Göriach - Oberer Landawirsee

Access to starting point:
From the highway Beljak/Villach - Salzburg we go to the exit St. Michael (the exit is located between the two larger tunnels). We follow the road ahead towards the settlements St. Martin, Mariapharr and Göriach. We then follow the ascending road through the mentioned villages to the parking lot, which is located a few kilometers above the village Göriach, where we park on the large parking lot.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road which brings us in 5 minutes of walking to a larger meadow in the middle of which we notice a larger number of wooden cottages. One of the cottages is also the mountain hut, which is situated on the right side of the path.
The path ahead gradually starts ascending and over two successive small bridges brings us to the spot from where a nice view opens up on the waterfall. After the waterfall the worse road ascends one level higher and after half an hour of walking from the starting point brings us to a hamlet of private cottages. The path which still runs on the road, by numerous streams brings us to a crossing, where the path to Hochgolling branches off to the right. We continue on the road which turns to the left and after additional 40 minutes of a moderate ascent on the more and more panoramic slope brings us to the mountain hut.
From the mountain hut, we continue slightly left in the direction of the summit Scharnock and the path past a cross in 5 minutes brings us to the bottom (unterer) Landawirsee lake. From the lake the path starts ascending a little more and after 15 minutes of a moderate ascent, which runs by a clear mountain stream, brings us to the upper lake, which is until late in the summer covered with snow and ice.

Along the route: Landawirsee Hütte (1985m), Unterer Landawirsee (2000m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Scharnock (1 h 25 min)

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