Klammbrückl - Weittalspitze (Allmaier Toni Weg)

Access to the starting point:
Drive through the Karavanke Tunnel into Austria, then continue to Spittal and on to Lienz (the motorway ends a little after Spittal). We continue along a relatively nice and wide road through the Drava Valley. In the centre of Lienz, at the main roundabout, turn left and continue driving towards Itali (exit from the roundabout in the direction of the villages of Leisach, Anras and Silian). Shortly after Leisach, you will see direction signs on the left hand side of the road directing you to a narrow wooden bridge over the river Drava (direction Kerschbaumer Alm, Klammbrückl). The road narrows just after the bridge and starts to climb steeply. Follow this road to the parking lot at Klammbrückl.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the road, which is closed to traffic. After a few dozen metres, you will reach a crossroads where you continue to the right, following the signs "Kerschbaumer Alm". You can either follow the mountain road all the way or take the footpath through the forest and then briefly join the mountain road a few more times.
When the road ends, continue on the footpath, which begins to climb up the right side of the valley. The path leads through sparse woodland to a slightly steeper slope and then to a viewpoint with a good view of Klapffall Waterfall. The path then turns slightly to the left and approaches a mountain stream. The path climbs along the stream and then leads to the mountain pasture Kerschbaumer Alm. The path here follows the left-hand side of the mountain pasture and there is only a short climb up a grassy slope past sparse trees to the Schutzhaus hut.
At the hut where there is a marked crossroads, continue to the left following the signs "Weittalspitz Klettersteig". First cross the grassy slope and the stream bed and then come to the crossroads again.
This time continue right uphill after the signs "Zochenpaß, Weittalspitze" and the path to the left leads to the saddle Kerschbaumer Törl and the hut Karlsbader Hütte. From the crossroads the path climbs along the larch forest and then turns slightly to the left. The path then crosses the slopes in an ascending direction to the east and leads to grassy slopes from which a beautiful view of the nearby peaks opens up. Here the path turns slightly to the right and leads us from the grassy slopes to the scree where we soon reach a crossroads.
To the left another path branches off towards saddle Kerschbaumer Törl and hut Karlsbader Hütte, and we continue to the right towards saddle Zochenpaß. From the crossroads the path continues to climb the scree and soon leads us to saddle Zochenpaß from which we have a view south to the Carnic Alps.
At the saddle, continue right along the ridge, following the "Weittalspitze Klettersteig" signs. The path here is marked with red and blue markers and initially follows the grassy terrain along the ridge, then climbs slightly steeper and leads to the first fixed safety gear.
The path continues along and along the ridge for some time, ascending and descending several times. The slopes are quite rugged in this part and there is a lot of rubble on the path, so some caution is needed. The more dangerous parts of the trail can be helped by a zip wire. This route then leads us under the slopes of the Weittalspitze peak where the more difficult climbing part of the route begins. There is also a considerable risk of falling rocks on this part. The path turns left and then climbs almost vertically up the rock face along the ropeway. The trail then turns right and climbs steeply along the cliff a few more times, leading to a registration box. Here the path becomes a shade less difficult and, using the fixed safety gear, you soon reach the summit with a view. Descend by a less demanding route that runs along the west side of the mountain via the Weittalsattel saddle and from there descends back to the Schutzhaus hut on the mountain pasture Kerschbaumeralm.

On the way: Klapffall (1690m), Kerschbaumeralm Schutzhaus (1902m), Zochenpaß (2260m)

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