Weissensee - Kopasnock (via Karalm)

Access to starting point:
A little before Spittal from the direction of Beljak/Villach (on the old road), a road branches off to the left towards the village of Ziebel. In the mentioned village, we continue driving towards the lake Weissensee, which is approximately 15 km from Ziebel. We park on a large arranged parking lot near the lake.

Route description:
From a large parking lot, we descend a few meters to the main road, where on the left side we notice signposts. We go on a wide path which leads by the lake following the signs »Techendorf«. The path at first leads us over a smaller bridge and brings us to a camp on the eastern side of the lake Weissensee. Here we go right on an asphalt road which runs by the camp and brings us to a crossroads where we go left and after a few meters of walking we come to the signposts. We go right on the mountain road following the signs »Neusacher Alm«. The mountain road in the first part leads by the stream, through a tunnel and past some waterfalls. The road all the time runs through the forest and only occasionally a view opens up towards the lake Weissensee. The path on the mountain road, which is marked with white-red blazes, then brings us to the mountain pasture Mößlacheralm. From the mountain pasture, we then for some time walk on the road and then blazes point us to the left in the forest. The forest soon ends and the path through a meadow again brings us on the mountain road. There follows a shorter descent to a cottage on the mountain pasture Karalm.
At the cottage, we leave the marked path and continue straight on a cart track which leads past the cottage. We could also continue on a marked path, but the unmarked path is much shorter. The cart track soon ends and we go right on a footpath which from the mountain pasture brings us into the forest. The path through the forest then all the time crosses the south slopes in the direction towards the east and again brings us on a marked path. At the junction, we go left and continue on a wide marked path. We soon come out of the forest on extensive grassy slopes between the peaks Hochstaff and Kopasnock. The path then for quite some time ascends on grassy slopes all the way to the saddle Mitterstaff.
On the saddle, we go left and then in a few minutes of walking by the fence we reach the peak.

Along the route: Mößlacheralm (1454m), Karalm Hütte (1550m), Mitterstaff (2020m)

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