Bruderkogel, the often stormy brother at the origin of the Pölstal valley

The car is parked in the parking lot, which is already visible from the B114 main road. Driving is prohibited from here. Now follow the forest road, which initially leads slightly downhill. Sometimes it is better to carry your skis here. Passing a few houses on the left-hand side, take the left-hand road at the fork, which leads over the bridge. It is advisable to put your skis on now if the forest road is not open. After about 600 m on the forest road, follow the summer path, which points SW (left). After crossing the small stream, follow it further along the left bank in the direction of the ascent until you reach a forest road again at about 1440m. Follow this in the direction of Lackneralm (hut). Leave the hut on the right and follow the forest path that begins south of the hut and after about 150 m, with a distinctive right-hand bend, leads fairly flat in a westerly direction south of the Lackneralm stream. At around 1600 m, you climb a few meters in altitude over a clearing, not very steeply in a southerly direction and soon afterwards ascend again in a westerly direction and thus to the wide cirque (also known as Lackneralm). In this area, the gullies and hollows that you have to cross up to the cirque are very difficult to negotiate.Be aware of the risk of avalanches. Once you reach the Lackneralm cirque, head into the cirque on flat terrain up to around 1900 m and then find a good ascent track on the slopes to the left (heading SW). There are many small ridges and hollows here, which you should make good use of on the ascent. Due to the frequent strong winds, there are often drift snow deposits on these slopes of the Bruderkogel. Ascent and descent routes should be chosen carefully. Once you reach the western ridge of the Bruderkogel, the route leads eastwards to the summit of the 2299 m high Bruderkogel. Descent as ascent.