Ladinger Straße - Ladinger Hütte (Saualpe)

Access to starting point:
We leave the Klagenfurt am Wörthersee - Graz highway at the Wolfsberg Süd exit, then at the roundabout take the exit signposted St. Michael and Saualpe. Further on, at several junctions we keep following the left-hand directions; from the village of St. Michael we follow the signs for the settlement of Lading. Further ahead the road becomes narrower and starts climbing more steeply towards the mentioned settlement, where at several junctions we follow the main road or the signs for the Alpengasthof Gießlhütte guesthouse. From the guesthouse we continue driving a few hundred metres further to the marked parking lot next to the yellow hiking signposts.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we turn right onto the road marked with signs for the mountain hut Ladinger Hütte. The road we are walking on soon splits, and we choose the lower right branch (sharp left leads to Wolfsberger Hütte and other huts). The gentle road, which for some time traverses the slopes to the right, then brings us to the stream Beilsteiner Bach, which we cross; behind it we begin to ascend moderately, while the road continues to lead us diagonally to the right. Further on, there are several junctions where we follow the signs for the mountain hut Ladinger Hütte; after approximately an hour and a half of walking from the starting point, the road emerges from the forest.
A few more minutes of fairly panoramic walking follow, and we arrive at the mountain hut Ladinger Hütte.
Description and photographs refer to conditions in May 2008.

Trip can be extended to: Ladinger Spitze (Saualpe) (1 h 15 min)