Ogris - Ovčji vrh (Kozjak) / Geissberg (Kosiak) (via Klagenfurter Hütte)
Starting point: Ogris (1180 m)
Path name: via Klagenfurter Hütte
Time of walking: 3 h 15 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: very demanding
Altitude difference: 844 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1030 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
We drive to the border crossing Ljubelj and continue on the Austrian side. Soon after noticing a small church on the left side of the road, a road branches off to the left towards the village Poden / Bodental. At the crossroads after the village Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg, we turn left towards Poden / Bodental. In Poden / Bodental, we reach the mountain signposts for Celovška koča / Klagenfurter Hütte, one to the left and one to the right. We head right and follow the road ahead to the next crossroads, where we turn left. We follow this road to a small parking lot, where an unmarked path from the inn Podnar / Bodenbauer joins (further driving is prohibited).
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue past the gate on a road which in the initial part offers quite a few views. The road then goes into the forest and brings us to a junction, where we turn left onto a cart track. We follow the cart track ahead slightly uphill to a junction of two cart tracks. We head onto the slightly right-marked cart track, which then starts to change into a footpath that begins to ascend more steeply. The path brings us after a shorter ascent onto the ridge, where the path turns left and continues first still on it, then along the ridge. The path then moves onto steep slopes, which we cross without major ascents. Next, we cross a shorter partly already overgrown scree, after which the path starts ascending again and soon brings us to the grazing fence of the mountain pasture Vgriz, which we reach in a few minutes of further walking. On the mountain pasture, where a shepherd's hut stands, a beautiful view opens up.
The path ahead starts to descend and after a short descent brings us to a spring, after which we reach a junction in a few steps. We continue straight ahead (left downhill to Podnar) and the path brings us from the forest into dwarf pines. There follows a crossing of the scree, then with the help of steel cables we descend slightly downhill. From here on, the path is exposed to falling rocks. Next, the well-secured path starts to ascend a steep rocky slope. At the top of this easier climbing section, we reach the summit register box, where we sign in. The difficulty of the path then disappears, and in a traversing ascent we reach the saddle Vrata. The path ahead starts to descend and brings us to a junction in a few minutes, where we continue straight ahead (right to Ovčji vrh) and reach Celovška koča in a few minutes of gentle descent.
From the hut, we continue slightly right across meadows, which we cross in a gentle ascent. After a few minutes of walking from the hut, a path brings us into a small indistinct valley, where the path starts to ascend. We soon leave this valley as the path turns sharply right into the slopes of Ovčji vrh / Geissberg. The path, which is quite steep, brings us after one hour of walking from the hut via panoramic slopes to the summit slope of the mountain. In the last part of the path, the steepness eases, and we see the cross ahead, which we reach without difficulty.
Starting point - Celovška koča 2:15, Celovška koča - Ovčji vrh 1:00.
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