Klippitztörl - Angerlkogel

Access to starting point:
a) Over the Ljubelj border crossing we drive into Austria and follow the signs for Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. In Celovec, at McDonald's, we go right onto the south bypass / Südring, at the next major intersection again right towards Velikovec / Völkermarkt and Mostič / Brückl. We soon leave the road towards Velikovec, as a little after the Obi store we turn right towards the highway and Mostič. Further on, we go past the Ikea store, following the signs for Mostič and past the highway on-ramps. When we arrive in Mostič, we follow the signs for Svinec / Eberstein and Hüttenberg. Still before Hüttenberg, more precisely past the settlement Mösel, we turn right towards the Klippitztörl pass and the Lölling settlement. Further on, we begin to ascend more visibly along the valley of the Löllingbach stream, higher up, past the Lölling settlement, gradually distancing ourselves from the stream as well. We follow this road all the way to the Klippitztörl pass, where we turn right and park on the larger asphalt parking lot.
b) Over the Jezerski Vrh, Holmec or Vič border crossing we drive into Austria, then follow the signs for Velikovec / Völkermarkt, from there the signs for Mostič / Brückl. When we arrive in Mostič, we follow the signs for Svinec / Eberstein and Hüttenberg. Still before Hüttenberg, more precisely past the settlement Mösel, we turn right towards the Klippitztörl pass and the Lölling settlement. Further on, we begin to ascend more visibly along the valley of the Löllingbach stream, higher up, past the Lölling settlement, gradually distancing ourselves from the stream as well. We follow this road all the way to the Klippitztörl pass, where we turn right and park on the larger asphalt parking lot.
c) We leave the motorway Celovec ob Vrbskem jezeru / Klagenfurt am Wörthersee - Graz at the Šentlenart exit in Labotska dolina / Bad St. Leonhard im Lavanttal, then follow the signs for Zeltweg and Reichenfels. Further on, we drive along Obdacher Straße, which after about 2 km we leave and continue left towards the Klippitztörl pass. This is followed by approximately 15 km of ascending asphalt road, which we follow past the Naturfreundehaus hut to the Klippitztörl pass, where we turn left onto the asphalt parking lot and park in a suitable spot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we head north, where we first carefully cross the main road and then continue on the footpath following the signs for Zirbitzkogel and Hohenwart. At first, we ascend diagonally through the forest. When we reach a cart track, we gradually begin descending diagonally. Lower down, we reach a macadam road, which we follow to the right. A little further on, we turn right onto a footpath that climbs above the road. After a short ascent, we reach another cart track, which we follow to the right. Next, we walk for a while along the cart track, from which we several times get a view of the rather distant Zirbitzkogel. We then gradually arrive on the slopes of Hohenwart, where at several junctions we continue straight or keep to the left marked paths that have signs for Zirbitzkogel.
After a longer traverse, we reach the northern ridge of Hohenwart, from where we start descending more noticeably while continuing to keep left at the junctions. Further on, we walk for some time along a pasture. When looking to the right, a view opens towards the Packalpe mountain group. When the path lower down stops descending, we cross a somewhat wider macadam road.
We continue following the signs for Zirbitzkogel. After a short ascent, we return into the forest, which begins to thin out higher up. A little further on, we ascend moderately along a panoramic clearing. With beautiful views that extend all the way to the Julian Alps, we return into sparse forest. We pass an interesting hunting observatory and then continue easily along a gentle, indistinct ridge, where we almost imperceptibly reach the summit of Angerlkogel, which we recognize by the trigonometric point.
The description and photographs reflect conditions in October 2025.