk along the asphalt road until we reach the houses in Hinterleiten.
• After the “Hinterleiten” signpost, we continue slightly uphill, then turn right downhill.
• We pass between the house and the stable and walk downhill until the asphalt road ends after a few houses.
• We stay on the gravel road, which leads steadily downhill and meets the gorge path directly. From now on, we can easily follow the signs through the gorge.
• After the “Außeregg” signpost, we leave the road and continue along the gorge path. It goes uphill and downhill to the gorge path exit.
• We now follow the road to Birkfeld and come back to the Feistritz bridge after Gschaid and follow the path we already know back to the center of Birkfeld.

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