Rosenbach - Quadiaalm (via Medji dol / Bärental)

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 Podrožca / 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 about 1300 metres, we reach a small pass where a path branches off to the right, leading to the Kahlkogel summit, and we continue along the road as it begins to descend. After a short descent, we reach a junction of dirt roads, from which we turn sharp left along a road that continues to descend (straight ahead mountain pasture Zgornje Kladje and the hunting lodge). After a short further descent, we emerge from the forest at mountain pasture Kladje.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Golica

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