Dösner Alm - Säuleck

Access to starting point:
From Ljubljana through the Karawanks Tunnel to Spittal. We continue driving towards Lienz, but only to the settlement Möllbrücke. In the mentioned settlement we notice signs for Mallnitz and the alpine road to Großglockner. We follow this road to the settlement Obervellach, where signs for Mallnitz direct us to the right. Behind the village, the road starts ascending more steeply and after a few kilometers of ascent brings us to the alpine town Mallnitz. Just a little before the railway station in the mentioned place, a road branches off to the right in the direction of the mountain pasture Dösner Alm. The steep and narrow road brings us higher to a poorly marked junction, where we continue on the lower macadam road. Further we cross a pasture fence and only a little further we come to the parking lot, where we park.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the macadam road, which after a few dozen steps brings us to a path junction. We continue left on the wide cart track, which after a short ascent brings us to the mountain pasture Dösner Alm.
On the mountain pasture, we return to the road, which further barely noticeably ascends along the edge of the mountain pasture upwards. Further the road ascends a little more and brings us to the hut Konradhütte (1600m).
Only a few steps further on the left side of the road we notice a small lake, which during high water rises right to the edge of the road. At the end of the lake the road turns into a pleasant footpath, which then leads us in moderate ascent along the stream upwards. After a half-hour ascent from the hut Konradhütte we slowly pass from the forest to increasingly panoramic slopes. The path, which then becomes steeper and steeper, suddenly flattens and brings us to beautiful high-alpine pastures at the hut Dösner Hütte (1976m).
A gentle ascent follows across the pasture to a somewhat steeper section, where we can hear the roaring of the raging stream. After a further 15 minutes the steepness eases and the path brings us to a high-alpine cirque, where several streams converge. Further, over the bridge we cross the stream and then ascend one level higher on an increasingly steep path. Throughout the ascent we are accompanied by the roaring of the stream Dösenbach. When the path flattens, we cross the stream again and the path brings us to the alpine hut Arthur Von Schmid Haus, which is located by the lake Dösner See.
From the hut we continue left in the direction of Säuleck on the path, which already after a few dozen steps starts to ascend steeply. After 15 minutes of steep ascent the steepness eases and the path turns right. Further we ascend parallel to the lake, which we occasionally see to the right below us. After a further few minutes of ascent through high-alpine terrain full of granite slabs we reach a junction, where we continue straight on the easier path (left Säuleck - climbing path). The moderately steep path, which causes us orientation problems in fog, brings us after a while to the other side of the side ridge of Säuleck. Here the path turns left and ascends relatively steeply up the rocky slope (in hard snow danger of slipping). At the top of this ascent we already see the summit slope of Säuleck in front of us. A folded ascent follows along a small indistinct valley bottom to the foot of the mountain. Since the path to the summit runs over granite slabs that are not entirely stable, we take care that one of them does not overturn on us or that we roll it into the valley. After a good 20 minutes of ascending the summit slope we step onto the summit. The cross and summit register box are somewhat lower (at the top of the climbing path).

Along the route: Konradhütte (1600m), Dösner Hütte (1976m), Arthur Von Schmid Haus (2275m)

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