Raabtal - Monte Vancomun / Hochspitz

Access to the starting point:
Cross the Korensko sedlo border crossing and descend into Austria, then turn left at the first major crossroads towards Podklošter/Arnoldstein. In the village you will come to a roundabout, where you continue to the right in the direction of "Hermagor". Continue along the wide road that leads through the Zilj valley. At Mauthen, turn left towards the Plockenpass and then, after a few 100 m, turn right towards the Lesachtal valley. A short distance beyond the village of Untertilliach (at the second bus stop), the initially asphalted road branches off to the left and continues along a narrow and rather winding road. The road then crosses a bridge, after which a wide dirt road joins on the left. Continue straight ahead for about 50 m and then you will come to the next unmarked crossroads, where you turn left along a slightly worse forest road, which you then follow to a sharp right turn at which there is a sign for no further traffic.

Path description:
At the bend, leave the road and continue left along the initially clearly visible marked mountain path. After a few minutes, the trail enters a rare lane of a forest, where it passes three hunting observation posts in a relatively short time. After the third observation post, the trail turns slightly to the right and starts to disappear among the tall grasses. Just a little further on, the trail crosses a mountain stream, after which it enters the most overgrown part of the trail. The trail continues on through very tall grasses lane and then continues along an old and rather overgrown mulatier. Follow this moderately steep path, along which you can see many blueberry bushes in summer, all the way to bivouac Mitterkarhütte
From the bivouac, continue right to the south-west, first crossing gentle meadows and then climbing slightly steeper towards the saddle below the summit of Hochspitze. The path to the saddle climbs mostly on the right side of the valley over grassy slopes, but at the top the path turns to the left and there is a slightly steeper climb to the saddle.

From the saddle, the path descends slightly to the west side, then turns slightly to the left and leads to a crossroads. At the crossroads, signposts direct you uphill to the left, following the 'Hochspitz' signs. From the crossroads the path then climbs slightly steeper and leads to a ridge where you continue to the right. The path continues along the ridge, which is slightly exposed in places. In the last part, the path turns left to the east side of the mountain and there is only a short climb to the top.

On the way: Mitterkarhütte (1973m)

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