St. Anna am Lavantegg - Waldheimhütte

Access to starting point:
Highway Klagenfurt am Wörthersee - Graz we leave at the exit Bad St. Leonhard im Lavanttal, and then we follow the signs for Zeltweg and Reichenfels. After the settlement Reichenfels we reach the state border between Austrian Carinthia / Kärnten and Steiermark, and a little further we arrive at the Obdacher Sattel pass, where we turn left towards the settlement St. Anna am Lavantegg. Next follows a steeper ascent to the mentioned settlement, where you park on the designated parking area in the center of the settlement.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the main road through the settlement, where the path also leads past the church of Sv. Ana; at the upper part of the settlement we leave the road and turn right onto the educational trail Erlebnisweg, where we follow the signs for the mentioned trail and the educational information boards. Higher up, we join the marked path that starts in the settlement Obdach, but we continue straight ahead in the direction of the mountain hut Waldheimhütte (here the educational trail continues sharply to the right). The path ahead leads us for some time along a pasture, then returns into the forest and descends to an asphalt road (it is also possible to reach this point by road), which leads towards the mountain hut Waldheimhütte.
We continue on the road for a few minutes, then turn slightly right onto a footpath that enters the forest. Further on, the path leads us past a few more holiday cottages, all of which we bypass on the right side. After the last holiday cottages we temporarily ascend a little more steeply for a short while; higher up we mostly ascend gently to moderately, and even higher the path completely flattens out; at junctions we follow the blazes. In the final section there is also an easy descent and we arrive at the mountain hut Waldheimhütte.
The description and photographs reflect conditions in October 2025.