Maria Buch - Wastl am Eck (Seetal Alps)

Access to starting point:
From the Gorenjska side we go over the border crossing Ljubelj to Celovec / Klagenfurt or over Karavanke to Beljak / Villach. Next we head onto the highway in the direction of signs for Gradec / Graz. We leave the highway before the approximately 2 km long tunnel in the direction of Bad St. Leonhard. Further, we drive past the village St. Peter and the smaller town Obdach. A few kilometers after the tunnel near Obdach the road brings us to a roundabout, where we take the Judenburg exit. Now the road runs on a flat part, where it brings us to signs for Maria Buch on the left. We turn left and drive to the next crossroad, where we continue right and after a few meters on the right side we notice a larger parking lot, where we park.
From Koroška we first drive to Dravograd and further into Austria. We follow the road further towards St. Paul, St. Andrä and Wolfsberg. In Wolfsberg we head towards Bad St. Leonhard and further towards St. Peter. Further follow the description from Gorenjska.
From the Štajerska side we drive to Maribor and further over the border crossing Šentilj into Austria. We follow the highway in the direction of Celovec / Klagenfurt. We leave the highway at the Bad St. Leonhard exit. Further follow the description from Gorenjska.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road along which we parked. After approximately 15 minutes of walking on an asphalt road on flat terrain past the village we get to the chapel, where we turn left upwards. After a few dozen meters asphalt ends and we continue walking on the road closed to traffic. Already after a few minutes of ascent a worse road branches off to the left. Here we continue straight, and at the next crossroad, we turn left. Further we follow the road to the spot, where the marked path leaves this road and goes left up the slope. Marked but in parts overgrown footpath after five minutes of walking through the forest brings us to the forest road which comes from the other side of the mountain. We continue right on the road, which soon brings us to the pasture before the farm. Only a short walk remains to the farm, where there is a smaller mountain hut.