Bad Kleinkirchheim - Rossalmhütte (by road)

Access to starting point:
A) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then continue driving on the Tauern highway, which we leave already at the Villach bypass and continue driving towards the towns of Treffen am Ossiacher See, Afritz am See, Feld am See, and after the mentioned town we turn right towards the well-known ski center Bad Kleinkirchheim. We park on a large parking lot opposite the gas station.
B) From Styria or Carinthia, we first drive to Dravograd and then over the border crossing Vič into Austria, where we then follow the signs for Klagenfurt / Celovec. Further, we drive on the so-called South highway, which we leave at Klagenfurt (direction Feldkirchen). Further, we drive on a regional road, by which we arrive at the already mentioned town. In Feldkirchen, we continue right in the direction of the mountain pass Turacher Höhe and drive past the towns of Himmelberg, Gnesau, Mitterdorf to the town of Wiedweg, where we continue left towards the well-known ski center Bad Kleinkirchheim. We park on a large parking lot opposite the gas station.

Path description:
On the eastern edge of the parking lot, we will notice an asphalt footpath which after a few meters of walking by the stream brings us to a narrower asphalt road, where we notice signs for Talweg, Rottenstein and Kaiserburg. For some time we ascend on the asphalt road which leads us among houses, and then we get to a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of Waldtratte (left footpath to Wöllaner Nock). The path ahead, which continues on the road, crosses a ski track and with a view of Bad Kleinkirchheim brings us into the forest, where it joins a somewhat wider road. We continue on an ascending macadam road, which soon makes a sharp left turn, after which there is a gate. We continue past the gate and on a relatively panoramic road we ascend to the restaurant Bergrestaurant Waldtratte, which we reach after approximately an hour of walking from the starting point.
A little further, we come to a smaller crossroad, where we continue right on a wider macadam road. The path ahead leads us on a moderately steep road which higher up crosses the ski track several times and which several times crosses the footpath that leads towards the mountain hut Rossalmhütte. The road, from which increasingly beautiful views open up, we follow for quite some time, more precisely to the left turn, where signs for the mountain hut Rossalmhütte direct us right downwards on a marked footpath, on which in 2 minutes we descend to the already mentioned mountain hut.

On the way: Waldtratte (1370m)

Trip can be extended to: Kaiseburg , Wöllaner Nock