Waldheimhütte - Zirbitzkogelhütte (via Wildsee)
Starting point: Waldheimhütte (1614 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 47,0562°N 14,6305°E |
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Name of path: via Wildsee
Time of walking: 3 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Altitude difference: 762 m
Altitude difference po putu: 825 m
Map: WK 212 (Seetaler & Seckauer Alpen 1:50.000)
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
From the Gorenjska side, go through the Ljubelj border crossing to Klagenfurt or through Karawanks to Villach. Continue on the motorway towards the signs for Graz / Graz. Leave the motorway after about 2km through a tunnel in the direction of Bad St. Leonhard. Continue past the village of St. Peter and a little further on turn left towards the village of St. Anna. At the next crossroads follow the road towards Waldheim Hütte. Park in the pay parking lot next to the hut.
From Carinthia, drive first to Dravograd and then on to Austria. Follow the road towards St. Paul, St. Andra and Wolfsberg. In Wolfsberg, head towards Bad St. Leonhard and on to St. Peter. Continue following the description from Gorenjska.
From the Styrian side, take the Maribor and continue through the Šentilj border crossing into Austria. Follow the motorway in the direction of Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt. Leave the motorway in the direction of the Bad St. Leonhard exit. Follow the description from Gorenjska.
Path description:
From the parking lot, take the leftmost road towards Kohlerhütte. The path takes you along a winding road with occasional views. A little higher up, the road crosses a couple of streams and leads to a resting place called 'Maria in der Zirbe'. The road slowly becomes a little worse and climbs a little more. After 40 minutes of walking, the path leads to a grassy slope where you can see a larger shepherd's hut on the right.
Continue along the road for another five minutes and you will reach the Turkenkreuz, a crossroads where you continue straight down towards the Wildsee and the Rohrer Hütte. After a short descent, the path turns left, where it crosses a wide stream over a small bridge. There is a barely noticeable climb which, after a few minutes, leads to the next cross and, shortly after, to a crossroads.
Continue right towards the Wildsee and Zirbitzkogel. Continue along the marked but sometimes slightly less visible path, which leads to the Wildsee in a gentle to moderate ascent on grassy slopes.
Continue up the left side of the lake in a slightly steeper ascent. After a 30-minute climb from the lake, the path, which is barely visible in places, leads to a wide grassy ridge where you reach a crossroads. Continue right in the direction of Zirbitzkogel. After a short, gentle climb, the path leads to the top slope of Mount Fuchskogel. Here you can see two peaks of approximately the same height to the left and right. The right-hand one is slightly higher and is reached after a few steps on a pathless path.
From the summit, return to the marked path and continue walking along the wide grassy ridge. After a short descent from the summit, the path soon crosses a pasture fence, beyond which the path soon begins to climb gently. After a while, the path leads to a crossroads where we continue straight towards Zirbitzkogel. The way forward gradually begins to climb more and more and after a good 20 minutes of climbing leads us to the huts.
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