Altes Almhaus - Rappoldkogel
Starting point: Altes Almhaus (1649 m)
Time of walking: 1 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Altitude difference: 279 m
Altitude difference po putu: 279 m
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Access to the starting point:
a) From the Styrian side, take the motorway to Graz, where you turn left towards Klagenfurt (A2). Take the exit for Mooskirchen, where you follow signs for Voitsberg and then Köflach. From Köflach continue in the direction of Maria Lankowitz. At this point, follow the signs for Altes Almhaus. From Maria Lankowitz, a tarmac road leads to the starting point.
b) From the Carinthian side, drive through the Vič border crossing to Šentandraž in the Labot valley / St. Andrä, where you take the motorway towards Graz / Graz. Take the exit Packsattel (exit 231). Follow the signs for Köflach. From Köflach continue in the direction Maria Lankowitz. In this place follow the signs for Altes Almhaus. From Maria Lankowitz, a tarmac road leads to the starting point.
Path description:
From the parking lot in front of the Altes Almhaus hut, take route 505 (direction Salzstiegel). Walk along the dirt road for about 20 minutes and then reach a crossroads where you go in the route Salzstiegel über Rappoldkogel (route: 505b). From there, gradually climb for about 30 minutes until you reach the end of the forest border. Continue along the ridge until you reach the top, about 30 minutes more. At the top of Rappoldkogel (1928 m) there is a metal cross with a register.
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