Lading - Ladinger Spitze (Saualpe) (via Ladinger Hütte)

Access to starting point:
From Dravograd over the border crossing Vič we drive to St. Andre. We follow the road ahead to town Wolfsberg, where signs for St. Michael point us to the left. From the village St. Michael we follow the road in the direction of village Lading. An ascending road higher brings us on a poorly marked crossroad, where we continue left. The relatively steep road then through the village Lading brings us to a larger parking lot, which is situated a little above the village.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the right road in the direction of Ladinger Hütte. Gentle road on which we walk quickly brings us to the next crossroad, where we again continue right. Ahead the road starts moderately ascending and after an hour and a half of walking comes out of the forest. Follows only few minutes of panoramic walking and the path brings us to Ladinger Hütte.
From the mountain hut, we continue on a cart track in the direction of Ladinger Spitze. Cart track, which is moderately ascending and in doing so it crosses few smaller wells we leave at the spot, where blazes point us slightly to the right on a footpath which starts ascending steeper on a grassy slope. Panoramic path higher brings us to a wire fence, by which we are then ascending to the top.

On the way: Ladinger Hütte mountain hut (Saualpe) (1738m)