Klippitztörl - Geierkogel (Saualpe)

Access to the starting point:
a) Drive through Border crossing Ljubelj into Austria and follow the signs for Klagenfurt am Wörthersee / Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. In Klagenfurt, turn right at the McDonalds onto the southern bypass / Südring, and at the next major junction turn right again towards Velikowiec / Völkermarkt and Mostič / Brückl. The road to Velikowiec is soon left, as a little after the Obi shop you turn right towards the motorway and Mostič. Continue past the Ikea store, following the signs for Mostič and past the motorway entrances. When you arrive in Mostič, follow the signs for Lead / Eberstein and Hüttenberg. Just before Hüttenberg, after Mösel, turn right towards Klippitztörl and Lölling. Further on, the valley of the Löllingbach stream begins to climb more visibly, and higher up, after the village of Lölling, you gradually move away from the stream. Follow this road as far as the Klippitztörl Pass, where you turn right and park in a large asphalt parking lot.
b) Take the Border crossing Jezerski Vrh, Holmec or Vič into Austria, then follow the signs for Velikovec / Völkermarkt and from there the signs for Mostič / Brückl. When you arrive in Mostič, follow the signs for Svinec / Eberstein and Hüttenberg. Just before Hüttenberg, after Mösel, turn right towards Klippitztörl and Lölling. Further on, the valley of the Löllingbach stream begins to climb more visibly, and higher up, after the village of Lölling, you gradually move away from the stream. Follow this road as far as the Klippitztörl Pass, where you turn right and park in a large asphalt parking lot.

Path description:
At the start of the parking lot, signs for Geierkogel, Wolfsbergerhütte, Forstalpe and other destinations direct you to a path that continues above the parking lot and leads south. At first you walk along a wide mountain path (not a road) which climbs only gently, but after crossing a dirt road the path gradually becomes slightly steeper and leads to a marked crossroads.
Continue left in the direction of the Geierkogel peak (the right path bypasses this peak) and climb through increasingly sparse forest. A little further on, we cross the forest road once more, and then the path becomes steeper and climbs among the blueberry trees, with better views with every step. Higher up, the path leads to a wire fence, and we reach the Geierkogl cross on the right. From the Geierkogl cross, we continue southwards, climbing a little more at first, but quickly reaching the highest point, where we see a registration box with a stamp on the right, on interesting granite rocks.
Description and pictures refer to August 2020.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Forstalpe (Svinška planina / Saualpe) (1 h 10 min), Gertrusk (Svinška planina / Saualpe) (2 h 35 min), Kienberg (Svinška planina / Saualpe) (1 h 50 min), Velika Svinja / Ladinger Spitze (Svinška planina / Saualpe) (3 h 10 min)

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