Sporthotel Maltatal - Kattowitzer Hütte

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Villach-Salzburg take the Gmünd exit and follow the road towards the Malta Valley (Maltatal). After a few kilometres, the well-marked road leads to the village of Malta, and just a little further on to the toll both. The steep and sometimes narrow road, with tunnels and traffic lights, leads to a large parking lot next to an artificial lake (the dam at the end of the lake is 165m high). During the drive, you can observe numerous waterfalls, which, due to the lack of parking spaces, can only be seen from your car.

Path description:
From the parking lot by the dam, follow the road to the signposts at the crossroads. Turn right towards the upper parking lot (direction Kattowitzer Hütte). At the upper parking lot, the signs then direct you left onto a dirt road, which you then follow uphill. After a few bends, the road ends and we continue on the footpath, which crosses the slopes to the south-east in gentle dips and rises. We also cross a couple of streams on the way and after about an hour's walk from the starting point, the path turns slightly to the left across a meadow and crosses a stream. Here, for the first time, the path begins to climb slightly steeper and soon leads to a crossroads. Turn right towards Kattowitzer Hütte. Just after the signposts, there is a slightly steeper climb, and we have a few ropes to help us, but they are not strictly necessary. The trail leads to an undistinguished saddle and on the right you will see the summit of Gamsleitenkopf (2346m), which is only a few minutes' walk from the trail. From the saddle, it is then a gentle downhill crossing to the Kattowitzer Hütte.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Großer Hafner (2 h)

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