Podkanja vas / Wildenstein - Eisenkappler Hutte

Access to the starting point:
a) Take the Border crossing Ljubelj road into Austria, then turn right at Podljubelj / Unterloibl in the direction of the Hofer store. When you arrive in Borovlje / Ferlach, turn left at the junction a little after the railway line (there is a Eurospar shop to the right of the junction), and at the next junction, after a few 100 metres, turn right in the direction of Železna Kaple / Bad Eisenkappel. Towards Železna Kaple, drive to Podkanja vas / Wildenstein, where signs for Waterfall Podkanjski slap point you to the right. There is a short climb up a slightly narrower road, and then you arrive at a well-maintained parking lot (there is also a guest house and a museum at the starting point).
b) Cross the Border crossing Jezerski vrh into Austria, then after Železna Kapla turn left towards Klagenfurt and Borovlj / Ferlach. Continue along the main road towards Borovlje, and we drive to Podkanja vas / Wildenstein, where the signs for Waterfall Podkanjski slap direct us to the left. There is a bit of a climb up a slightly narrower road, and then we reach a nicely maintained parking lot (there is also a guest house and a museum at the starting point).
c) Drive into Podjuna, then follow the signs for Železna Kaplo / Bad Eisenkappel. After the village of Miklavčevo / Miklauzhof, leave the road towards Železna Kapla and continue right in the direction of Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt and Borovlj / Ferlach. Continue along the main road towards Borovlje, and we drive to Podkanja vas / Wildenstein, where the signs for Waterfall Podkanjski slap direct us to the left. There is a bit of a climb up a slightly narrower road, and then we reach a nicely laid-out parking lot (there is also a guest house and a museum at the starting point).

Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the wide tourist trail in the direction of Waterfall Podkanjski slap and Obirje. At first, the path climbs in a few serpentines, then after a short scenic part, the path turns into a forest and narrows a bit. After a few minutes of further walking, the marked path to Obir branches off from the wide path to the right, and we continue straight ahead and after a minute of further walking we reach a well-maintained lookout point at the Podkanjski waterfall.
From the lookout we return to the last crossroads, and then continue along the marked path towards Obir. From the point where we leave the wide tourist path, we start to climb steeply, and in steeper places we are helped by steps and sometimes by ropes (not difficult in dry conditions). After a few minutes, the steepness of the slope eases, and the path turns to the right, where it first crosses the cart track, and a little further on leads us to a forest road, which we follow to the left. Follow the road until it bends to the right, at the beginning of which a marked footpath continues straight ahead. Continue along the forest road, which is also occasionally crossed. There is a slightly longer climb through the forest, where you reach a marked crossroads at a small level.
From the crossroads, follow the path to the left (Jagovčeva mountain pasture to the right, with a possible ascent to Mali Obir, or descent to the Borovnica dam lake), which continues along a small valley, and a little higher up, return to the road, which is followed to the left, and quickly reach the abandoned Hofovška mountain pasture.
Above mountain pasture we finally leave the road, and we continue to climb up the increasingly steep path. Higher up, we reach a wooded ridge where the path from the village of Reberca / Reehberg joins from the left.
We continue to the right on a fairly steep path which crosses a pasture fence a little further on and then starts to disappear in the vast pastures. Cross the pasture and carefully follow the few signs, and when you return to the forest, you reach a marked crossroads where you reach a better-beaten track.
Continue left downhill towards Eisenkappler Hutte (right Hochobir), which is about 15 minutes away. Description and figures refer to the situation in 2017 (August).

On the way: Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall (640m), Hofovška planina / Hoffmansalpe (1335m)

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