parking below Weinebene - Hochalmhütte (Golica / Koralpe) (past Grünangerhütte)

Access to starting point:
A) Over one of the border crossings with Austria (Korensko sedlo, Karawanks Tunnel, mountain pass Ljubelj, mountain pass Jezerski vrh, mountain pass Pavličev vrh) we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving on the so-called southern motorway towards Graz / Graz. On the mentioned motorway we drive to the settlement Volšperk / Wolfsberg, where we leave the motorway, and when we get to the old or regional road we continue driving in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud we notice signs for the alpine pass Weinebene, which point us to the right on an ascending asphalt road. On the mentioned road, we drive approximately 18 km, and then we get to the mentioned alpine pass, which is situated at an altitude of 1668 m. From the pass, we start descending towards the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, and only a little after the left hairpin turn we park on a marked parking lot on the right side of the road.
B) Over the border crossing Holmec or Vič we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards the settlement Volšperk / Wolfsberg. From Volšperk we continue on a regional road in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud we notice signs for the alpine pass Weinebene, which point us to the right on an ascending asphalt road. On the mentioned road, we drive approximately 18 km, and then we get to the mentioned alpine pass, which is situated at an altitude of 1668 m. From the pass, we start descending towards the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, and only a little after the left hairpin turn we park on a marked parking lot on the right side of the road.
C) First, we drive to Maribor, and then we continue driving on the motorway towards the border crossing Šentilj and further on the Austrian motorway towards Graz / Graz. We leave the mentioned motorway at the exit for the settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz. When we leave the motorway at the roundabout, we continue in the direction of the settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz and further we drive south of the village Gralla, which is today already some kind of peripheral part of Lipnica. Further, the road leads us past the industrial or commercial zone, and at the roundabout by the store Hofer we continue "straight" on the second exit in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. Further, we drive for some time on the main road, and after the village Graschach we turn right in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. In a roundabout right next to the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, we continue "straight" in the direction of the alpine pass Weinebene. From here on, the road starts to ascend more steeply, and we follow it approximately 17 km, and then still before the right hairpin turn, on the left side we notice a parking lot, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a side road in the direction of the mountain hut Grünangerhütte and mountain pasture Bärentalalm, and this crosses slopes below the main road. Asphalt on the side road quickly ends and we get to a junction, where we continue on the upper right road (on the slightly left road leads one of the paths to the hut Grünangerhütte). Next follows some ascent, and from the right joins also the path from the parking lot Reihkehre - Glashütten, which is situated above the hairpin turn mentioned in the access to the starting point. Follows some more crossing, mostly in a gentle ascent, and then the path once again splits.
This time we continue slightly left in the direction of the mountain hut Grünangerhütte (straight Bärentalalm) and we continue on a cart track which crosses slopes towards the left. Soon over the bridge we cross a nearby stream and then for a few minutes we continue through the forest. Later we reach the turning point of the forest road, on which we continue, and on the road we descend for a few minutes. Lower, the blazes from the road point us to the right on a cart track, on which we ascend through the forest, and it changes into a footpath, on which we quickly get to the mountain hut Grünangerhütte.
Behind the mountain hut, we go right and we continue the ascent on a marked footpath. After a few minutes of ascent through a thin forest we get to a smaller junction, where we continue straight in the direction of the path via Steinmandl. A little further, we cross a grazing fence, and behind it we continue a few minutes of ascent through the forest. When we leave the forest we reach a macadam road, and upon reaching the road we also leave the marked path, which continues across the road, and we proceed along the road, following it to the left. Next follows a semicircular traverse around the peak Loskogel, and we walk on the road, which initially descends gently, but as we reach the sunny slopes, we begin to ascend lightly. After a few more minutes of walking on the road, we arrive at the hut Hochalmhütte, which is situated on the scenic southern slopes of the peak Loskogel.
Starting point - Grünangerhütte 0:55, Grünangerhütte - Hochalmhütte 0:40.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in October 2022 and May 2025.

On the way: Grünangerhütte (Golica / Koralpe) (1575m)