Untere Wolayeralm - Lake Wolayer See

Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Korensko sedlo we descend into Austria, and there at the first larger crossroad we continue left in the direction of the village Podklošter/Arnoldstein. In the mentioned village, we will get to a roundabout, where we continue right in the direction of "Hermagor". Further, we drive on a wide road which leads us through the Gailtal valley. At the settlement Mauthen we continue left in the direction of the mountain pass Plöckenpass, and after a few 100 m right in the direction of the Lesachtal valley. Further, we drive on a narrower and quite winding road which we follow to the spot where a road branches off to the left towards the village Wodmaier. The road soon above the village loses the asphalt covering, and at the next crossroads we follow it in the direction of the Wolayer See lake. We then follow this very bad and occasionally quite steep road to the parking lot on the mountain pasture Untere Wolayeralm.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a traffic-closed forest road which soon starts to ascend more steeply. The considerably panoramic and serpentine road brings us higher to a nice waterfall Hildenfall.
After the waterfall the road passes into a belt of sparse forest and levels out somewhat higher, crosses a pasture fence and after a few minutes of additional walking brings us to the mountain pasture Obere Wolayeralm, on which stands a somewhat larger shepherd hut (to here we need 1.5 hours).
From the mountain pasture on which livestock grazes in summertime we continue on a somewhat worse mountain road which after a short ascent brings us into a beautiful high-mountain cirque. At the end of the cirque the road turns a little to the right and ascends more steeply. We then follow this road (higher also possible on a marked path) to the mountain hut at the lake Wolayer See.

Along the route: Obere Wolayeralm (1709m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Rauchkofel (1 h 30 min), Monte Coglians (Hohe Warte)

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