Rosenbach - Kahlkogel/Golica (via Quadiaalm)

Access to the starting point:
a) Take the Karavanke Tunnel into Austria, then leave the motorway at the first exit. When you reach the main road, turn left towards St. Jakob im Rosental. Continue along the Rosentalstraße, and when you reach St. Jakob im Ros, at a slightly larger junction, turn slightly left towards Podrozca / Rosenbach. When you reach Podrožca, go down from the railway station to the stream Rosenbachsattel / Rosenbach, where the road to Medji dol / Bärental branches off to the right (there are also yellow mountain signs for paths leading through the valley), and we continue about 50 metres further to the next mountain signs, where the route described above begins. As there are no suitable parking places at the start of the route, you need to park somewhere nearby, preferably near the train station.
From the toll station at Hrušice to the starting point is approximately 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 Podrožce, we first pass under the railway underpass and a little further on we see the first signs for Kahlkogel / Kahlkogel, where the route described above begins. You can park earlier at a suitable place along the road, or drive a little further and park near the railway station.
From Border crossing Ljubelj to the starting point is just under 35 km.

Path description:
From the tarmac road continue in the direction of the marked path to Kahlkogel / Kahlkogel and mountain pasture Kladje / Quadiaalm, where the path first takes you past a house, and after the house you first follow cart track and then along a footpath, which quickly leads you to another cart track, which you only cross. Continue again in the direction Kahlkogel, then pass the water reservoir on the left. Higher up, there are a few forks where you follow the signs, then the path lies down and leads out of the woods into an overgrown old coppice, where you reach a wider cart track. Climb up the aforementioned cart track for a short time, and then the markings direct you left, onto a path that is usually quite overgrown. After less than 5 minutes, we reach another cart track, where we join a waymarked trail starting at the eastern part of the settlement of Podrožca.
Follow cart track for a moderate climb for some time and then reach the next marked crossroads, where the path from Tale / Tallach joins from the left.
Continue in the direction of Kahlkogel and the nearby spring, which is reached after about 5 minutes of further walking.
From the spring, where there is a sign and a bench, follow the path, which initially leads along a valley, from which the path soon turns sharp left and climbs steeply. There are a few minutes of climbing through the forest before the path quickly widens into a macadam road, which is then followed for a short distance. Leave the road at a higher level, then cross it again a little further on, and stay on it. When the forest thins out a little further on, we get a nice view towards Kahlkogel, and a little further on we cross a pasture fence. After crossing the fence, a few minutes walk along the road and you will reach mountain pasture Kladje.
From mountain pasture continue along the road, which splits a little further on. Continue along the road to the right (hunting lodge on the left and mountain pasture Zgornje Kladje), which will take you in a few minutes to the Kladje pass, where you leave the road and continue left to the nearby mountain direction signs. Continue in the direction Kahlkogel and follow the path along the forested ridge, which is initially quite steep, but narrower and steeper higher up. A little further 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, then 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 and then, when dwarf pines ends, quickly reach the border ridge, where you continue left.
A few minutes of moderate ascent along the scenic ridge and the path leads to the top of Golica.
Podrožca - mountain pasture Kladje 2:00, mountain pasture Kladje - Kladje saddle 10 minutes, Kladje saddle - Kahlkogel 1:25.
Description and figures refer to the situation in 2017 (June).

On the way: Hladna voda / Kaltwasser (915m), Quadiaalm (1271m), Sedlo Kladje / Quadia Sattel (1300m)

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