Klippitztörl - Ladinger Spitz (Saualpe)

Access to starting point:
A) Via the Ljubelj border crossing we drive into Austria and follow the signs for Celovec / Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. In Celovec, at McDonald's, we turn right onto the south bypass / Südring, at the next major intersection we turn right again towards Velikovec / Völkermarkt and Mostič / Brückl. We soon leave the road towards Velikovec as shortly after the Obi store we turn right towards the highway and Mostič. We then pass the Ikea store, where we follow the signs for Mostič and pass the highway on-ramps. When we arrive in Mostič we follow the signs for Svinec / Eberstein and Hüttenberg. Still before Hüttenberg, more precisely past the settlement Mösel, we turn right towards the Klippitztörl pass and the settlement Lölling. Further on, we begin to ascend more noticeably along the valley of the Löllingbach stream, higher up, past the settlement Lölling, we gradually distance ourselves from the stream as well. We follow this road all the way to the Klippitztörl pass, where we turn right and park on the larger asphalt parking lot.
B) Via the Jezerski Vrh, Holmec or Vič border crossings we drive into Austria, then we follow the signs for Velikovec / Völkermarkt, from there the signs for Mostič / Brückl. When we arrive in Mostič we follow the signs for Svinec / Eberstein and Hüttenberg. Still before Hüttenberg, more precisely past the settlement Mösel, we turn right towards the Klippitztörl pass and the settlement Lölling. Further on, we begin to ascend more noticeably along the valley of the Löllingbach stream, higher up, past the settlement Lölling, we gradually distance ourselves from the stream as well. We follow this road all the way to the Klippitztörl pass, where we turn right and park on the larger asphalt parking lot.

Path description:
At the beginning of the parking lot, signs for Geierkogel, Wolfsbergerhütte, Forstalpe and other destinations direct us to the path which continues above the parking lot and leads us towards the south. Initially we walk on a wide mountain path (not road), which ascends only gently, after crossing a macadam road the path gradually becomes slightly steeper and brings us to a marked junction.
We continue on the right path in the direction of the Wolfsbergerhütte hut (left path over Geierkogel), which further in a traversing ascent crosses the slopes towards the right. A little further we cross a forest road once again, then for some time we ascend gently traversing. When we leave the forest we ascend somewhat more steeply to an indistinct ridge, where from the left joins an approximately half-hour longer path which leads over Geierkogel.
We continue towards the south and moderately ascend along the fence, which higher up we avoid somewhat to the right. When we reach 2000 meters above sea level soon on the right we notice an interesting natural window, where the Forstalpe summit stamp is located. We continue on the marked path, and soon on the left we notice a smaller hillock, where the highest point of the mentioned summit is, and we recognize the summit by the number 398.
From the summit of Forstalpe the path leads fairly gently towards the southwest and through grassy and partly swampy terrain brings us to the junction at Hafeneck, where we continue slightly right in the direction of Velika Svinja / Ladinger Spitz (left Kleinhinterbergerhütte).
The path ahead continues without major elevation changes, the ridge narrows somewhat further on, and the path leads us with some short easy ascents and descents. When we are already very close to the grassy summit Kienberg, the marked path turns somewhat to the right and bypasses the highest point, to which we ascend in less than a minute of walking from the marked path.
We continue on the marked path, which continues along the grassy ridge, gradually we pass to the fence along which we begin to descend to the saddle at the cross Eisernes Kreuz (1958 m), where the path from the Weissbergerhütte hut also joins us.
We continue towards the south, the path forks. We choose the slightly right path, which bypasses the Gertruska summit (the path over the summit is a few minutes longer) and crosses it along panoramic western slopes. On the other side of the summit we reach a broad ridge, where we join the path which leads over Gertruska.
When we start ascending again we arrive at a junction, where to the left branches the path to the Offnerhütte and Ladingerhütte huts, we continue straight. Further on we moderately ascend below the indistinct summit Kaiserofen, to which there are a few dozen steps from the marked path.
On the other side of the mentioned summit the path splits for the last time, we choose the slightly left path (right path bypasses Velika Svinja and leads further towards the Wolfsbergerhütte hut) along it in moderate ascent across expansive grassy terrain we ascend to the cross on Velika Svinja.
Starting point - Forstalpe 1:40, Forstalpe - Kienberg 0:40, Kienberg - Velika Svinja 1:15.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in August 2020.

On the way: Forstalpe (Svinška planina / Saualpe) (2034m), Kienberg (Svinška planina / Saualpe) (2050m), Kaiserofen (2037m)