Weinebene - Handalm

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. Take the motorway to Wolfsberg, where you leave the motorway and then, when you reach the old or regional road, continue driving towards St. Gertraud. In St. Gertraud, you will see signs for the Weinebene Alpine Pass, which will direct you to the right onto an ascending asphalt road. Follow this road for approximately 18 km before reaching the Alpine pass, which is situated at an altitude of 1668 m. Park in the large marked parking lot next to the pass.
b) Drive through the Holmec or Vič border crossing into Austria and then continue to Wolfsberg. From Wolfsberg, follow the regional road towards St. Gertraud. In St. Gertraud, you will see signs for the Weinebene Alpine Pass, which will direct you to the right onto an ascending asphalt road. Follow this road for approximately 18 km before reaching the Alpine pass, which is situated at an altitude of 1668 m. Park in the large marked parking lot next to the pass.
c) First drive to Maribor, then continue along the motorway to Border crossing Šentilj and then along the Austrian motorway to Graz/Graz. Leave the motorway at the exit for Lipnica / Leibnitz. After leaving the motorway at the roundabout, continue in the direction of Lipnitz / Leibnitz and continue south of the village of Gralla, which is now a suburb of Lipnitz. The road continues past an industrial or commercial zone, and at the roundabout by the Hofer store we continue "straight on" to the second exit in the direction of Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. Continue along the main road for a while and then turn right after the village of Graschach in the direction of Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. At the roundabout near Lonč/Deutschlandsberg, continue "straight ahead" towards the Weinebene Alpine Pass. From here on, the road climbs steeply, and we follow it for about 20 km to the aforementioned pass, where we park in a parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the Weinebene Pass, follow the marked footpath northwards from the pass. The path initially leads through rolling pastureland before gradually passing a chapel and entering a sparse forest. Once in the forest, the path becomes a little steeper and leads to a marked crossroads where you continue left (right Mörtlkreuz, Parfurßvit, Deutschlandsberg (in Slovenian Lonč), Handalmkreuz, Poschalmkreuz and Osterwitz) along a path that begins to climb steeply through increasingly sparse forest. Higher up, the path becomes a little steeper and leads along a wire fence. After a few minutes of steep climbing, the path flattens out, turns left and crosses the fence. Continue along the pasture fence for a short time, then leave the marked path, which continues towards the neighbouring Weberkogel peak and climb the easier pathless path to the nearby summit, which is reached without major problems in less than 3 minutes of further walking.

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