Schwarzkogelhütte - Hohenwarthütte

Access to starting point:
a) Over the Ljubelj border crossing we drive into Austria and follow the signs for Klagenfurt am Wörthersee by Lake Wörth. In Celovec at McDonald's we go right onto the south bypass / Südring, at the next major intersection right again towards Velikovec / Völkermarkt and Mostič / Brückl. We soon leave the road towards Velikovec as just after the Obi store we turn right towards the highway and Mostič. Further on, we pass the Ikea store, following the signs for Mostič and past the highway on-ramps. When we arrive in Mostič we follow the signs for Svinec / Eberstein and Hüttenberg. Still before Hüttenberg, more precisely behind the settlement Mösel, we turn right towards the Klippitztörl pass and the settlement Lölling. Further on, we begin to ascend more noticeably along the valley of the Löllingbach stream, higher up, behind the settlement Lölling, gradually distancing ourselves also from the stream. We follow this road all the way to the Klippitztörl pass, from where we begin to descend. During the descent the path leads past the Naturfreundehaus hut, but we descend to the settlement Klippitztörl, where we go left uphill towards the Hohenwarthütte hut. A short ascent and a left hairpin follow, and we arrive at a large parking lot located by the ski area and the mentioned hut.
b) Over the Jezerski Vrh, Holmec or Vič border crossings we drive into Austria, then follow the signs for Velikovec / Völkermarkt, from there the signs for Mostič / Brückl. When we arrive in Mostič we follow the signs for Svinec / Eberstein and Hüttenberg. Still before Hüttenberg, more precisely behind the settlement Mösel, we turn right towards the Klippitztörl pass and the settlement Lölling. Further on, we begin to ascend more noticeably along the valley of the Löllingbach stream, higher up, behind the settlement Lölling, gradually distancing ourselves also from the stream. We follow this road all the way to the Klippitztörl pass, from where we begin to descend. During the descent the path leads past the Naturfreundehaus hut, but we descend to the settlement Klippitztörl, where we go left uphill towards the Hohenwarthütte hut. A short ascent and a left hairpin follow, and we arrive at a large parking lot located by the ski area and the mentioned hut.
c) We leave the motorway Celovec at Lake Wörthersee / Klagenfurt am Wörthersee - Graz / Gradec at the Šentlenart exit in the Lavanttal valley / Bad St. Leonhard im Lavanttal, then follow the signs for Zeltweg and Reichenfels. Further on, we drive along Obdacher Straße, which after just over 2 km of driving we leave and continue left towards the Klippitztörl pass. A climb follows along the ascending asphalt road, which we follow to the settlement Klippitztörl, where we turn sharply right towards the Hohenwarthütte hut. A short ascent and a left hairpin follow, and we arrive at a large parking lot located by the ski area and the mentioned hut.

Path description:
From the hut we head onto the road, alongside which there are signs for the Hohenwart peak and the Hohenwarthütte hut, initially ascending moderately past a few more holiday homes. A little further, we leave the road slightly to the right and climb up the grassy slope, soon coming very close to the road again, but instead of continuing along it, we ascend to the right of the road. Higher up the path leads us through a strip of forest; once we leave the forest we briefly descend a little, coming very close to the road once more. A few minutes of steeper ascent follow along the ski slope track, after which we return to the road and continue along it to the Hohenwarthütte hut.
Description and photographs refer to conditions in November 2025.