Circular route to Notkarspitze

From the hiking car park at Ettaler Sattel, follow a forest road south. At the next T-junction, turn left. Continue on a forest road with a slight uphill. Where it makes a distinctive curve, a sign "Notkarspitze" points to the right, and from there you ascend along a clear path with a pleasant incline through beautiful mixed mountain forest. After a while, this becomes more open, but the ascent also becomes somewhat steeper at times. Only when you reach the inconspicuous Ochsensitz at 1515 meters does the terrain become noticeably flatter. Without orientation difficulties, follow the ridge further west and ascend once more somewhat steeper to Ziegelspitz (1719 m). The path becomes flatter again and bypasses an upswing on the ridge between Ziegelspitz and Notkarspitze on its south side. You descend into a saddle to then tackle the last meters of ascent over the south-exposed summit slope.
For the descent, follow the north-descending summit ridge (at a junction in the dwarf pine terrain, do not go right but half-left!) to soon turn east into the large, north-exposed Notkar. Initially, it goes down steeper there, then the terrain becomes increasingly flat as you cross the beautiful mountain basin northeastward and roughly at the same height to the start of the mountain forest. After a flat traverse, the path becomes quite steep. When wet, surefootedness is required here. However, fairly new wire rope protections help over the steepest sections. Shortly after it flattens again, you will already reach a forest road leading to the forest edge at the valley floor. At the fork there, keep right following the signpost (Ettaler Sattel) to hike east on nice footpaths and forest roads, always along the forest edge or within the forest. Finally, you reach the T-junction at the start of the route, from where it is just a short distance back to the hiking car park.