Erschbaum - Obstansersee Hütte

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora over Korensko sedlo to Austria, where at the first larger intersection we continue left towards Podklošter / Arnoldstein and Trbiž / Tarvisio. At the end of the settlement Podklošter signs for Šmohor / Hermagor point us to the right on a regional road, on which past the mentioned settlement we drive to the end of the valley Gailtal, or more precisely to the settlement Kötschach-Mauthen, where we turn right towards the settlement Oberdrauburg. The path ahead leads us over the Alpine pass Gailbergsattel (982 m), after which we descend into the mentioned settlement. After we cross the bridge over the river Drau, we continue left towards the settlement Lienz. In the main roundabout in Lienz we continue "left" in the direction of the settlement Sillian and Italy. A few kilometers before Sillian in the settlement Tassenbach we turn left in the direction of the settlement Kartitsch into the Upper Gail Valley / Tiroler Gailtal. We continue through the settlement Kartitsch and then in the settlement Erschbaum we turn right downhill onto a narrow road, which after a short descent crosses a wooden bridge and brings us to an intersection of forest roads. In front of the intersection near the sawmill there is also a parking lot where we park.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road and at the intersection we continue left following the signs »Erschbaumertal, Zum Klettersteig Gr. Kinigat«. The road is officially closed for traffic (prohibited traffic in both directions – forest road), but the vast majority continues driving and thus saves a good hour of walking.
The road is initially relatively flat and runs through the forest towards the east. At the intersections, we follow the signs for Erschbaumertal and Große Kinigat. The road later turns right towards the south and runs mostly along the stream upwards. Higher up the forest becomes sparser and a view opens up towards the peaks Kleine and Große Kinigat.
At the end of the valley Erschbaumertal where there is also a small parking lot the road ends and we continue slightly left on a footpath. The path here starts to ascend somewhat more steeply through larch forest and brings us to a junction at Tascharrhütte.
We continue right towards the hut Obstansersee Hütte, while left lead the climbing and eastern path to Große Kinigat. Our path then leads us through a short stretch of forest and crosses a stream. In continuation the path runs along the left side of the valley towards the west and ascends below the slopes of the peak Kleine Kinigat. The path then brings us to grassy slopes on the eastern side of the peak Rosskopf and starts to ascend somewhat more steeply. To the left then a fairly inconspicuous unmarked and fairly poorly trodden path branches off towards the ridge between the peaks Kleine Kinigat and Pfannspitze. We continue along the marked path, which brings us to the saddle Rosskopftörl.
From the saddle where there is a nice view of the surrounding peaks we descend to the western side towards the lake and the hut Obstansersee Hütte. The path here descends less than 200 meters and brings us to a junction just before the hut.
Left leads the path to Pfannspitze, while we continue straight towards the hut to which there are only a few minutes of walking left.

On the way: Tscharrhütte (1935m), Rosskopftörl (2493m)