Tonnerhütte - Herterhöhe (Zirbenweg)

Access to starting point:
A) Over the border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria and follow the signs for Celovec / Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. In Celovec at McDonalds we go right on the south bypass road / Südring, and at the next larger crossroad we go once again right in the direction towards Velikovec / Völkermarkt and Mostič / Brückl. The road towards Velikovec we soon leave because a little after the store Obi we turn right in the direction of highway and Mostič. Further, we go past the store Ikea, where we follow the signs for Mostič and we go past the turn-offs to the highway. When we get to Mostič we follow the signs for Svinec / Eberstein in Hüttenberg and then Mühlen, which is located already in Steiermark. Mühlen we reach by leaving the main road to the right, and through the settlement, we follow the signs for Jakobsberg and mountain hut Tonnerhütte, and higher only the signs for mountain hut Tonnerhütte, where we park on a payable parking lot (4 eur personal car, June 2020).
B) Over the border crossing Jezerski Vrh, Holmec or Vič we drive to Austria, and then we follow the signs for Velikovec / Völkermarkt, and from there we follow the signs for Mostič / Brückl. When we get to Mostič we follow the signs for Svinec / Eberstein in Hüttenberg and then Mühlen, which is located already in Steiermark. Mühlen we reach by leaving the main road to the right, and through the settlement, we follow the signs for Jakobsberg and mountain hut Tonnerhütte, and higher only the signs for mountain hut Tonnerhütte, where we park on a payable parking lot (4 eur personal car, June 2020).

Path description:
From the parking lot, we walk above the mountain hut, where the path splits, and we choose the left path Zirbenweg (right - normal path). The path quickly passes on the pasture through which we follow the signs for Zirbitzkogel and Zirbenweg. And by the path which on one part even descends a little, we notice several information boards. Higher, we reach a macadam road which we follow to the left, and at the crossings we follow a wider road. The road a little further turns right, and then with increasingly beautiful views in few minutes brings us to the viewpoint Herterhöhe, where joins also the normal path on which we can descend.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in June 2020.

On the way: Herterhöhe (1800m)

Trip can be extended to: Fuchskogel (Seetal Alps) (1 h 30 min) , Scharfes Eck (Seetal Alps) , Zirbitzkogel Hütte (Seetal Alps) , Zirbitzkogel (Seetal Alps)