Parking below Jamnigalm - Vordere Geislspitze / Vorderer Gesselkopf
Starting point: Parking below Jamnigalm (1685 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 47,00229°N 13,11076°E |
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Time of walking: 4 h 30 min
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Altitude difference: 1289 m
Altitude difference po putu: 1350 m
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Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): helmet, ice axe, crampons, lamp
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Access to the starting point:
Drive to Spittal an der Drau and take an exit for Lienz. Follow the regional road via Lendorf, after which drive a few kilometers and then take a right turn in direction Möllbrücke, Mühldorf and Obervellach. Soon after Obervellach turn right in direction Mallnitz. In Mallnitz pass the railway station (with motorail connection with Böckstein via 8370 m long Tauern tunnel) and soon after follow the signs for Jamnigalm or Hagenerhütte and turn left (be vigilant, since there are 15 green signs at this crossroafs). The road leads out of the city until it reaches a toll booth stop where 4 euros need to be paid (this was for 2018, important: please note that the booth is unmanned and that only coins are accepted). The road ends with a parking space below the mountain pastures Jamnig.
Path description:
Walk a few meters down the road and take a right turn over the bridge. The winding road takes you to Jamnig pasture in 5 to 10 minutes.
Since the forest ends with the Jamnigalm, the wide path offers excellent views all the way up to the Hagener Hütte. On the left side stand two prominent mountains, i.e. Feldseekopf and Vorderer Geißlkopf, and Greilkopf on the right side. The winding path leads all the way to the Hagener hut. Five minutes before reaching the hut turn left.
Continue west, descend a few meters to the signs and a bell, and follow a leisurely trail further west. The trail then reaches a spring thai is emerging from the ground all around the area. From this point the trail gets steeper. After gaining cca. 150 meters in altitude you will reach the ridge. The trail is really steep the last few meters and caution is advised. A mountain Westerfrölkekogel (2727m) rises on the right side. From here continue left following a trail passing under the ridge into the basin, traverse a few giant rocks and from then ascend again to the beautiful wide part of the ridge.
At first traverse the plateau while slowly ascending. Soon after the trail gets steeper again until the ridge gets very narrow. From here on expect no more false summits, because the next peak is Vorderer Geiselkopf. In this final section of the trail expect snow and ice until late July and from September.
A summit can be reached from the east and the west side. The east side is slightly more difficult and add a 5 or 10 minutes of walking distance for the west side. A few meters of steel rope are fixed below the peak, but it is easier to go around it, since there is an easier passing to the top just about 10 meters away.
A summit cross and a metal box with a book will await you at the top. Enjoy excellent views to the neighbouring 3000-meter-high mountains, i.e. Hochalmspitze and Ankogel to the east and Schareck and Sonnblick to the west.
Parking place – Hagener Hütte (2 h 30 min); Hagener Hütte – Vorderer Geiselkopf (2h).
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