Klammbrückl - Weittalspitze
Starting point: Klammbrückl (1092 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 46,79024°N 12,76478°E |
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Time of walking: 3 h 30 min
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Altitude difference: 1447 m
Altitude difference po putu: 1447 m
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Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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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 following the signs "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.
Here, bear slightly left after the "Weittalspitze" markings, and the path leads to the right towards the Hallebachtörl saddle and the Spitzkofel summit. From the crossroads the path continues along the grassy valley in a south-westerly direction. The trail is a little less well beaten here, so you need to pay a little more attention to the markings along the way. The path then turns sharp left from the grassy slopes and starts to climb on scree. The path then climbs quite steeply up a wide ravine, and there is a lot of rubble on the way, which makes the climb a bit more difficult. Once out of the gully, the slope becomes less steep and soon we are at the Weittalsattel saddle between the summits of Weittalspitze and Eisenschuß. From the saddle, where the view opens to the south, continue slightly left and then climb up the top slope of the mountain to the summit. Here again, the climb is mostly on scree.
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