Lienzer Dolomitenhütte - Instein Alm

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. A few kilometres before Lienz (near Unterdorf), you will see signs for the Lienzer Dolomitenhütte hut, which will direct you left onto the local road. The road then crosses the River Drava over a bridge and leads to the village of Lavant, where you continue to the right towards the village of Tristach. Between Lavant and Tristach you will come to the next crossroads, where you turn left in the route "Lienzer Dolomitenhütte". Follow this road, which begins to climb steeply, to a large parking area near the hut. The road is toll road (July 2009 7€).
Lienz can also be reached by driving through the Zillian valley (Korensko sedlo, Hermagor, Ziljsko sedlo/Gailbergsattel pass) instead of the Drava valley, in which case you arrive in the Drava valley at Oberdrauburg.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the road, which will take you to the Lienzer Dolomitenhütte mountain hut in 2 minutes.
From the hut, cross the fence and continue your ascent along the scenic road (a nice view of the jagged ridge - the highest is Spitzkofel 2717 m), which is exposed to falling rocks in the initial part. The road then crosses a short lane of wodland and after this leads to the undistinguished Premstall Pass (1625 m), where there is a small crossroads.
Continue straight on past a water trough (left up Weißtein Alm) along a road which, after a few minutes' further walking, leads to a small mountain pasture Instein Alm, where you see a small wooden hut and a chapel slightly above it.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Karlsbader Hütte (1 h 40 min), Kleine Gamswiesenspitze (3 h 10 min), Große Gamswiesenspitze, Kleine Laserzwand (2 h 30 min), Teplitzer Spitze (2 h 40 min), Laserzwand (2 h 40 min), Schöttnerspitze (2 h 40 min), Galitzenspitzen (3 h 40 min), Laserzkopf (3 h 10 min), Daumen (4 h 10 min), Große Sandspitze

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