Klammbrückl - Weittalspitze (Allmaier Toni Weg)

Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards Spittal and forward towards Lienz (a little after Spittal highway ends). Further, we drive on a relatively nice and wide road through Drau valley. In the center of Lienz, in main roundabout we continue »left« and we continue driving towards Italy (exit from the roundabout in the direction of village Leisach, Anras and Silian). Soon behind the village Leisach, we will on the left side of the road notice signposts, which point us on narrow wooden bridge over the river Drau (direction Kerschbaumer Alm, Klammbrückl). The road only a little after the bridge narrows and starts ascending steeply. The mentioned road, we follow to the parking lot at Klammbrückl.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road which is closed for traffic. Already after few ten meters, we come to a crossroad where we continue right following the signs »Kerschbaumer Alm«. Further, we can all the time follow mountain road or we go on a footpath which runs through the forest and later few times for a short time joins the mountain road.
When the road ends we continue on a footpath which starts ascending on the right side of the valley. The path through a thin forest brings us on little steeper slopes and then to the vantage point from where we can nicely see the waterfall Klapffall. After that, the path turns slightly to the left and gets close to mountain stream. Next follows an ascent by the stream and then the path brings us to the mountain pasture Kerschbaumer Alm. The path here runs on the left side of the mountain pasture and then follows only a short ascent on a grassy slope past rare trees to the mountain hut Schutzhaus.
At the mountain hut where there is a marked crossing we continue left following the signs »Weittalspitz Klettersteig«. At first, we cross a grassy slope and riverbed of a torrent and then we come again to a crossing.
This time we continue right upward following the signs »Zochenpaß, Weittalspitze«, left leads the path towards the saddle Kerschbaumer Törl and mountain hut Karlsbader Hütte. From the crossing, the path ascends by larch forest and then turns a little to the left. Further, the path in ascent crosses slopes towards the east and brings us on grassy slopes from which a beautiful view opens up on the nearby peaks. Here the path turns slightly to the right and from grassy slopes brings us on the scree where we soon come to a crossing.
Another path branches off to the left towards the saddle Kerschbaumer Törl and mountain hut Karlsbader Hütte, and we continue right towards the saddle Zochenpaß. From the crossing, the path is still ascending on the scree and soon brings us on a saddle Zochenpaß from which a view opens up towards the south on Carnic Alps.
On the saddle, we continue right by the ridge following the signs »Weittalspitze Klettersteig«. The path is here marked with red-blue blazes and at first runs on a grassy terrain by the ridge, after that a little steeper ascends and it brings us to the first fixed safety gear.
Further, the path for quite some time runs on and by the ridge and several times ascends and descends. Slopes are on this part quite crumbly, and on the path, there is a lot of gravel, therefore quite some caution is needed. On more dangerous parts otherwise we also get help from a steel cable. Such a path then brings us below the slopes of the peak Weittalspitze where starts climbing more demanding part of the path. On this part is also a considerable danger of falling stones. The path turns to the left and then almost vertically ascends on rocky outside corner by the steel cable upwards. Further, the path turns to the right and few more times steeply ascends by the steel cable and it brings us to the inscription box. Here the path becomes slightly less demanding and with the help of fixed safety gear we soon reach the panoramic peak.
We descend on less demanding path which runs on the western side of the mountain over saddle Weittalsattel and from there descends back towards the mountain hut Schutzhaus on the mountain pasture Kerschbaumeralm.

On the way: Klapffall (1690m), Kerschbaumeralm Schutzhaus (1902m), Zochenpaß (2260m)