Winterleiten parking - Winterleiten Hutte (Seetal Alps)

Access to starting point:
A) From Gorenjska side we go over the border crossing Ljubelj to Celovec / Klagenfurt or through Karawanks tunnel to Beljak / Villach. Ahead we go on the highway in the direction of signs for Gradec / Graz. We leave the highway for approximately 2 km long tunnel in the direction of Bad St. Leonhard. Further, we drive past village St. Peter and smaller town Obdach. Through Obdach we continue driving to Judenburg. All the time we follow the signs for Judenburg until we get to the center of Judenburg. In a roundabout, where in the middle there is a gas station we turn left direction Seetaler Alps. We follow the road 17 km and signs for Winterleiten Hütte and we park on a large parking lot before the road closure.
B) From Koroška we at first drive to Dravograd and further into Austria. We follow the road ahead towards St. Paul, St. Andrä and Wolfsberg. In Wolfsberg we go towards Bad St. Leonhard and forward towards St. Peter. Further, we follow description from Gorenjska.
C) From Štajerska side we drive to Maribor and further over the border crossing Šentilj into Austria. We follow the highway in the direction of Celovec / Klagenfurt. We leave the highway in the direction of exit Bad St. Leonhard. Further, we follow description from Gorenjska.
D) Access from Austria: First, we drive to Judenburg, which is situated by the river Mur in Austria. Further, we drive to south part of the town, where we notice a hospital. Near the hospital mountain road branches off towards Seetaler Alps. The road is marked with signs "Seetaler strasse". Nice and at first an asphalt road we follow towards signs Winterleiten Hütte. We park on a large parking lot before the road closure.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road which is closed with the gate. After a short ascent on the road we come out of the forest, where in front of us we notice a lake and right from there a cottage.

Trip can be extended to: Gr. Winterleiten See (Seetal Alps) ( 15 min) , Scharfes Eck (Seetal Alps) (1 h 55 min) , Zirbitzkogel Hütte (Seetal Alps) (2 h 10 min) , Zirbitzkogel (Seetal Alps) (2 h 12 min)