Rosenbach - Kahlkogel/Golica (via Medji dol)

Access to the starting point:
a) 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.
b) Via Border crossing Ljubelj, drive into Austria and follow the main road towards Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt. Once in the valley, at the second roundabout, which is still on the right bank of the river Drava, take the exit Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental, and then follow the main road to Podgorje / Maria Elend. After the village, turn left towards Podrožce / Rosenbach. The road continues through Tale / Tallach and then arrives in Podrozza. In Podrozza, we first pass through the underpass under the railway line, and a little further on we see the first signs for Kahlkogel / Kahlkogel, where we continue along the main road. At the next yellow signs, about 50 m further on, turn left onto the narrow asphalt road leading to the Medji dol / Bärental valley (at the crossroads there are signs for the chapel in ruins / Kapellenruine). From the crossroads, drive for about 1 km and then park in a suitable place next to the crossroads and the mountain direction signs.
From Border crossing Ljubelj to the starting point is approximately 35 km.

Path description:
From the starting point, take the road on the left after the Rosenbachsattel / Rosenbachsattel (straight ahead Mittagskogel / Mittagskogel). The road first crosses a bridge over the Gračenica / Schönbrunnen stream and then begins to climb, first gently and then moderately, through the forest. Continue climbing along the forest road for some time before arriving at a marked crossroads at an altitude of 900 metres above sea level.
From this junction, bear left towards Kahlkogel / Kahlkogel and mountain pasture Kladje / Quadiaalm and continue climbing along the road, which occasionally offers some views of the surrounding mountains from higher up. Higher up, at a height of about 1300 metres, we reach a small pass, where we leave the road and walk along a forest path to a nearby marked crossroads, where the path past mountain pasture Kladje joins us on the left.
Continue in the route Kahlkogel and follow the path along the forested ridge, which is initially quite steep, but narrower and steeper higher up. A little further on from the saltworks the ridge becomes quite narrow and the path, especially in wet conditions, is dangerous for slipping in a short part. After this part, the path leaves the ridge and turns slightly to the left, where it crosses the slopes to the left. After the avalanche, walk along the steep slopes for another 10 steps before the slope becomes slightly less steep. Further on, the forest starts to thin out and the path becomes steeper and steeper. When the ridge is reached, the path becomes even steeper, with good views, and continues to climb very steeply. Climb for a while through dwarf pines, then, when dwarf pines ends, quickly reach the border ridge, where you continue left.
A few minutes of moderate climbing along the scenic ridge will take you to the top of Golica.
Starting point - saddle Kladje 2:20, saddle Kladje - Kahlkogel 1:25.

On the way: Sedlo Kladje / Quadia Sattel (1300m)

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