Trate / Johannsenruhe - Hochstuhl/Stol (climbing way)

Access to starting point:
A) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we drive on the highway towards Beljaku, which we leave at the first exit. From the point where we left the highway, we follow the signs for the village Šentjakob v Rožu / Sankt Jakob im Rosental. When we arrive in the mentioned village, we drive on the main road past Podgorje / Maria Elend and the settlement Sveče / Suetschach to the settlement Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental, where before the stores Billa and Penny we turn right in the direction of the valley Rute / Bärental. About 100 m after we leave the main road, we continue left, then on a somewhat narrower and ascending road we drive to a large parking lot (the parking lot is located near a meadow named Trate / Johannsenruhe). From the Penny store to the starting point there is approximately 9 km of narrower asphalt road, macadam only in the last part. From the entrance to the Karawanks Tunnel to the starting point there is approximately 38 km.
B) Through the Ljubelj border crossing we drive to Austria, where on the main road towards Celovec / Klagenfurt am Wörtersee we drive to the second roundabout, from where we continue driving in the direction of the exit Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental (we leave the main road towards Celovec before we cross the Drava River). In the mentioned settlement, immediately after the stores Billa and Penny we turn left onto the road in the direction of the valley Rute / Bärental. About 100 m after we leave the main road we continue left again, then on a somewhat narrower and ascending road we drive to a large parking lot (the parking lot is located near a meadow named Trate / Johannsenruhe). From the Penny store to the starting point there is approximately 9 km of narrower asphalt road, macadam only in the last part. From the entrance to the Ljubelj Tunnel to the starting point there is approximately 32 km.
C) From Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec we drive to Ravne na Koroškem, then we continue driving in the direction of the border crossing Holmec. When we enter Austria, we first drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, then we follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz and further Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel, Borovlje / Ferlach. Behind Borovlje at the roundabout we join the road through the Ljubelj border crossing. Here at the first roundabout we continue in the direction of Celovec / Klagenfurt, at the second in the direction of Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental. In the mentioned settlement, immediately after the stores Billa and Penny we turn left onto the road in the direction of the valley Rute / Bärental. About 100 m after we leave the main road we continue left again, then on a somewhat narrower and ascending road we drive to a large parking lot (the parking lot is located near a meadow named Trate / Johannsenruhe). From the Penny store to the starting point there is approximately 9 km of narrower asphalt road, macadam only in the last part. From the border crossing Holmec to the starting point there is approximately 71 km.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue past a gate on the road which is closed to traffic. Further on, the road becomes somewhat steeper, and we can ascend either on the road or on the footpath, which crosses the mountain road several times. Further on, the road and footpath soon bring us to a marked junction. We continue right following the signs “Hochstuhl – Klettersteig”; left leads the path to Celovška koča.
The path from the junction first begins to ascend gently over scree, then turns left and brings us to the entry into the climbing section of the path.
At the beginning of the climbing section of the path, we ascend vertically several times with the help of numerous pegs and steel cables. The path then turns left and crosses a steep rocky slope along the steel cable. There follow several more ascents along the steel cable, then the path becomes somewhat less demanding and brings us into the dwarf pines.
The path through the dwarf pines gradually becomes somewhat more demanding again, followed by several ascents along the steel cable and then a steep ascent with the help of pegs. The path then brings us through the dwarf pines to an initially indistinct ridge along which we ascend for quite some time. The ascent along the ridge runs mostly through dwarf pines; in the upper part, the ridge becomes increasingly rocky. The ridge is also somewhat exposed, and some steel cables provide assistance.
When the ridge ends, we continue slightly right, then ascend through a gully with the help of the steel cable upwards to the left. In early summer, there can still be a snow patch in the gully. From the gully, we continue right, and there follow several steep ascents along the steel cable to the logbook box beside the path. From the logbook box, a short ascent with the help of the steel cable follows, then the path becomes less steep.
Further on, the path ascends towards the main ridge of the mountain. When we reach the main ridge, we continue left and begin ascending along the Slovenian side of the ridge towards the summit, which is not far away.

On the way: Trate / Johannsenruhe (1226m)