Bad Eisenkappel - Boschitzberg (Türkenkopf Klettersteig)
Starting point: Bad Eisenkappel (555 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4967°N 14.5831°E 
Path name: Türkenkopf Klettersteig
Time of walking: 3 h 30 min
Difficulty: extremely difficult marked way
Ferrata: D/E
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 673 m
Altitude difference (by path): 675 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Jezersko or over Pavličevo saddle, we continue driving to the end of the settlement Železna Kapla / Eisenkappel, where we park at the abandoned joinery workshop on the left bank of the river Bela. Above the parking lot, a fortification (Turkish guardhouse) with a flag can be seen.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we head in the direction of the river along the joinery workshop, where we spot steel cables and pegs.
The initial traverse (C) soon ascends vertically (C/D), with progress aided only by the steel cable and the occasional peg. The wall is continuously vertical. A long traverse (C) to the left follows, taking us from the vertical into a pleasant grove where we can rest. Immediately, the next demanding section begins, bringing us to a short, slightly overhanging rib (C/D), followed by a vertical pitch (C) directed slightly to the left, ending in the grove. Here we are at about halfway along the climbing route. Ahead lies the most difficult section, starting with a vertical pillar (C), after which the hardest spot begins. In the pronounced overhang (D/E), we climb leftward and upward, aided by a few sparingly placed pegs (quite far apart – a challenge for shorter mountaineers). Here, most of the weight is on the arms, and for those with less strength or climbing technique, this section can be impassable. Extremely demanding, especially, is clipping the carabiners of the via ferrata set while holding the steel cable with one hand. The route turns right, and the difficulty does not ease until the end of the traverse to the right. The use of a short rope or sling for a possible rest in the middle of the hardest part is highly recommended, as progressing through the most difficult part without a break is possible only for very strong climbers. The worst is behind us; only a few shorter moderately difficult spots (C) in well-featured rock follow, after which the path traverses forested slopes and soon the steel cables end too. It takes a good two hours of ascent to here (end of the climbing route). From here, we can continue to Božičev vrh (following the Austrian markers uphill to the right) or descend to the starting point.
Detailed topo map description can be found at http://bergsteigen.at/pic/pdf/2140_Topo_80d228b2-3713-4335-b373-bb8bb658dfba_tuerkenkopf.pdf
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