Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg - Ogrisalm/Vgrizeva planina

Access to starting point:
Via the Ljubelj border crossing we drive into Austria, and after a few kilometers we turn left towards the valley Poden / Bodental. There follows some ascent, and then we arrive at the settlement Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg, where we park on the parking lot below the church.

Path description:
From the parking lot below the church we continue straight and quickly arrive at the inn Gasthaus Kirchenwirt in Windisch Bleiberg, where before the inn a marked path to Žingarica / Singerberg branches off to the right, after the inn and still before the end of the settlement, a marked path towards the valley Poden / Bodental branches off to the left.
We continue left, cross the bridge and ascend to the nearby chapel. At the chapel we continue straight (also possible sharply right, in this case higher we walk briefly on the asphalt road) and go past a few houses to the nearby hayrack, where we leave the road.
We continue right, where on a nearby tree we notice the sign for path 17. The path ahead leads us along the edge of the forest, higher also through a strip of forest, then along the edge of the pasture to the asphalt road, which we reach at the chapel. We cross the road to the right (left settlement Žabnica / Bodental) and continue in the direction "Bodental, Sonnenhang 15 min.".
A diagonal ascent through a strip of forest follows, and we walk on path no. 2. Somewhat further the forest ends and with nice views on the central Karawanks we reach the pension Lužekar / BergPension Lausegger.
We continue along the road, where the path leads us past the "exhibition" and the farm, along the asphalt road we descend to a marked junction, from which we continue slightly right onto the gravel road in the direction of Vgrizeva planina / Ogrisalm and Celovška koča / Klagenfurter Hütte. A little further one of the paths from the inn Gasthof Sereinig joins us from the left, after the junction we arrive at a few houses in the settlement Žabnica, where at the first junction we go left, at the second right in the direction of Vgrizeva planina and Celovška koča. The path ahead also leads past a chapel, after which markings of path 603 appear, and the road begins to ascend diagonally. Along the road we walk past individual houses, at junctions we follow the markings or signs for Celovška koča.
Above the farm Vgriz / Ogrisbauer the asphalt ends, along the path we notice a notice that we are entering the bear area. Some 10 steps further a path from Podnarja / Bodenbauer joins from the left, the road, which ahead is closed to public traffic by a traffic sign, splits. We continue on the left road, which becomes progressively worse and along which there are markings. A little further a nice view opens up temporarily, then the road returns to the forest and brings us to the next junction. To the right an old wooden sign directs to Veliki rob / Grosser Rain (1464 m), we continue left along the road, which turns into a cart track. The cart track further takes us into an indistinct little valley, where we pass a smaller spring, after the spring we begin to ascend steeply along a mountain trail. We quickly reach the ridge, where from the right a somewhat less trodden path joins, which leads from Veliki rob, we continue left and for some time walk on and along the ridge, occasionally on this section a nice view opens up, reaching as far as the High Tauern. Higher the path moves away from the ridge to the left and passes onto the fairly steep eastern slopes of Kosmatice / Kosmatitza (1659 m), where we mainly just cross the slopes without major changes in elevation. When the slope flattens somewhat, the path turns right, crosses the pasture fence and brings us from the forest to the edge of Vgrizeva planina. A short walk follows and we arrive at the older and newer hut on the pasture, from where an exceptional view opens up onto Vrtača and the surrounding mountains.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (November).

On the way: Lužekar / Lausegger (1085m), Vgriz / Ogris (1180m)

Trip can be extended to: Kosmatica / Kosmatitza ( 15 min) , Klagenfurter Hutte/Celovška koča , Ovčji vrh (Kozjak) / Geissberg (Kosiak) , Prešernova koča na Stolu , Vertatscha/Vrtača , Hochstuhl/Stol