Klammbrückl - Kerschbaumeralm Schutzhaus

Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards Spittal and further towards Lienz (a little after Spittal the highway ends). Further, we drive on a relatively nice and wide road through the Drau valley. In the center of Lienz, in the main roundabout we continue »left« and we continue driving towards Italy (exit from the roundabout in the direction of the villages Leisach, Anras and Silian). Soon after the village Leisach, we will notice on the left side of the road signposts, which direct us to a narrow wooden bridge over the river Drava (direction Kerschbaumer Alm, ÖTK – Schutzhaus 1902 m). The road narrows only a little after the bridge and starts ascending steeply. We follow the mentioned road to the parking lot at Klammbrückl.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road which is closed to traffic. Already after a few dozen meters, we come to a junction where we continue right following the signs “ÖTK Schutzhaus”. Further, we can follow the mountain road all the time or go on a footpath which runs through the forest and later joins the mountain road a few times for a short time.
When the road ends we continue on a footpath which starts ascending on the right side of the valley. The path through a sparse forest brings us to somewhat steeper slopes and then to the vantage point from where we can nicely see the waterfall Klapffall. The path then turns slightly to the left and approaches the mountain stream. Next follows an ascent along the stream and then the path brings us to the mountain pasture Kerschbaumer alm. The path here runs on the left side of the pasture and follows only a short ascent on a grassy slope past sparse trees to the hut Schutzhaus.

On the way: Klapffall (1690m)

Trip can be extended to: Große Gamswiesenspitze (3 h) , Weittalspitze , Linderhütte (2 h 30 min) , Spitzkofel (3 h)