Čemernica / Tschemernitzen - Koča nad Arihovo pečjo / Rossalmhütte

Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive into Austria and leave the highway at the Kot / Winkl exit. When we reach the main road through Rož / Rosental, we continue right, then before the underpass below the highway viaduct we continue left in the direction towards the settlements Svatne / Schlatten, Hodnina / Kanin and Čemernica / Tschemernitzen. Two hairpin turns follow, then we continue parallel to the highway. Further, through the underpass we pass to the eastern side of the highway, from the nearby intersection we go right in the direction towards Hodnina. After the intersection, we go once again through the underpass, then we arrive in Hodnina, but we drive along the road to the next settlement Čemernica, where by the yellow mountain signposts the described path begins. We park a little earlier at a suitable place by the road.

Route description:
From the starting point, we head onto the path in the direction of Bleščeče planine / Rossalm, Koča Berta / Bertahütte and Kepe / Mittagskogel. The path first leads along a fairly manageable macadam road, which soon takes us into the forest, and at the junctions we follow it in the direction of the trail markers. Higher up, we leave the road slightly to the left onto a cart track, and from the cart track soon again to the left onto a forest path, which becomes quite steep. There follows an ascent along the steep slope below the cliffs of Arihova peč / Arichwand; when on a smaller saddle the slope swings to the easier side, the path forks.
We continue right (left: viewpoint at the top of Arihova peč - 3 minutes) and ascend easily through the forest. The path soon turns left and brings us out of the forest to the edge of Bleščeče planine, where a little further on we step onto the macadam road. Along the macadam road, where the path from the settlement Kopanje / Kopein joins us from the right, we walk only a few dozen steps and already arrive at Koča nad Arihovo pečjo.
Description and pictures refer to the state in 2018 (August).

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