Klippitztörl - Kienberg (Saualpe)

Access to starting point:
A) Via the Ljubelj border crossing we drive into Austria and follow the signs for Celovec / Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. In Celovec, at McDonald's, we turn right onto the south bypass / Südring, and at the next major intersection we turn right again towards Velikovec / Völkermarkt and Mostič / Brückl. We soon leave the road towards Velikovec because shortly after the Obi store we turn right towards the highway and Mostič. We continue past the Ikea store, where we follow 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 Lölling settlement. Further on, we begin ascending more noticeably along the valley of the Löllingbach stream; higher up, past the Lölling settlement, we gradually distance ourselves from the stream too. We follow this road all the way to the Klippitztörl pass, where we turn right and park on the larger asphalt parking lot.
B) Via the border crossings Jezerski Vrh, Holmec or Vič we drive into Austria, then we 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 Lölling settlement. Further on, we begin ascending more noticeably along the valley of the Löllingbach stream; higher up, past the Lölling settlement, we gradually distance ourselves from the stream too. We follow this road all the way to the Klippitztörl pass, where we turn right and park on the larger asphalt parking lot.

Path description:
At the beginning of the parking lot, signs for Geierkogel, Wolfsbergerhütte, Forstalpe and other destinations direct us to a path that continues above the parking lot and leads us towards the south. Initially we walk on a wide mountain path (not road), which ascends only gently, after crossing a macadam road the path gradually becomes slightly steeper and brings us to a marked junction.
We continue on the right path in the direction of the Wolfsbergerhütte hut (left path over Geierkogel), which further in a traverse ascent crosses the slopes to the right. A little further we cross the forest road once again, then for some time we ascend gently across. When we leave the forest we ascend somewhat more steeply to an indistinct ridge, where from the left a roughly half-hour longer path leading over Geierkogel joins us.
We continue towards the south and ascend moderately along the fence, from which higher up we veer slightly to the right. When we reach 2000 meters above sea level we soon notice an interesting natural window on the right, where the Forstalpe peak stamp is located. We continue on the marked path, and soon on the left we notice a smaller hillock, which is the highest point of the mentioned peak, and we recognize the peak by the number 398.
From the Forstalpe peak the path leads quite gently towards the southwest and through a grassy and partly swampy section brings us to the junction at Hafeneck, where we continue slightly to the right in the direction of Velika Svinja / Ladinger Spitz (left Kleinhinterbergerhütte).
The path continues without major elevation changes, the ridge narrows somewhat further, and the path leads us with a few short easy ascents and descents. When we are already very close to the grassy Kienberg peak, the marked path turns slightly to the right and bypasses the highest point, to which we ascend in less than a minute of walking from the marked path.
Starting point - Forstalpe 1:40, Forstalpe - Kienberg 0:40.
The description and pictures refer to the conditions in August 2020.

On the way: Forstalpe (Svinška planina / Saualpe) (2034m)

Trip can be extended to: Gertrusk (Saualpe) , Ladinger Spitze (Saualpe)