Heidi Alm - Schwarzkofel (via Falkertscharte)

Access to the starting point:
a) Drive through the Karavanke Tunnel into Austria, then continue along the Tur Autobahn, leaving at the Beljaška bypass and continuing on to Feldkirchen. Continue along Lake Ossiach / Ossiacher See to the aforementioned town. In Feldkirchen, turn left towards the Turacher Höhe pass and continue past Himmelberg, Gnesau, Mitterdorf to Wiedweg, where the road from Bad Kleinkircheim joins from the left. From this junction we continue towards the Turacher Höhe pass for a few 100 m, and then the signs for mountain pasture Heidialm and the village and lake Falkertsee direct us to the left onto the ascending road. Follow this road to its end, where you park in one of several car parks.
b) From Styria or Carinthia, first drive to Dravograd and then via Border crossing Vič to Austria, following the signs for Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt. Continue on the so-called Southern Motorway, leaving at Klagenfurt (direction Feldkirchen). Continue along the regional road to reach the aforementioned town. In Feldkirchen, turn right towards the Turacher Höhe pass and continue past Himmelberg, Gnesau and Mitterdorf to Wiedweg, where the road from Bad Kleinkircheim joins from the left. From this junction we continue towards the Turacher Höhe pass for a few 100 m, and then the signs for mountain pasture Heidialm and the village and lake Falkertsee direct us to the left onto the ascending road. Follow this road to its end, where you park in one of several car parks.

Path description:
From the parking lot, head in the direction of Heidi-Alm Park, 130 metres away. After 130 m, the path to the park branches off to the left (there is an entrance fee), and we continue straight ahead and continue along the road, which quickly leads us to the high mountain lake Falkertsee.
From the lake, which we pass on the left, the path starts to climb more moderately and continues on a road that gets worse and worse. A little higher up, you reach a marked crossroads where you continue right towards the Falkertscharte saddle (the ridge path to Rodresnock on the left). Continue climbing for some time on a less good road, then reach a small wooden hut, where it turns into a pleasant track. Continue along the high mountain valley, flanked on the left by the steep slopes of Rodresnock and on the right by the south face of Falkert, where the climbing route soon branches off.
We continue straight ahead along the occasionally slightly steeper path, which, with fine views, quickly leads to the aforementioned saddle.
At the saddle, where there is a marked crossroads, continue left (right Falkert for 20 minutes) and then follow the moderately steep path, which turns semicircularly to the left, to reach the summit of Rodresnock after about 20 minutes of further walking.
From Rodresnock continue on the waymarked path as it begins to descend to the east. After about 2 minutes of descent, the path levels out and leads to a less marked crossroads, where you continue downhill to the right (the straight path leads you back to the starting point - descent possible).
Continue along the less well-trodden path, which begins to descend steeply to the south-east. After a few minutes, the path lays down and leads to a wide grassy ridge, after which we continue our descent. A little lower still, we arrive at an undistinguished pass between Rodresnock and Schwarzkofl. From here onwards we start to climb steeply, and we follow the scenic route all the way to the top of Shcwarzkofl, which we have been looking at for quite some time.

On the way: Falkertsee (1872m), Falkertscharte (2195m), Rodresnock (2310m)

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