Zettersfeld - Neualplseen (Goiselemandlweg Nord)

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. In the centre of Lienz, at the roundabout, turn right towards Matrei. After a few hundred metres, after a roundabout, take a sharp right and then a left over a bridge towards Thurn. Continue following the green signs "Zettersfeld Zentrum". Shortly before the ski centre, as the road starts to descend, you will see a dirt road on the left hand side of the road leading to the ski resort, which is closed to traffic. There are also yellow mountain signs along the road. Park in one of the smaller car parks nearby. There is also a much larger car park a little further along the main road.

Path description:
From the starting point, take the macadam road (route 9b) after the "Steinermandl" signs. The road, which is closed to traffic, climbs eastwards and leads to a ski slope where you soon reach a crossroads.
We continue to the left after the signs "Steinermandl" and continue for some time under the chair lift leading to the top of Steinermandl. The road then turns left and climbs a little steeper. The road then becomes more sloping and leads past a large artificial lake, which is used for artificial snowmaking. Here the road turns slightly to the right and leads to a marked crossroads.
The road continues towards the top of Steinermandl and the upper station of the chairlift. We continue left up the footpath, which starts to climb up the grassy slope. The higher the slope becomes, the flatter it becomes.
A path joins from the upper chairlift station on the right, a path to the left leads west to Goiselemandl and a path to the west leads west to the lakes Neualplseen, and we continue straight on following the signs for "Goiselemandlweg Nord". The path from the crossroads crosses the grassy slopes to the north-east and leads to a crossroads where a second path from the upper station of the chairlift joins from the right. From the path you have a nice view of the peaks above the Debanttal valley, and there are benches along the way.
At this crossroads, continue left and cross the slopes on the east side of the Goiselemandl. Later, the path crosses a fence and descends gently below the steep northern slopes of Goiselemandl. The trail then returns to more grassy terrain and then climbs gently up to the Neualplseen lakes. There is also a nice scenic trail around the lakes.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Östlicher Sattelkopf ( 30 min), Schleinitz (2 h 30 min)

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