Podrožca / Rosenbach - Roschitzaalm

Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we drive on the highway towards Beljak, which we leave on the first exit. From the point where we left the highway, we follow the signs for the settlement Šentjakob v Rožu / Sankt Jakob im Rosental. When we arrive in the mentioned settlement, we leave the main road and continue driving right in the direction of the settlement Podrožca / Rosenbach. After a few kilometers of additional driving, we arrive near the railway station in Podrožca, where we continue left downhill, then at the next intersection right in the direction of the valley Medji Dol / Bärental. Further, we drive on a somewhat narrower asphalt road, which we follow to the first intersection, near which we notice the hiking signposts. We park at an appropriate place by the road.
From the toll station at Hrušica to the starting point is approximately 23 km.

Route description:
From the starting point, we head onto the left road following the signs for Rožca / Rosenbachsattel (straight Kepa / Mittagskogel). The road first crosses a bridge over the stream Gračenica / Schönbrunnen, then starts first gently, later moderately ascending through the forest. Further on, we ascend for quite some time on the forest road, then arrive at a marked intersection at an altitude of 900 meters.
Here a road branches off to the left towards Golica / Kahlkogel, and we continue slightly right in the direction of Rožca. From the junction onwards, the road temporarily descends to the nearby stream, which it then also crosses. On the other side of the stream, we start ascending again, and the marked path splits into two parts. We can continue further on the road, or left onto the marked footpath, which starts to ascend more steeply and continues through the forest. The path higher returns to the road and leaves it again at the sharp right bend. We continue through the forest, on an occasionally steeper and in the upper part also more overgrown slope. Higher, we join a cart track and follow it to the left. From the cart track, we soon go left onto the path towards Rožca, to the right the path continues to Koprivnjak.
The path ahead crosses a torrent, then we ascend a few more minutes through the forest. A little further, the path turns right and brings us out of the forest, where we quickly reach the mountain pasture Rožca, where on the right side we notice a larger shepherd's hut.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Rosenbachsattel/Rožca ( 35 min), Klek ( 55 min), Rosenkogel/Hruški vrh (1 h 5 min), Frauenkogel/Dovška Baba (1 h 55 min)

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