Tallach - Kahlkogel/Golica (via Quadiaalm)

Access to the starting point:
a) Take the Karavanke Tunnel into Austria, then leave the motorway at the first exit. When you reach the main road, turn left towards St. Jakob im Rosental. Continue along the Rosentalstraße, and after St. Jakob in the Roses, cross the Rosenbach stream. Just after the bridge, leave the main road and turn right into Tale / Tallach. Drive through the village and when you reach the second road at Pension Lindenhof, just cross it and park in the parking lot behind the chapel.
b) Via Border crossing Ljubelj, drive into Austria and follow the main road towards Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt. Once in the valley, at the second roundabout, which is still on the right bank of the river Drava, take the exit Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental, and then follow the main road to Podgorje / Maria Elend. After the village, turn left towards Podrožce / Rosenbach. The road then leads to Tale / Tallach, where you turn left in front of the Pension Lindenhof and park in the parking lot next to the chapel.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue in the route mountain pasture Kladje / Quadiaalm, Kahlkogel / Kahlkogel and Maria Elend / Bergkapellen Maria Elend chapels. The road, which is closed to public traffic, soon leads you through an underpass under the railway line, and then you reach the first crossroads, where you continue right in the direction of Kahlkogel (straight ahead to the chapels). The road, which is quite winding and at which you see a notice that you are entering the bear area, then crosses the Radischgraben over a bridge and after a few more minutes' walking you reach the next crossroads, where you go left (straight Podrozca / Rosenbach). From the crossroads you walk along the road for a few minutes, then leave it higher up on the left-hand bend as the signs for route 675 direct you slightly to the right to cart track. We climb cart track, which ends quickly, and we continue our climb through an overgrown meadow. At a higher level we reach another cart track, which leads us through an overgrown part for a short time, then the path enters the forest and continues crosswise to the right. After a short crossing, another cart track is reached, and from this a few steps higher to the right. There is a short crossing and then the path from Podrožce joins.
Continue in the direction of Kahlkogel and the nearby spring, which is reached after about 5 minutes of further walking.
From the spring, where there is a sign and a bench, continue along the path, which initially leads through a small valley, from which the path soon turns sharp left and climbs steeply. There are a few minutes of climbing through the forest before the path quickly widens into a macadam road, which is then followed for a short distance. Leave the road at a higher level, then cross it again a little further on, and stay on it. When the forest thins out a little further on, we get a nice view towards Kahlkogel, and a little further on we cross a pasture fence. After crossing the fence, a few minutes walk along the road and you will reach mountain pasture Kladje.
From mountain pasture continue along the road, which splits a little further on. Continue along the road to the right (hunting lodge on the left and mountain pasture Zgornje Kladje), which will take you in a few minutes to the Kladje pass, where you leave the road and continue left to the nearby mountain direction signs.
Continue in the direction Kahlkogel and follow the path along the forested ridge, which is initially quite steep, but narrower and steeper higher up. A little further from the saltworks the ridge becomes quite narrow and the path, especially in wet conditions, is dangerous for slipping in a short part. After this part, the path leaves the ridge and turns slightly to the left, where it crosses the slopes to the left. After the avalanche, walk along the steep slopes for another 10 steps before the slope becomes slightly less steep. Further on, the forest starts to thin out and the path becomes steeper and steeper. When the ridge is reached, the path becomes even steeper, with good views, and continues to climb very steeply. Climb for a while through dwarf pines, then, when dwarf pines ends, quickly reach the border ridge, where you continue left.
A few minutes of moderate ascent along the scenic ridge and the path leads to the top of Golica.
This one - mountain pasture Kladje 2:15, mountain pasture Kladje - Kladje saddle 10 minutes, Kladje saddle - Kahlkogel 1:25.
Description and figures refer to the situation in 2017 (June).

On the way: Hladna voda / Kaltwasser (915m), Quadiaalm (1271m), Sedlo Kladje / Quadia Sattel (1300m)

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