Sporthotel Maltatal - Jägersteighütte

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Villach-Salzburg take the Gmünd exit and follow the road towards the Malta Valley (Maltatal). After a few kilometres, the well-marked road leads to the village of Malta, and just a little further on to the toll both. The steep and sometimes narrow road, with tunnels and traffic lights, leads to a large parking lot next to an artificial lake (the dam at the end of the lake is 165m high). During the drive, you can observe numerous waterfalls, which, due to the lack of parking spaces, can only be seen from your car.

Path description:
From the large asphalted parking lot, continue along the dirt road towards Osnabrücker Hütte. After 5 minutes of easy walking along the lakeside, you reach the next parking lot at the Kölnbreinstüberl hut. Continue along the road towards the Osnabrücker Hütte. The winding road, which runs alongside the lake the whole way, offers a beautiful view of the surrounding peaks and the waterfalls of the surrounding streams. After a good half hour's walk, you reach a fork in the path, where you take a sharp right in the direction of Arlscharte. From here on the path starts to climb and after a further 5 minutes of climbing leads us to the next crossroads. Continue to the right and follow the gently sloping path for 5 minutes to reach the Jägersteighütte mountain hut (straight ahead Arlhöhe).

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Pfringersee ( 55 min), Arlhöhe (1 h)

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