Baumgartnerhof - Kresišče

Access to the starting point:
a) Cross the Korensko sedlo border crossing into Austria and then turn right towards Bialjak / Villach. Before crossing the river Zilja / Gail, leave the road leading to Bialjak and continue driving to the right in the direction of Lake Bäck / Faaker See. Continue towards the lake, and at Bekštanj / Finkenstein we turn right towards Škocjan / Kanzianiberg and Old Castle / Altfinkenstein. Continue along local roads, following the crossroads in the direction of the Baumgartnerhof Hotel. Park in the parking lot near the hotel.
b) Drive through the Karavanke tunnel into Austria and leave the motorway at the first exit. Turn right at Kot / Winkl and continue driving towards Lake Baska / Faaker See. At the end of Loče / Latschach, turn left in the direction of Hotel Baumgartnerhof. Park in the parking lot near the hotel.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue up the stairs past the signs "Mallestiger Mittagskogel", "zum Wasserfall". After a few metres, a climbing path branches off to the left, and we continue straight ahead and start climbing through the forest. The path then briefly leads out of the forest and climbs up the grassy slopes at the edge of the forest, before turning left and following a slightly flatter part of the path through the forest. The wide path leads to a crossroads, where another path branches off to the left towards a waterfall and a climbing route. We continue to the right and again a slightly steeper path leads us to a road on which we continue to the left. The road then ends shortly, and signs direct us to a track to the right up the hill. After a short climb we reach a crossroads where a climbing path joins us from the left.
At the crossroads, continue straight ahead and continue climbing up the right side of the valley. The path then leads us to a lookout point where there are also benches and a cross. From the lookout point where there is a nice view of some small waterfalls, continue to the right and climb through the forest. Then climb in the keys along a small stream at the edge of the forest. Because of the forest, we rarely have views of the surrounding peaks. Higher up, the path becomes a shade less steep and leads to the Mitzl Moitzl Hütte.
At the hut, continue slightly to the left and start climbing through the larch forest. Higher up, the path turns slightly to the right and there is a short climb to a crossroads on the border ridge.
On the ridge, continue left after the "Schwarzkogel 1h" signs. At first we are still climbing through sparse forest, but higher up it is replaced by dwarf pines and we start to get better and better views, especially of the Julian Alps. In the last part, the path leads us to grassy slopes and there is a short climb to the top.

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