Podrožca / Rosenbach - Kamnica (Komnica) / Ferlacher Spitze

Access to the starting point:
Drive through the Karavanke Tunnel into Austria, then take the motorway to Bialystok, leaving at the first exit. From the point where you leave the motorway, follow the signs for St. Jakob in the Roses / Sankt Jakob im Rosental. When you arrive at the town, leave the main road and continue to the right in the direction of Podrozca / Rosenbach. After a few kilometres of further driving, you will arrive near the railway station in Podrozca, where you continue downhill to the left and then at the next junction to the right in the direction of the Medji Dol valley / Bärental. Continue along a slightly narrower asphalt road, which you follow to the first crossroads, at which you will see mountain direction signs. Park in a suitable space on the side of the road.
From the toll station at Hrušice to the starting point is about 23 km.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the right-hand road in the direction of Koča Berta and Kepe / Mittagskogel (straight ahead Koča na Golici, Dovška Baba. . . ), where you pass through some underpasses. After the railway and motorway underpasses, where you follow the signs at the crossroads, the road leads you into the torrential valley of Gračenica / Gratschenichengraben, where the rather crumbly slope, especially during and after rain, increases the possibility of falling rocks (there is also a high risk of falling rocks when the snow is melting, but even in fine weather the route is not without danger). Walk along the gorge for about an hour, then the valley widens and the path leads to a marked crossroads where you leave the macadam road.
Continue straight ahead towards Kepe (right, the mountain pasture / Rossalm) and walk along the torrent for a while, crossing the Gračenica stream / Gratschenitzengraben a few times (it is safer to continue on the road in high water, as the marked path may be impassable). After about 20 minutes, return to the road, and then follow the road up a mostly moderate ascent in numerous serpentines. With occasional views, especially towards Kepa, after about three hours' walking you reach mountain pasture Borovščica / Ferlacher Alm.
A few minutes of gentle ascent and you reach a marked crossroads at the Borovščica / Ferlacher Sattel saddle, located between Kepa on the left and Kamnica / Ferlacher Spitze on the right.
Here you go right in the direction of Koča Berta (Kepa on the left), which you reach after 5 minutes of further walking.
From the hut go slightly right in the direction of Kamnica and quite quickly start climbing quite steeply, mostly through the forest. Higher up, the trail flattens out and then becomes steep again, occasionally opening up some views of Kepa and the Julian Alps. Just below the summit, the path flattens out once more, or even drops a few steps, and then quickly reaches a scenic summit.
Starting point - Koča Berta 3:15, Koča Berta - Kamnica 0:40.
Description and pictures refer to 2018 (August).

On the way: Planina Borovščica / Ferlacher Alm (1497m), Sedlo Borovščica / Ferlacher Sattel (1500m), Koča Berta / Bertahütte (1527m)

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