Zettersfeld - Steinermandl

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. In the centre of Lienz, at the roundabout, turn right towards Matrei. After a few hundred metres, after a roundabout, take a sharp right and then a left over a bridge towards Thurn. Continue following the green signs "Zettersfeld Zentrum". Shortly before the ski centre, as the road starts to descend, you will see a dirt road on the left hand side of the road leading to the ski resort, which is closed to traffic. There are also yellow mountain signs along the road. Park in one of the smaller car parks nearby. There is also a much larger car park a little further along the main road.

Path description:
From the starting point, take the macadam road (route 9b) after the "Steinermandl" signs. The road, which is closed to traffic, climbs eastwards and leads to a ski slope where you soon reach a crossroads.
We continue to the left after the signs "Steinermandl" and continue for some time under the chair lift leading to the top of Steinermandl. The road then turns left and climbs a little steeper. The road then becomes more sloping and leads past a large artificial lake, which is used for artificial snowmaking. Here the road turns slightly to the right and leads to a marked crossroads.
A footpath branches off to the left up to the Goiselemandl summit and on to the Schleinitz summit. At the crossroads we continue right along the road which soon leads to the Steinermandl summit, which is also the site of the hut and the upper station of the chairlift. The cable car also operates in the summer months.

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