From the starting point, go northwards along the Gail and the railway, turn right along an asphalt road to the first bend, turn right here and go downhill slightly to a crossroads (km 1,7), turn left uphill to the village of Karnitzen, 632m.
At km 2,4 keep right and go uphill to the B111 (map 4; km 3,6); after 20m turn left uphill to St. Paul,
at km 4,0 turn left and pass the castle Bichelhof to Hadersdorf, 750m (km 5,9)Continue north to Tratten, then east on a country road towards Kerschdorf, turn left at km 7,2 (map 6) to Matschiedl;
At km 8,5 (map 7) join the road to Windischer Höhe, turn left downhill and immediately right to Rauterbauer, pass through a farm, at the big tree turn left downhill along a gravel path,
at km 10,2 cross the stream, before the first houses, turn right off the dirt road to a forest crossing, past a gravel pit
from km 10,9 along an asphalt road to Köstendorf;
turn left at Gasthof Kreuzwirt (km 12,9), downhill along a narrow asphalt road with a slight gradient to the B111 underpass (map 9; km 13,2), downhill along a gravel road,
at km 14,8 the road merges into an asphalt road, here downhill to the right, over the Gail bridge to cycle path R3, keep left and return to Vorderberg
