Seichenbrunn - Lienzer Hütte

Access to the starting point:
Drive through the Karavanke Tunnel into Austria, then continue to Spittal and on to Lienz (the motorway ends a little after Spittal). We continue along a relatively nice and wide road through the Drava Valley. Shortly before Lienz, at a roundabout, turn right towards Iselsberg and Winklern. The road starts to climb, but then you have to be careful, because soon the road to the Debanttal valley (green sign) branches off to the left. The road to the Debanttal valley becomes a dirt road, and then joins the slightly nicer road from Nußdorf-Debant. Then, driving through the Debanttal valley, follow the signs for hut Lienzer Hütte and Wangenitzseehütte. Follow the road all the way to the lock where you park in a large parking lot (Parkplatz Seichenbrunn).

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the macadam road, which is closed to traffic. After a few dozen metres, you will reach a marked crossroads where a path branches off to the right over a bridge towards the Wangenitzseehütte hut. At the crossroads, we continue on the dirt road following the signs "Lienzer Hütte". Shortly afterwards, the trail to the right branches off towards the Lienzer Hütte hut. This trail is half an hour longer than the road. We continue on the dirt road to the left of the Debantbach stream. The road climbs gently all the way and crosses a pasture fence several times. During the summer months, cattle graze along the road. The road then leads past a small hut at mountain pasture Gaimbergalm. We also cross several small tributaries of the aforementioned Debantbach stream. A little higher up, the road leads to a crossroads.
To the right, the road leads to the mountain pasture Hofalm, which is only 100 metres away. At the crossroads we continue straight on along the road towards the Lienzer Hütte hut, from which we have an increasingly fine view of the peaks above the Debanttal valley. Shortly before the hut we come to another marked crossroads.
This time, the footpath to the left branches off towards the Zettersfeld ski resort, and we continue along the road and soon reach hut Lienzer Hütte, from which there is a fine view of the surrounding peaks.

On the way: Gaimbergalm (1753m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Hochschoberhütte (2 h 30 min), Gartlsee (2 h), Glödis (4 h)

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