Waldrast - Großhöllerhütte (Koralpe)

Access to starting point:
A) Over one of the border crossings with Austria (Korensko sedlo, Karavanke Tunnel, Ljubelj Pass, Jezerski vrh Pass, Pavličev vrh Pass) we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving on the so-called southern motorway towards Graz. On the mentioned motorway we drive to the town of Wolfsberg, where we leave the motorway, and when we get to a roundabout with the old or regional road we continue driving "straight" in the direction of the Koralpe ski area. Continuing, we drive through the settlements St. Stefan, Maildorf and Rieding, and we follow the ascending road to a large parking lot at the Koralpe ski centre.
B) Over the border crossing Holmec or Vič we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards the town of Wolfsberg, where signs for Koralpe direct us to the right. Continuing, we drive through the settlements St. Stefan, Maildorf and Rieding, and we follow the ascending road to a large parking lot at the Koralpe ski centre.

Route description:
At the beginning of the parking lot, we notice signposts for Wasserfall and Großhöllerhütte, which point us to the left onto the road which is closed with a gate. The road then immediately turns right and with a few gentle ascents and descents after approximately half an hour of walking brings us to a crossroad, where we continue in the direction of Großhöllerhütte. We also follow the road in the same direction at the next crossroads, until it turns into a footpath. At the spot where the road ends there is also the next path junction, where we have two options for continuing. We choose the right path, which leads us by the stream upwards. A little higher we cross the mentioned stream and step onto an island on which we then walk a few minutes. The path ahead over a small bridge again passes to the right side of the stream (left bank) and starts to ascend more steeply. When the steepness eases we come to the next path junction, where we continue left (right Koralpenhaus). After a few more steps we again cross the stream over a small bridge. Here a path branches off to the left downwards to the waterfall, to which we have only two minutes of walking.
From the waterfall we continue on the path, which starts to ascend more steeply on the increasingly panoramic slope. After 20 minutes of ascent from the waterfall, the path brings us to the mountain hut.

Along the route: The Poms waterfall (Koralpe) (1671m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Seespitz (Koralpe) (1 h 50 min), Großer Speikkogel (Koralpe) (2 h 5 min)

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