Waldrast - Großer Speikkogel (Koralpe) (via Großhöllerhütte)

Access to the starting point:
a) Take one of the border crossings with Austria (Korensko sedlo, Karawanks tunnel, Ljubelj Pass, Jezerski vrh Pass, Pavličev vrh Pass) into Austria and then continue along the so-called southern motorway towards Graz/Graz. Follow the motorway to Wolfsberg, where you leave the motorway, and then, when you reach the roundabout with the old or regional road, continue driving "straight ahead" in the direction of the Koralpe ski resort. We continue through St. Stefan, Maildorf and Rieding, and follow the ascending road to the large parking lot at the Koralpe ski centre.
b) Cross the Holmec or Vič border crossing into Austria and continue driving towards Wolfsberg, where signs for Koralpe point you to the right. Continue through St. Stefan, Maildorf and Rieding, and follow the ascending road to the large parking lot at the Koralpe ski centre.

Path description:
At the beginning of the parking lot, you will see the mountain signs for "Wasserfall in Großhöllerhütte", which direct you to the left to the road, which is closed with a barrier. The road then immediately turns right and, after about half an hour's walk, with a few slight ups and downs, leads to a crossroads where you continue towards the Großhöllerhütte hut. Follow the road in the same direction at the following junctions until it turns into a footpath. At the point where the road ends is the next crossroads, where you have two options for continuing. Take the right-hand path, which takes you up along the stream. A little higher up, cross the stream and step onto an island, which you then walk along for a few minutes. The path continues over a small bridge to the right side of the stream (left bank) and starts to climb steeply. When the steepness subsides, you reach the next crossroads, where you continue to the left (right hut Koralpenhaus). After a few more steps, you cross the stream again over a small bridge. Here a path branches off to the left down to a waterfall which is only a two-minute walk away.
From the waterfall, continue along the path, which begins to climb steeply up the increasingly scenic slope. After a 20-minute climb from the waterfall, the path leads to the Großhöllerhütte mountain hut.
From the hut, continue along the mountain road in the direction of hut Grillitschhütte and peak Großer Speikkogel, and after about 10 minutes' further walking, this leads to the next crossroads, where you continue to the right in the direction of peak Großer Speikkogel (straight ahead to the Weinebene Alpine Pass and hut Grillitschhütte).
The path continues along the wide cart track, which then crosses several gurgling streams. The winding cart track, which initially descends gently, turns into a winding footpath at a slightly higher level, which continues across viewpoints and meadows. A little further on, the path to the Koralpenhaus hut branches off to the right, and we continue straight on towards the Großer Speikkogel summit. The marked trail then turns slightly to the left and begins a moderate climb over a slightly steeper slope. There is a short steeper climb and the path leads to a small saddle between the Seespitz and Großer Speikkogel peaks.
At the saddle you will reach the marked Weinebene - Großer Speikkogel scenic route, which you follow to the right. We then begin a slightly steeper climb towards the highest peak of Golica. Higher up, the path descends and leads us down the slope to the summit ridge, where we continue to the right. From here it is only a few minutes' walk and the path leads to the cross at the top of the Großer Speikkogel.

On the way: The Poms waterfall (Koralpe) (1671m), Großhöllerhütte mountain hut (Koralpe) (1790m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Seespitz (Golica/Koralpe)

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