From Ingering II, follow the forest road into the Ingering rift valley, where the 08 Eisenwurzenweg trail joins the 02 central alpine trail. Keep to the right on passing the Praterbrücke bridge and come to the Reicherhube farmstead. Walk along the roadway and beside the Ingeringbach stream steadily uphill until reaching the former Wirtshaus Ingering inn (7 ½ km, approx. 2h walking time). Immediately after this, you will come to a bridge, following the roadway in the direction of the Ingeringsee lake, which lies at an altitude of 1,221m. On the right-hand bank of this beautiful lake, keep following a forest path until reaching a small bridge. Cross the bridge and you will reach the forest path that comes from the SW bank of the lake. Walk along this path for approx. 1½ km at a leisurely pace to a fork in the road, where you must follow a side-trail straight ahead, which opens onto a track leading again onto the forest road after approx. 1km to the Hinteralm hunting lodge. As the path continues, the valley becomes narrower and the route becomes steeper. Mountain pines and bilberries make way for the numerous larches. Only a track leads up to the 1,864m high Kettentörl, and the last stretch is quite steep (approx. 2h 40min from the Ingeringsee lake). From the Kettentörl mountain, the trail continues down into the Kettental valley and over the Kettentalalm meadow onto a forest road in the Hintere Triebental valley at approx. 1,270m. This is where the 02 and 08 part: the 02 follows the forest road southwards along the Mödringbach stream to the Mödringalm meadow and then to the Triebener Törl mountain. Via Alpina, on the other hand, follows the 08 out of the Triebental valley to the Bergerhube inn. A roadway leads out of the Triebental valley from the Bergerhube. Pass the Königsbachhube inn to reach the Steineralm meadow at the chapel at Eberl. Here, a trail again turns off to the Triebener Törl. But Via Alpina follows the Triebenbach stream into the little town of Graf, to the Triebener Hut and the Braun inn (approx. 2h 30min from the Kettentörl). After the Gh. Braun, people speak of the “Vordertriebental”. The walk to the main road leading into the village of Hohentauern is at the most another 3km. From the Gh. Braun to Trieben, however, it is not necessary to take the main road. Instead, you can follow the old “Waldbahnweg” trail along a little track directly beside the Triebenbach stream. After approx. 40min, cross the road at Sunk, follow the 08 steadily to Trieben. From the Staustufe power station, follow the former pass road in the Wolfsgraben valley until arriving in Trieben. From the Gh. Braun, it is possible to travel to Trieben by bus.
In Trieben, keep heading southwards and follow the hiking trail on the right-hand side of the stream, not along the very busy main road. At the Gasthof Braun inn, cross the road and walk into the Triebental valley. The climb to the Kettentörl only really starts at the Bergerhube mountain.
(Arnold Kreditsch, Franz Genger, OeAV-Sekt. Knittelfeld, Christina Schwann, OeAV)
 

The abundant forest in the Ingering and Trieben area was exploited by forestry activities from a very early stage. A forest railway initially drawn by horses, for instance, ran through the valley to the Ingeringsee lake until the year 1938. The railway, built in 1887 and extended twice, finally reached the area behind the Ingeringsee lake where the main loading place was situated. The funicular supplied several sawmills, such as the “Waldsäge” (forest saw), which is located on the site of the old Ingering inn (1.5km before the lake). For three decades, from 1909 until its discontinuation, the railway was run by a steam locomotive by the pet name "Ingeringer Liesl". Until after the second World War, there was a forge at the valley mouth of the Triebental valley near the Brodjäger inn. It was important for the horse-drawn traffic as a repairs centre and also for shoeing the horses. At about the turn of the century, the timber company (Steinbeis) set up a railway (forest railway) – similar to that in the Intergingtal valley – for the transport of tree trunks. It ran from the Triebental valley to Trieben. Before Trieben, there was a little brake incline. The wood-laden carriages were slowed on the downhill stretch and then transported onward to near today’s train station. Horses pulled the empty store carriages back into the Triebental valley again. Most of the meadowland in the Triebental today is no longer farmed. However, it used to be vital for the farming community, even though the Triebenbach stream often made life difficult for the farmers. For every few years, the Triebenbach stream flooded its banks when the snow started to melt, taking parts of the carefully tended agricultural land with it. To conclude, a short word should also be said about the name “Tauern” (Lower Tauern): it means “a crossing in the mountains” and is of Celtic origin. The crossing over the Hohentauern pass was already used by the Illyrians and the Celts. Only after the Roman era in the 12th century did the crossing start to gain in significance.
(Christina Schwann, OeAV, Arnorld Kreditsch, OeAV-Sekt. Knittelfeld)