Lienzer Dolomitenhütte - Weißstein Alm (way 14)

Access to the starting point:
Drive through the Karavanke Tunnel into Austria, then continue to Spittal and on to Lienz (the motorway ends a little after Spittal). We continue along a relatively nice and wide road through the Drava Valley. A few kilometres before Lienz (near Unterdorf), you will see the signs for the Lienzer Dolomitenhütte hut, which will direct you left onto the local road. The road then crosses the River Drava over a bridge and leads to the village of Lavant, where you continue to the right towards the village of Tristach. Between Lavant and Tristach you will come to the next crossroads, where you turn left in the route "Lienzer Dolomitenhütte". Follow this road, which begins to climb steeply, to a large parking area near the hut. The road is toll road (July 2009 7€).
Lienz can also be reached by driving through the Zillian valley (Korensko sedlo, Hermagor, Ziljsko sedlo/Gailbergsattel pass) instead of the Drava valley, in which case you arrive in the Drava valley at Oberdrauburg.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, just after the grazing fence, continue left towards route 14. The path first climbs gently over a grassy slope, crosses cart track at a slightly higher level and then a grazing fence. There is a few minutes of easy walking through lane wodland before turning sharp right and climbing steeply. Continue up a very steep slope, aided by a steel cable. The steepness soon eases, and there are only a few small steel cables on the way, designed to make it safer to step over the damp rocks. The way forward climbs over some overgrown meadows, then leads us to a small pass, from which we have a beautiful view of the surrounding peaks and the mountain pasture, which is only a short descent away.

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