Greuth - Große Muschenig (via Maria Elender Alm)

Access to starting point:
A) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we drive on the highway towards Beljak, which we leave at the first exit. From the point where we left the highway, we follow the signs for Šentjakob v Rožu / Sankt Jakob im Rosental. Further, we drive a few more kilometers on the main road, then just a little after the settlement Podgorje / Maria Elend we turn right into the village Rute / Greuth. Further, we drive on a narrower road (at the crossroads we stick to the slightly right direction), which soon brings us to a narrow underpass under the railway track. Further, we drive past a few more houses, and then at the end of the village, we arrive at a smaller crossroads, by which we notice hiking signposts. We park in an appropriate place by the crossroads.
From the toll station at Hrušica to the starting point, it is approximately 23 km.
B) Via the Ljubelj border crossing we drive to Austria, and then we drive on the main road to a roundabout before the bridge over the river Drava. In the roundabout, we leave the main road which leads towards Celovec / Klagenfurt and continue driving left (direction west) onto the exit in the direction of Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental. Further, we drive through several smaller settlements, then after the settlement Sveče / Suetschach we should pay attention. Only about 3 km after the mentioned settlement, we will leave the main road and continue driving left in the direction of the village Rute / Greuth. Further, we drive through the village on a narrower road (at the crossroads we stick to the slightly right direction), which soon brings us to a narrow underpass under the railway track. Further, we drive past a few more houses, and then at the end of the village, we arrive at a smaller crossroads, by which we notice hiking signposts. We park in an appropriate place by the crossroads.
From the entrance to the tunnel to the starting point, it is approximately 32 km.

Path description:
From the starting point, we take the right road in the direction of the mountain pasture Ilič / Illitchalm, Podgorska planina / Maria Elender Alm and Veliki Mošenik / Große Muschenig. The road, which is closed to public traffic, at first leads through the forest and then quickly brings us to the stream Velika Suha. We continue on a moderately ascending road which passes below the steep slopes, which are exposed to falling stones. Scenic path, by which we can also notice several smaller waterfalls, then higher brings us to a marked junction.
From the junction, we continue on the left road (right mountain pasture Ilič), which first crosses a stream and then ascends diagonally across a steep slope. Higher, the road passes into the forest and gradually flattens. We walk a few more minutes through the forest, then step onto Podgorska planina, where on the right side we notice a hunting cottage.
Above the mountain pasture, the road returns into the forest and brings us to a smaller crossroads, where we continue left in the direction of path 674a. We continue the ascent on a somewhat worse road, which after a few minutes brings us to a crossroads of several roads, where there is a marked junction.
At the mentioned crossroads, we leave the road and continue left on a cart track in the direction of "Aussichtspunkt". We quickly leave the wide cart track, as the blazes direct us slightly right onto a worse cart track which starts to ascend straight up the slope. We follow this path, which continues through the forest, all the way to the vegetated peak, which we recognize by the sign on the tree G.M. 2021 m.

On the way: Maria Elender Alm (930m)