Grabneralm with Grabnerstein (1848 m)

The full splendour of many different flowers - you can only find on the Grabnerstein. From the Buchauer Sattel (861 m) you walk over the Grabneralm to the Grabnerstein, the easternmost peak of the Haller Walls. In May and June you can see countless flowers on this mountain, which can also be experienced by untrained eyes through the information boards. For example, the white alpine daffodils, some of which bloom all over the area, various types of orchids, but also numerous other alpine flowers make not only the heart of botanists beat faster. The Grabneralm, which belongs to the Grabnerhof Agricultural and Forestry College and offers farm products, invites you to enjoy a culinary refreshment before you walk on partly stony footpaths through the mountain pines up to the summit. Throughout the entire tour you will have beautiful views down into the valley, views into the Gesaeuse National Park and views as far as the Hohe Tauern.

From the  car park at the Buchauer Sattel (861m) you walk in a north-westerly direction across the meadow into the forest, from where you follow the markings (No. 636) and shorten the access forest road for the Grabneralm (1395m) again and again and reach it after 2 ½ hours. For the last two kilometres, however, you walk along the forest road. From the Grabneralmhaus the path is first flat, then a little steeper towards the northeast through mountain pines to the saddle at Zilmkogel (1588 m). From here the terrain becomes more alpine until you first come to cow troughs and then to a dilapidated barn. From here you have only a few meters to the summit (1848 m). The descent path is the same as the ascent path, unless you are a via ferrata enthusiast, in which case there is another variant: if you descend via the insured Jungfernsteig (difficulty A/B) to the Jungfernscharte (1718 m) and climb the following counter-ascent, you will reach the Admonterhaus (1724 m), an Alpine Club hut located at Grabnertörl. After refreshments there, you could walk to the summit of the Admonter Warte (1806 m), which is 10 minutes away, before you complete the small loop to the Grabneralm via the very well marked normal path and from there follow the ascent path to the Buchauer Sattel.