Turrach - Geißeckhütte

Access to the starting point:
a) Via Border crossing Ljubelj, drive into Austria, then follow the road to Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt. In Klagenfurt, go straight on at all junctions, but when the main road turns sharp right, leave it just a little further and continue left towards Dhovše near Klagenfurt / Lendorf and Trg am Carinth / Feldkirchen in Kärnten. When you reach the motorway junction, turn left towards Trg na Koroškem and when you reach the point, follow the signs for the Turracher Höhe Alpine pass. After about 90 km from Border crossing Ljubelj, you reach the pass, from which you start descending towards Predlitz, and we only go as far as the beginning of Turrach, where the route described above starts near the road sign marking the beginning of the settlement. Park in a suitable place nearby.
b) Drive through the Karavanke tunnel into Austria, then follow the motorway to the motorway junction, from where you continue to Spittal an der Drau and continue on the A10 motorway. Leave the A10 quickly and take the exit for Ossiacher See, take the third exit at the nearby roundabout (if there was no roundabout, you would have gone left) and continue along Millstätter Strasse. Follow this road to Radenthein, where you turn right towards Bad Kleinkirchheim. Continue through the above-mentioned town for a few kilometres and turn left at Patergassen towards the Alpine pass and the Turracher Höhe ski resort. Once you reach the pass, you descend a few kilometres to Turrach, where the route described above begins near the signpost marking the start of the village. Park in a suitable place nearby.

Path description:
From the starting point, take the side road towards the top of Eisenhut, where you pass a few houses at first, before crossing a stream and the settlement of Turrach ends. The way forward is along a winding dirt road, passing a pleasant bench, and after this and a nearby cottage, continue walking along a forest road closed to public traffic by a gate and a road sign. A little further on, a path joins us from the right over a wooden bridge, which branches off from the main road at a slightly higher level and leads to the bottom station of the nearby cable car.
Continue along the road, from which another path branches off to the right a little further on, towards the lower station of the nearby chairlift, and a few minutes higher up, leave the wider macadam road and continue slightly left on the road, which is already overgrown with grass. After a few steps from this road, turn left onto the overgrown cart track, which is marked by a yellow mountain signpost. The ascent follows a path overgrown with tall grass, in between crossing the older cart track and higher up an even worse road, and then the path passes into the forest, where it becomes more distinct. A few minutes of traversing follow, where the path leads past a mighty spruce tree, and then past a toilet to reach the Geißeckhütte hunting lodge.
Description and pictures refer to 2019 (June).

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Wintertalernock (2 h 45 min), Straßburger Spitz (2 h 30 min), Eisenhut

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