Bodenbauer - Ovčji vrh (Kozjak) / Geissberg (Kosiak) (direct way)
Starting point: Bodenbauer (1052 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4678°N 14.2152°E 
Path name: direct way
Time of walking: 3 h
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: very demanding
Altitude difference: 972 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1030 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
We drive to the border crossing Ljubelj and ahead on the Austrian side. Soon after that, when on the left side of the road we notice a smaller church, a road towards the village Poden / Bodental branches off to the left. At the crossroad for the village Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg we turn left towards Podnu / Bodental. In Podnu / Bodental we come to mountain signposts for Celovška koča / Klagenfurter Hütte left and right. We go left and drive on the road to the end of the asphalt, where on a parking lot near the grazing fences we park.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the traffic-closed forest road with signs »Marchenwiese«. The walking forest road through the forest in a gentle ascent brings us to a pleasant meadow, where a beautiful view opens up towards the northern walls of Vrtača and Palec. Further, we cross the meadow on which the footpath is harder to follow and on the other side we look for a cart track which goes slightly upwards into the forest. After a few minutes' walk on the cart track the markings direct us to the right onto a footpath which soon crosses a torrent beside which it then ascends. The path then withdraws from the torrent a little to the right and brings us to a smaller clearing, where the marked path directs us even a little more to the right. The path ahead ascends steeper and after a good 30 minutes of walking it brings us to a junction, where we continue left (right Vgrizeva planina 5 minutes).
Steepness here eases and the path passes out of the forest into dwarf pines. Next follows a crossing of the scree, and then with the help of a steel cable we descend slightly downwards. From here onwards the path is exposed to falling stones. Further, the well-secured path starts ascending on a steep rocky slope. On the top of this easier climbing part we come to a logbook box, where we sign in. The difficulty of the path then disappears and in a traversing ascent we come to the saddle Vrata. The path ahead starts descending and in a few minutes brings us to a junction, where we continue right (straight Celovška koča 5 minutes).
The path ahead starts ascending steeply on a less and less vegetated slope. After half an hour of ascent the steepness decreases a little and the path continues on the summit grassy slope all the way to the top on which a cross stands.
Starting point - Vrata 2:00, Vrata - Ovčji vrh 1:00.
On the way: Vrata (1714m)
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