Turrach - Geißeckhütte

Access to starting point:
A) Via the Ljubelj border crossing we drive into Austria, then we follow the road towards Celovec / Klagenfurt. In Celovec at all crossroads we continue straight ahead, when the main road turns sharply to the right, a little further on we leave it and continue left towards the settlements Dhovše pri Celovcu / Lendorf and Trg na Koroškem / Feldkirchen in Kärnten. When we arrive at the highway junction we go left towards the settlement Trg na Koroškem, when we arrive at the mentioned settlement we continue to follow the signs for the alpine pass Turracher Höhe. After approximately 90 km from the Ljubelj border crossing we arrive at the mentioned pass, from which we begin to descend towards Predlitz, but we drive only to the beginning of the settlement Turrach, where near the road sign that marks the start of the settlement the described path begins. We park in a suitable place nearby.
B) Through the Karawanks Tunnel we drive into Austria, then on the highway we drive to the highway intersection, from which we continue towards Spittal an der Drau and continue the drive on highway A10. We quickly leave highway A10 and take the exit for Osojsko jezero / Ossiacher See, at the nearby roundabout we choose the third exit (if there were no roundabout we would go left) and continue driving on Millstätter Strasse. On the mentioned road we drive to the settlement Radenče / Radenthein, where we turn right towards the settlement Bad Kleinkirchheim. We continue through the mentioned settlement, a few kilometers further, in the settlement Patergassen we turn left towards the alpine pass and ski area Turracher Höhe. When we arrive at the mentioned pass there follows a descent to the settlement Turrach a few kilometers away, where near the road sign that marks the start of the settlement the described path begins. We park in a suitable place nearby.

Route description:
From the starting point we head onto the side road towards the summit Eisenhut, where we first pass a few houses, before crossing the stream the settlement Turrach ends. The path ahead leads us along a gently sloping macadam road, along which we pass a pleasant bench, behind it and the nearby cottage we continue on foot along the forest road, which is closed to public traffic with a barrier and traffic sign. A little further a path joins from the right over a wooden bridge, which branches off from the main road a little higher and leads to the lower station of the nearby cable car.
We continue along the road, from which a little further to the right another path branches off towards the lower station of the nearby chairlift, a few minutes higher we leave the wider macadam road and continue slightly left onto the road which is already overgrown with grass. From the mentioned road after a few steps we go left onto an overgrown cart track, onto which a yellow hiking signpost directs us. There follows an ascent along the path overgrown with high grass, during which we cross an older cart track and higher also a worse road, then the path enters the forest where it becomes more distinct. There follow a few minutes of traversing ascent, where the path leads past a mighty spruce, then past the toilet we arrive at the hunting cottage Geißeckhütte.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2019 (June).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Wintertalernock (2 h 45 min), Straßburger Spitz (2 h 30 min), Eisenhut

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