tour plan
| Starting point: | Kreuzeckbahn/Kolbnitz mountain station (1,211 m) |
| Summit: | Kleiner Salzkofel (2,222 m) |
| End point: | Kreuzeckbahn/Kolbnitz mountain station (1,211 m) |
| Hiking time: | 6 to 6,5 hours |
| Difficulty: | sport hike |
| Description: | From the mountain station of the Kreuzeck cable car we alternately take the forest road and the hiking trail to the Mernik alm and the Mösernhütte. Here we turn left and after approx. 20 minutes we reach the junction Kleiner Salzkofel, where we turn right onto the newly created path. This leads over the distinctive ridge first through a light forest and then over open terrain to the Koppen. From here it goes westwards over the ridge in a few minutes to the summit of the Kleine Salzkofel. The descent leads back to the Koppen, along the continuing ridge to the Roßeben and down to the Mühldorfer Alm to the Klinghütte and further over the Mernikalm to the starting point Kreuzeckbahn. |
| Special features: | The Kreuzeck group is a mountain group of the Hohe Tauern in the central eastern Alps. The highest peak is Polinik (2.784 m). In contrast to the less distant, but much better known mountain groups such as the Glockner and Venediger groups, hikers here still experience a largely original mountain world far away from heavily frequented paths and huts. |
| Refreshments: | Klinghütte (1,504 m), Foidhütte (1,474 m) |