Schiestelscharte - Falkert
Starting point: Schiestelscharte (2024 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 46,89°N 13,7941°E |
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Time of walking: 2 h 10 min
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Altitude difference: 284 m
Altitude difference po putu: 500 m
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Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
a) Drive through the Karavanke Tunnel into Austria, then continue along the Tur Autobahn, leaving at the Beljaška bypass and continuing on to Feldkirchen. Continue along Lake Ossiach / Ossiacher See to the aforementioned town. In Feldkirchen, turn left towards the Turacher Höhe pass and continue past Himmelberg, Gnesau, Mitterdorf to Wiedweg, where the road from Bad Kleinkircheim joins from the left. From this junction we continue towards the Turacher Höhe pass, following the road for a few kilometres before the signs for the Schiestelscharte or Passhöhe alpine pass direct us left onto the toll road, which we follow to the parking lot at the aforementioned pass.
b) From Styria or Carinthia, first drive to Dravograd and then via Border crossing Vič to Austria, where you follow the signs for Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt. Continue on the so-called Southern Motorway, leaving at Klagenfurt (direction Feldkirchen). Continue along the regional road to reach the aforementioned town. In Feldkirchen, turn right towards the Turacher Höhe pass and continue past Himmelberg, Gnesau and Mitterdorf to Wiedweg, where the road from Bad Kleinkircheim joins from the left. From this junction we continue towards the Turacher Höhe pass, following the road for a few kilometres before the signs for the Schiestelscharte or Passhöhe alpine pass direct us left onto the toll road, which we follow to the parking lot at the aforementioned pass.
Path description:
From the parking lot, follow the footpath towards the Klomnock and Mallnock peaks and the Falkertsee lake. The trail crosses a pasture fence at the very beginning, after which it starts to climb crosswise on the left side of the mountain. The relatively steep path then leads over relatively steep slopes, over which the fixed safety gear are helpful but not strictly necessary. After the first steep part, the path changes to moderately steep grassy slopes, over which it then climbs in a moderate transverse ascent. A little further on, the path becomes steeper again and, with the help of a cable car, leads to a crossroads just below the summit.
Here continue left (right Klomnock 1 minute) in the direction of the summit Falkert and the lake Falkertsee. The path descends along a grassy ridge, then lays down and leads to a place where the path with Mallnock (the path that bypasses Klomnock on the south side) joins us from the right. Just a little further on, we cross a grazing fence and we are already at the next mountain markers.
Continue in the familiar direction towards the summit of Falkert, following the path which crosses over to the slopes of Steinnock Peak. We pass this peak on the right, and the scenic route, which offers beautiful views over most of the Nockberge group, leads us closer and closer to the Falkert peak. We continue on a gentle ascent for some time, crossing grassy slopes, and then arrive on the slopes of Falkertköpfl, over which we quickly reach the saddle Hundsfeldscharte, where we continue right at the crossroads towards Falkert Peak. Continuing along the ridge, the trail leads past the upper cable car station and there is only one last climb up the grassy slope to the summit.
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