Iličev rovt / Illitsch Rauth - Koča Berta / Bertahütte (by road)

Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we drive on the highway towards Beljak, which we leave at the first exit Kot / Winkl. When we reach the main road through Rož / Rosental, we continue right in the direction of Baško jezero / Faaker See. On the main road we drive for a few kilometers, and then at the beginning of the settlement Spodnje Dobje / Unteraichwald, we continue quite sharply left onto the local road, along which there are signs (signs are from the opposite direction and harder to notice from our direction) for Kepa / Mittagskogel, Koča Berta / Bertahütte and Kopanje / Kopein (we leave the main road about 200 meters before Hotel Mittagskogel). Further on, we first still drive on the asphalt road, which we follow at the crossroads in the direction of Koča Berta. Higher up the macadam road becomes usually quite bad, but we drive along it to the marked parking lot on Iličev rovt / Illitsch Rauth. If the road seems too bad to us, we can park already lower, at a suitable place beside the road.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue to the gate, and behind it, the path splits. We continue on the road in the direction of Koča Berta (left footpath), which ascends in zig-zags, and occasionally from it a little view opens up towards Baško jezero / Faaker See and Kepa. Higher, we reach the saddle Borovščica / Ferlacher Sattel, where at the junction we continue left (straight Podrožca / Rosenbach, right Kepa), and at the next junction we go once again slightly left in the direction of Koča Berta. There follow only a few dozen steps of gentle ascent and we arrive at the hut, which is located below the summit Kamnica / Ferlacher Spitze.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (August).

Along the route: Sedlo Borovščica / Ferlacher Sattel (1500m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Kamnica (Komnica) / Ferlacher Spitze ( 35 min), Mittagskogel/Kepa (2 h)

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