Klösterle - Huaba Hittn

Access to starting point:
A) Via the Ljubelj border crossing, we drive to Austria, then follow the road towards Celovec / Klagenfurt. In Celovec, at all crossroads we continue straight ahead, but when the main road turns markedly to the right, we leave it a little further on and continue left towards the settlements Dhovše pri Celovcu / Lendorf and Trg na Koroškem / Feldkirchen in Kärnten. When we arrive at the highway junction, we go left towards the settlement Trg na Koroškem; when we arrive at the mentioned settlement, we turn right from the traffic-light-controlled crossroads towards the alpine pass Turracher Höhe. After the settlement Himmelberg, we go left towards Osojščice / Gerlitzen and begin to ascend more noticeably. When the road stops ascending, we follow it to parking lot 6a.
From the Ljubelj border crossing to the starting point it is approximately 73 km.
B) Through the Karawanks Tunnel we drive to Austria, then drive along the motorway to the motorway junction, from where we continue towards Špital ob Dravi / Spittal an der Drau and continue driving on motorway A10. We quickly leave motorway A10 and take the exit for Osojsko jezero / Ossiacher See; at the nearby roundabout we take the third exit (if there were no roundabout we would go left) and continue driving on Millstätter Strasse. We drive along the mentioned road to the crossroads, where we turn right towards the settlement Arriach and the Gerlitzen ski area, so that we continue driving on Teuchen Landesstraße. We drive along the mentioned road to parking lot 6a.
From the Karavanke border crossing to the starting point it is approximately 47 km.

Path description:
From the parking lot across a wooden bridge we cross the stream Arriachbach, then we walk to the lower station of the cable car Klösterlebahn I, which we bypass on the right side. Behind the chairlift station we continue right, so we continue to the edge of the forest. When we step into the forest we notice the first marking, and the path splits a few steps ahead.
The marked path continues straight and leads to Wurzelpark, but we go left, where after a few steps we notice a beaten path, which after a short ascent turns right and ascends transversely above the archery area. After approximately 5 minutes of walking on the unmarked path we return to the marked path, which we reach on the section where it runs along the macadam road (the path past Wurzelpark is approximately 15 minutes longer).
We follow the road to the left, along it we quickly arrive at the edge of the ski slope, from where a beautiful view opens up, and the path turns right and continues along the road. Higher up we make a few hairpin turns, then we return to the ski slope, along which we ascend for some time, then the path enters the forest again, where we continue along a poorer road. After crossing the pasture fence the path stays on the ski slope for longer and also becomes steeper, as it ascends straight up the ski slope. When we approach the upper station of the cable car Klösterlebahn I, we go right into the forest again. In the forest the road turns sharply left and brings us to the station of the mentioned cable car, where a few 10 steps before it we continue right upwards. We quickly reach the next road and continue along it with ever better views reaching to the highest peak of Austria. There follow a few junctions where we follow the markings, then past the reservoir lake, from which a nice view opens up onto Wintertalernock, we arrive at the crossroads near the hut Huaba Hittn.
Here we go left (right to Stifterboden) and in a few steps reach the mentioned hut.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in 2019 (August).

Trip can be extended to: Neugarten Almseehütte ( 10 min) , Stifterboden ( 40 min) , Gerlitzen