Salzburger Almenweg - stagevariant 11a: Hüttschlag - Karteistörl - Franz-Fischer-Hütte

As the stage to the Franz Fischer Hütte is quite long, we recommend taking a cab to the Hallmoosalm parking lot, where today's stage starts (saving a good 2 hours compared to starting in Hüttschlag). At the first parking lot past the Hallmoosalm, at the second parking lot - at the fork with the two barriers - follow trail no. 53 to the right and the signs to the Karteisalm. After approx. 10 minutes' walk, a farm track (no. 53) branches off to the left from the forest path to the Karteisalm, which becomes narrower and narrower and finally leads into an alpine path. From the alpine pasture, the trail leads through a wide cirque to the Karteistörl (2,179 m), from where a 15-minute detour to the Kreuzeck (2,204 m) is possible and extremely worthwhile. At Karteistörl, the paths of the original route of the Salzburger Almenweg and the variant to Franz Fischer Hütte described here diverge: unlike the original route of the Salzburger Almenweg, you do not follow hiking trail no. 721 down to the Tappenkarseehütte, but instead follow the path on the right at a constant altitude below Kreuzeck and Riffel to the less pronounced summit of the Wurmkogel and then briefly down to the Haselloch, where there is a small mountain lake (incidentally, the Haselloch forms the border between Pongau and Lungau). Several paths cross here: the path to the Franz Fischer Hütte leads straight ahead, initially steeper up through the eastern flank of the Schiereck and then milder again through an extensive alpine pasture.