Trate / Johannsenruhe - Hochstuhl/Stol (climbing way)

Access to the starting point:
a) 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 in this town, follow the main road past Podgorje / Maria Elend and Sveče / Suetschach to Bistrica v Rož / Feistritz im Rosental, where you turn right in front of the Billa and Penny stores towards the Ruta Valley / Bärental. About 100 m after leaving the main road, turn left and follow a slightly narrower and ascending road to a large parking lot (the parking lot is located near a meadow called Trate / Johannsenruhe). From the Penny shop to the starting point, there is about 9 km of narrow asphalt road, with gravel only in the back part. From the entrance to the Karawanks tunnel to the starting point is approximately 38 km.
b) Via Border crossing Ljubelj, drive into Austria and take the main road to Klagenfurt am Wörtersee to the second roundabout, from where you continue driving towards the exit Bistrica v Rosu / Feistritz im Rosental (leave the main road to Klagenfurt before crossing the river Drava). In the aforementioned place, just after the Billa and Penny stores, turn left onto the road towards the Ruta Valley / Bärental. About 100 m after leaving the main road, turn left again and follow the slightly narrower and ascending road to a large parking lot (the parking lot is located near a meadow called Trate / Johannsenruhe). From the Penny shop to the starting point, there is about 9 km of narrow asphalt road, with gravel only in the back part. From the entrance to the Ljubljana Tunnel to the starting point is about 32 km.
c) From Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec, drive to Ravne na Koroškem, then continue in the direction of Border crossing Holmec. When entering Austria, drive first towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, then follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz and on to Železná kapla / Bad Eisenkappel, Borovljam / Ferlach. After Borovljani, join the road via Border crossing Ljubelj at the roundabout. Here, at the first roundabout, continue in the direction of Klagenfurt, and at the second roundabout in the direction of Bistritz im Rosental. In the aforementioned town, just after the Billa and Penny stores, turn left onto the road towards the Ruta Valley / Bärental. About 100 m after leaving the main road, turn left again and follow the slightly narrower and ascending road to a large parking lot (the parking lot is located near a meadow called Trate / Johannsenruhe). From the Penny shop to the starting point, there is about 9 km of narrow asphalt road, with gravel only in the back part. From Border crossing Holmec to the starting point is about 71 km.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue past the gate on the road that is closed to traffic. The road becomes a bit steeper further on, and you can climb both on the road and on a footpath that crosses the mountain road several times. The road and footpath soon lead to a marked crossroads. We continue to the right, following the signs "Hochstuhl - Klettersteig", and the path to the left leads to Klagenfurter Hutte
The path from the crossroads first starts to climb gently over scree, then turns left and brings us in front of the entrance to the climbing part of the route.

At the beginning of the climbing part of the route, there are several vertical ascents with the help of a number of pitons and a rope. The path then turns left and crosses a steep rocky slope by a rope. There are a few more ascents along the steel cable and then the route becomes slightly less difficult and leads to dwarf pines.

The route through dwarf pines gradually becomes a little more difficult again, followed by a few climbs along a steel cable and then a steep climb using stemples. The path then leads us through dwarf pines to an initially unmarked ridge along which we then climb for some time. The climb up the ridge is mainly through dwarf pines, and the ridge becomes increasingly rocky in the upper part. The ridge is also a bit exposed and there are a couple of ropes to help us.

When the ridge ends, continue slightly right and then climb up through the gully with the help of steel cables left upwards. In early summer there may be a snowfield in the ravine. From the gully, continue right and there are a few steep climbs along the steel cable to a signing box by the trail. From the registration box, there is a short climb up a rope and then the path becomes less steep.

The trail then climbs towards the main ridge of the mountain. When you reach the main ridge, continue left and start climbing up the Slovenian side of the ridge towards the summit, which is no longer far away.

On the way: Trate / Johannsenruhe (1226m)

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