Podrožca / Rosenbach - Quadiaalm (via Kaltwasser)

Access to starting point:
A) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we leave the highway at the first exit. When we reach the main road, we go left in the direction of the settlement Šentjakob v Rožu / St. Jakob im Rosental. Further on, we drive on the road Rosentalstraße, and when we get to Šentjakob v Rožu, at a somewhat larger intersection we continue slightly left in the direction of the settlement Podrožca / Rosenbach. When we get to Podrožca, from the railway station we descend to the stream Rožca / Rosenbach, where a road branches off to the right to Medji dol / Bärental (here there are also yellow hiking signposts for paths which lead through the valley), and we continue another 50 meters ahead to the next hiking signposts, where the described path begins. Because at the beginning of the described path there are no appropriate parking spots, we have to park somewhere nearby, best somewhere near the railway station.
From the toll station at Hrušica to the starting point it is approximately 23 km.
B) Via the Ljubelj border crossing we drive to Austria and follow the main road towards Celovec / Klagenfurt. When we already arrive in the valley, at the second roundabout, which is located on the right bank of the river Drau, we take the exit Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental, and then we drive on the main road to the settlement Podgorje / Maria Elend. After the mentioned settlement we turn left towards Podrožca / Rosenbach. Further on, the road leads us through the settlement Tale / Tallach, and then we already arrive in Podrožca. In Podrožca we first drive through the underpass under the railway line, a little further on we already notice the first signs for Golica / Kahlkogel, where the described path begins. We can park already earlier at a suitable place by the road, or drive a little further and then park near the railway station.
From the Ljubelj border crossing to the starting point it is a little less than 35 km.

Route description:
From the asphalt road we continue in the direction of the marked path to Golica / Kahlkogel and Planina Kladje / Quadiaalm, where the path first leads past a house, behind the house we first continue on a cart track, then on a footpath, by which we quickly arrive at the second cart track, which we only cross. We continue again in the direction of Golica, then on the left side we bypass the water catchment. Higher up there follow some junctions, where we follow the blazes, then the path flattens and brings us out of the forest to an overgrown old clearing, where we reach a wider cart track. For a short time we ascend on the mentioned cart track, then the signs direct us left onto the path, which is usually quite overgrown. After less than 5 minutes we reach another cart track, where a marked path also joins us, which starts on the eastern part of the settlement Podrožca.
On the cart track we moderately ascend for some time, then we arrive at the next marked junction, where from the left a path from the settlement Tale / Tallach also joins us.
We continue in the direction of Golica and the nearby spring, to which we arrive after approximately 5 minutes of further walking.
From the spring, by which there is a sign and a bench, we continue on the path, which first leads us through a small valley, from which the path soon turns sharply left and temporarily steeply ascends. A few more minutes of ascent through the forest follow, then the path quickly widens into a macadam road, on which we then ascend for a short time. Higher we leave the road, then a little further we cross it once again, after which we stay on it. When a little further ahead the forest thins out, a nice view opens up towards Golica, a little further we cross a grazing fence. From crossing the fence a few more minutes of walking on the road follow and we already arrive at Planina Kladje.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2017 (June).

Along the route: Hladna voda / Kaltwasser (915m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Kahlkogel/Golica (1 h 35 min)

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