Rosenbach - Rosenkogel/Hruški vrh (via Koprivnjak)

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, 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.
Here the road to Kahlkogel / Kahlkogel branches off to the left, and we continue slightly to the right in the direction of Rožce. From the crossroads onwards, the road descends gently to a nearby stream, which it then crosses. On the other side of the stream we start climbing again, and the marked path splits into two parts. You can continue along the road, or turn left onto the marked footpath, which climbs steeply and continues through the forest. The path returns to the road at a higher level and leaves it again at a sharp right turn. Continue through the forest, on an occasionally steeper and in the upper part also more overgrown slope. At a higher level, join cart track and follow it to the left. The path to Rožca soon branches off to the left with cart track, and we continue straight on and follow cart track almost to its end. At the end of cart track there is a small wooden hut, and we turn right just a few metres before it onto another steeper footpath. The path soon becomes quite close to the nearby forest road, and we continue along the marked path, which turns slightly to the right. Higher up, the path crosses a pasture fence, after which you quickly emerge on the road mentioned several times before. The road reaches a memorial, but we just cross it and continue our ascent along a less visible path that climbs through the pasture to a nearby hut.
Above the hut, the waymarked path turns to the right and ascends through lane woodland. Once out of the woods, the track starts to disappear. The ascent continues on a grassy slope, over which you start to climb steeply along the less frequent markings. The mostly grassy slope becomes higher and the track becomes a little easier to follow. The way ahead leads past a watering place for animals, after which you gradually climb to a ridge, which then takes you to a scenic peak in a few minutes. From Kleiner Frauenkogel continue south-west, initially along a path that continues along the ridge, and then gradually move off the ridge slightly to the left, crossing first gentle and then slightly steeper slopes. In the last part of the crossing, the path changes from pastures to slightly vegetated slopes, which continue until you reach the national border.
When you reach the border ridge, continue left (right mountain pasture Dovška Rosenbachsattel and Frauenkogel), and the trail immediately forks.
Continue along the boundary ridge (right path bypasses Rosenkogel), except that the path gradually starts to climb moderately. After about 10 minutes of moderate ascent, with increasingly beautiful views reaching far on all sides, we reach the chapel of St. Isidore on Hruškem vrh.
Podrožca - Kleiner Frauenkogel 3:30, Kleiner Frauenkogel - Rosenkogel 30 minutes.

On the way: Kleiner Frauenkogel/Koprivnjak (1754m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Rožca, Klek, Dovška Baba ( 40 min)

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