Hochschwung with Großer and Kleiner Reitersee

From the parking lot, walk valley-inward to the left turnoff to the (former) Almwirt and from there follow the marked ascent route to Hochschwung.

From the summit, continue along the ridge to the east, initially still flat, but soon descending extremely steeply on a very narrow grassy ridge and partly exposed. Some sections are secured with steel cables, which are not fixed at the lower end and therefore swing freely. Absolute surefootedness and surety against dizziness are required here.

Below these steep sections, you reach a saddle, from where a counter-ascent along the ridge would continue to Kleiner Geierkogel. Here, you turn off pathless to the left down and descend into a grassy cirque, which you cross to reach a small pond below. Following a tractor track, you soon reach a T-junction. Here, a clearly defined all-wheel-drive track leads left, initially downhill past the pond, later at another T-junction turning left uphill towards the Reiter lakes. To reach the Großer Reitersee, keep right higher up at a fork, cross a hollow with dense cotton grass on the track, and then climb steeply behind it to the hut by the lake.

From the Großer Reitersee, climb pathless westward up a slope, leave dense bushes on the left and reach a ridge from where Kleiner Reitersee is visible on the other side. Follow trail traces uphill along the ridge. Higher up, dwarf pines can be bypassed on the right, and you reach a broad cross-ridge, which you follow to the left and uphill, always above the dwarf pines but slightly right of the cliff edge, until you reach the Sommereck over a forepeak.

From the Sommereck, continue along the ridge on trail traces and downhill to a flat saddle. Here, descend pathless to the right through a wide grassy channel and aim for the clearly visible ascent path, which you then follow downhill back to the starting point.