Sadnighaus - Sadnig (via mountain pasture Lindler (pot 149))

Access to the starting point:
After crossing the border through the Karavanke Tunnel, take the motorway past Bialystok / Villach and Spittal, where you turn off the motorway towards Knoten Spittal Millstätter See, Felbertauern, Lienz, Lendorf. Then turn right at the sign for Großglockner (here you stop following the road to Lienz). Follow the road through Möllbrücke and Obervellach until it turns towards Mörtschach, which is where you turn after a while. From here on, follow the signs for Asten. The asphalted and sometimes steep road leads for 10 to 11 km to the parking area of the Sadnig (German: Sadnighaus ) hut, where the asphalt ends. Parking is available here. The drive from the national border to the finish line takes just under 2 hours.

Path description:
From the car, follow the tarmac road down a few steps to the Naturlehrweg Astern Moos, Schobertörl and Makernispitze signs, which direct you to a footpath, after which you lose about 20 m of elevation to get onto a lower-lying dirt road and continue left towards the Asten valley headland, called Astern Moos. There is also a nature trail through this part of the area, which is one of the few high mountain moors in the High Tauern National Park and is known for its diverse and unique flora and fauna. Soon we see a turn-off on the right for the steep path to Sadnig, and we continue straight on along the road.
After 15 minutes of steady walking, we come to signs and continue in the direction of route 149 for mountain pasture Lindler (German: Lindleralm). Shortly afterwards, cross the stream Asten (German: Astenbach) and start climbing. Sadnig soon joins us at the markers. The wide cart track then leads past mountain pasture Lindler, where it becomes a narrow footpath that starts to climb steeply through a sparse larch forest. After about 200 metres of climbing, it is like a fairy tale before you enter a flat world of high mountain pastures. The trail crosses a stream, then passes small lakes or puddles before arriving at the Kapitzenbühel crossroads (2282 m). It took us 1 hour and 45 minutes to get here.
We head towards Sadnig and after 2 hours and 30 minutes of walking from the starting point, we reach the Sadnigscharte pass (2484 m) on a path that is only steeper in places and crosses high mountain meadows. A little below the pass, there is a small lake along the way, which is a good resting point.
From the pass, after a few serpentines, you reach a scree slope, which you cross and then climb steeply towards the Vorsadnig (2696 m), which the trail passes just below the summit and turns eastwards. From here the summit is close. On the last slope, a few metres below the summit, when the path is at its steepest, the path splits into two branches, one of which offers slightly easier access to the summit.

On the way: Sadnighaus (1880m), Naturlehrweg Astern Moos (1860m), Astenbach (1900m), Lindleralm (1980m), Kapitzenbühel (2282m), Sadnigscharte (2484m)

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