Baumgartnerhof - Kresišče

Access to starting point:
A) Via the border crossing Korensko sedlo, we drive into Austria and then continue right towards Beljak / Villach. Still before we cross the river Zilja / Gail, we leave the road leading towards Beljak and continue driving right in the direction of Baško jezero / Faaker See. Further, we drive towards the mentioned lake, and in the settlement Bekštanj / Finkenstein we turn right towards Škocjan / Kanzianiberg and Stari Grad / Altfinkenstein. Further, we drive on local roads, following the direction towards the hotel Baumgartnerhof at the crossroads. We park on the parking lot near the mentioned hotel.
B) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive into Austria and leave the highway at the first exit. At the settlement Kot / Winkl, we turn right and continue driving towards Baško jezero / Faaker See. At the end of the settlement Loče / Latschach, we turn left in the direction of the hotel Baumgartnerhof. We park on the parking lot near the mentioned hotel.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue up the stairs following the signs »Mallestiger Mittagskogel«, »zum Wasserfall«. Already after a few meters, a climbing path branches off to the left, and we continue straight and begin to ascend through the forest. The path then brings us out of the forest for a short time and ascends on grassy slopes along the edge of the forest, then the path turns to the left and follows a somewhat flatter section of the path through the forest. A wide path brings us to a junction, where another path branches off to the left towards the waterfall and the climbing path. We continue right and a somewhat steeper path brings us to the road along which we continue left. The road then soon ends, and signs direct us to a trail uphill to the right. After a short ascent, we come to a junction where the climbing path joins from the left.
At the junction, we continue straight and continue ascending along the right side of the valley. The path then brings us to a vantage point where there are also benches and a cross. From the vantage point, where there is a nice view of some smaller waterfalls, we continue right and ascend through the forest. This is followed by an ascent in hairpins along a smaller stream at the edge of the forest. Due to the forest, views of the surrounding peaks open up only rarely. Higher, the path becomes slightly less steep and brings us to the Mitzl Moitzl Hütte hut.
At the hut, we continue somewhat to the left and begin to ascend through the larch forest. Higher, the path turns slightly to the right and then follows a short ascent to the junction on the border ridge.
On the ridge, we continue left following the signs »Schwarzkogel 1h«. Initially, we still ascend through sparse forest, higher it is replaced by dwarf pines and increasingly beautiful views begin to open up, especially on the Julian Alps. In the last section, the path brings us to grassy slopes and then follows a short ascent to the summit.