Turracher Höhe - Schwarzsee (Turracher Höhe)

Access to starting point:
A) Over the border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria, and then we follow the road towards Celovec / Klagenfurt. In Celovec at all crossroads, we continue straight, and when the main road turns firmly to the right, only a little further we leave it and continue left in the direction towards settlements Dhovše pri Celovcu / Lendorf and Trg na Koroškem / Feldkirchen in Kärnten. When we get to the highway junction, we go left in the direction of the settlement Trg na Koroškem, and when we get to the mentioned settlement we further follow the signs for the alpine pass Turracher Höhe. After approximately 90 km from the border crossing Ljubelj we get to the mentioned pass, from which we descend to parking lot no. 1 where we park.
B) Through the Karawanks Tunnel we drive to Austria, and then we drive on the highway to the highway junction, from there we continue towards Spittal an der Drau and continue driving on highway A10. We quickly leave highway A10 and drive to the exit for Osojsko jezero / Ossiacher See, at the nearby roundabout we choose the third exit (if there wouldn't be a roundabout we would go left) and further we drive on Millstätter Strasse. On the mentioned road we drive to the settlement Radenče / Radenthein, where we turn right in the direction of the settlement Bad Kleinkirchheim. Further we drive through the mentioned settlement, a few kilometers ahead in the settlement Patergassen we turn left in the direction of the alpine pass and ski area Turracher Höhe. When we get to the mentioned pass, a shorter descent follows to parking lot no. 1 where we park. From the Karawanks border crossing to the starting point it is approximately 78 km.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we first carefully cross the main road, and then we walk to Hotel Hochschober, after which we continue on the macadam road in the direction of lake Schwarzsee, peak Eisenhut and other peaks. At first from the path a nice view opens up on lake Turrachsee, and then we gradually move away from the lake. We soon arrive at the tourist settlement Meizeit Hüttendorf, where the last view opens up on lake Turrachsee and where the path splits.
To the right a path branches off towards lake Grünsee, and we continue straight towards peaks Eisenhut and Schoberrigel and lake Schwarzsee, at the next crossroad we go slightly left towards summit Eisenhut (slightly right Schoberrigel and Eisenhut over the mentioned summit).
A shorter ascent on the macadam road follows and we arrive at the former hotel located at the southwestern part of lake Schwarzsee, and we descend in a gentle descent to the northern shore of the lake.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2019 (June).

On the way: Hotel Hochschober (1763m), Meizeit Hüttendorf (1785m)

Trip can be extended to: Gillendorferalm (1 h 50 min) , Gesgeralm ( 50 min) , Wintertalernock (4 h 35 min) , Straßburger Spitz (4 h 20 min) , Eisenhut