Klammbrückl - Spitzkofel

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 right after the markings "Hallebachtörl, Spitzkofel". The trail continues south-westwards, climbing up grassy slopes alongside a sparse larch forest. After about 20 minutes' walk from the hut, the path leads to another marked crossroads.
Slightly to the left, the path leads to the Weittalspitze peak, which has been overlooked from the path for some time. At the crossroads we continue right towards the Hallebachtörl saddle. The path here climbs along the increasingly sparse larch trees and leads us to slightly flatter grassy slopes from which we have a view towards the Kreuzkofel peak. After crossing the grassy slopes, the path turns to the right and ascends to the Hallebachtörl saddle.
From the saddle, where we can see the Spitzkofel summit, we descend gently and the path quickly leads to another crossroads.
To the left, the path leads to the Kühbodentörl saddle, and we continue to the right towards the Spitzkofel summit. From the crossroads, the path then crosses the scree to the north and the unmarked Hallebachtal valley path joins us from the right quite inconspicuously. The path then turns slightly to the right across the scree and starts to climb slightly steeper. When you reach the bottom of the slopes of Spitzkofel, the path turns left and leads to a ravine. Here the path becomes more challenging and climbs up the gully along the steel track. In early summer there may still be snow in the ravine. From the ravine, continue right up the slope and climb up along the steel cable a few more times. The more experienced will be able to climb up without self-propulsion. This route then soon leads to the Linderhütte bivouac. From the bivouac, continue right along the ridge and then descend gently using the ropes. The trail soon starts to climb again and then climb up a slightly crumbly slope with the help of some fixed safety gear to the top.

On the way: Klapffall (1690m), Kerschbaumeralm Schutzhaus (1902m), Hallebachtörl (2399m), Linderhütte (2683m)

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