From Leckermoos over the Schwarzalm to Hochkar

This hike leads through alpine terrain. Make sure to check the weather before setting off and save the alpine emergency number 140.

Sturdy footwear, a water bottle, a snack, as well as sun and rain protection are essential equipment for every alpine hike.

Leckermoos - Wiesenalmhütte - Schwarzalmhütte - Brunneckerhütte - Hochkar

The hike starts at the Hochmoor Leckermoos parking lot on a forest road. From here, we follow a trail with many small hairpin bends uphill through a sparse high forest to a gate. Then over a small mountain saddle through a sparse forest uphill until the path turns left. We walk over a wide meadow ridge and then follow the moderately steep mountain ridge downhill. Then the path goes uphill again through a spruce forest to the Freyndllucke and from there right to the Betmauer. Continue here to a tree-covered hilltop and from there about 300 meters southeast to the Wiesenalmhütte. From there we walk across a meadow until a path begins on a hilltop, following it uphill through the karst landscape of the "Kessel" to a fork where we choose the meadow ridge downhill towards Schwarzalmhütte.

From the Schwarzalmhütte, we follow a path that goes fairly straight downhill to a clearing that we cross to reach a forest road, which we follow to then go through a forest hollow onto a meadow and further through a short forest section to reach the Brunneckerhütte. From the hut, we head towards a rocky summit with large boulders and a mighty larch over a stony trail, which leads uphill in numerous hairpin bends to the Heuwies. From here, a slightly downhill path leads to a fork on a saddle. Here we follow a trail with switchbacks downhill to the Schrotleitner Hütte, passing karst formations over a meadow towards Blachlboden. From the extensive meadow area of Blachlboden, a short detour to the mountain lake (+3 min) is worthwhile, and from there a short ski path leads to the destination at the Hochkar hut.

Directly at the snack station

Via the West Motorway to the AMSTETTEN-WEST or YBBS exit:

From Amstetten via federal road No. 121 to Waidhofen/Ybbs and federal road 31 to St. Georgen/Reith – Göstling/Ybbs – B 25 – Hochreitstraße (max. 15%) - Snack station Ablass

From Ybbs via federal road 25 to Göstling/Ybbs 

From Graz – Leoben – Eisenerz – Hieflau – B25 to Göstling/Ybbs 

From Liezen – Admont – Gesäuse – Hieflau – B25 to Göstling/Ybbs 

The Schwarzalm is the highest alpine hut on the Eisenstraße in Lower Austria. The Leckermoor is a very valuable, protected raised bog!