Parkplatz Innerfragant - Goldbergtauernkopf (via Fraganter Scharte)
Starting point: Parkplatz Innerfragant (1230 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.98044°N 13.0517°E 
Path name: via Fraganter Scharte
Time of walking: 6 h
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1545 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1600 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
From the Karawanks Tunnel, we follow the highway towards Salzburg to a highway junction where we turn left towards Spittal. From Spittal we drive towards Lienz. A little after the highway ends, at the settlement Möllbrücke, we turn right towards the settlement Mallnitz and the Alpine road Großglockner. We follow this road to the settlement Kleindorf (a little after the settlement Flattach) where signs „Mölltaler Gletscher“ direct us right onto an ascending road towards the bottom station of the cable car. We follow this road all the way to the large parking lots at the bottom station of the cable car.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road which is closed to traffic. After a short ascent on the road, signposts direct us right onto the footpath „Richard Helfer Weg“. On the footpath we also avoid the tunnels on the road through which walking is forbidden.
From the crossing, we start to ascend somewhat more steeply through the forest on a relatively poorly beaten path. Higher up, we join the road for a short time and then turn right again onto a footpath marked with Knafelc blazes. The path mostly ascends through the forest and crosses a few shorter clearings. Later, the path brings us to somewhat steeper slopes from which we occasionally get a view of the waterfalls of the Astrombach stream on the other side of the steep valley. On a shorter traverse where the slope is very steep, a rope assists us. The path here is not overly demanding, but caution is needed as bushes and high grass may prevent us from noticing that the slope beside the narrow path is very steep. The path then turns left from the steep slopes and begins to ascend somewhat more steeply. On such a path through the forest, we soon reach the mountain road.
We continue right on the road, which gently descends and brings us to a marked crossing near the lake Wurtenspeicher. We head left onto a cart track and after a short ascent come to the lake. Near the lake there are also benches and a table.
The cart track that runs along the lake soon ends, and we head left onto a footpath. The path ahead mostly gently ascends as it traverses the slope above the lake towards the north, crossing a few smaller streams in the process. Later the path turns somewhat left and ascends in switchbacks for a short time. This is followed by traversing somewhat steeper slopes, where we bypass a smaller landslide. Some caution is required here. Later the increasingly scenic path becomes less steep and proceeds northwards. We still need to watch our step as there are quite a few deep holes beside the path. The path then descends slightly and brings us near the lake Mernigsee.
Here the path turns gently right, crosses a stream, and then begins ascending the slope above the lake. We walk north again and soon traverse the slope below the chairlift that leads to the Weißseehaus hut. The path then turns left and follows a short ascent on the slope left of the ski slope. Later the path runs across the ski slope and brings us to a mountain road where there is a junction.
To the right slightly downhill it is just a few dozen meters to the intermediate cable car station (Mittelstation); straight ahead across the ski slope a footpath leads to the Duisburger Hütte hut, while we head left onto the road to the Weißseehaus hut, which we can already see ahead. From the junction, we ascend a scenic asphalt road alongside which livestock grazes in summer months. On this scenic road we soon reach the Weißseehaus hut.
From the hut, we continue on the road which gently descends and then briefly runs along the Weißsee lake. The road then starts ascending again, turns somewhat right, and brings us to the large artificial lake Hochwurtenspeicher. The road along the dam edge brings us to the right side of the lake where the asphalt road ends.
Here a footpath branches right to the Duisburger Hütte hut, while we continue on the gravel road along the lake. We soon reach a junction where another road to the Duisburger Hütte hut branches right. We continue on the left gentle road which runs along the lake the entire time. With fine views of the peaks above the lake, the road brings us to the northern side of the lake where there are several junctions.
We head right (towards the northeast) following the signs for „Fraganter Scharte“. From the junction the path runs for a while across the ski slope along a stream, then turns decisively left and begins to ascend more steeply. As we approach the steeper slopes, the path turns right and then ascends traversely all the way to the Fraganter Scharte notch where there is a junction.
At the notch, where a view opens towards the north and the Hoher Sonnblick summit, we head left following the signs for „Niedere Scharte“; right leads the path to the Schareck summit. From the junction, we walk on a gentle path that runs along a broad ridge. The path here passes a small weather station located slightly left of the path. As we near the Goldbergtauernkopf summit, the path leaves the ridge for the northern side where we traverse the slope on rocky slabs in a gentle ascent. This is followed by an ascent back to the ridge to the Goldbergtauernkopf summit.
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