Upper station of cableway on Ankogel - Ankogel

Access to starting point:
From Ljubljana through the Karawanks Tunnel to Spittal. We continue driving towards Lienz, but only to the settlement Möllbrücke. In the mentioned settlement we notice signs for Mallnitz and the alpine road to Großglockner. We follow this road to the settlement Obervellach, where signs for Mallnitz direct us to the right. Behind the village, the road starts to ascend more steeply and after a few kilometers of ascent brings us to the alpine town of Mallnitz. We then drive a few more kilometers to the lower cable car station on Ankogel (Ankogelbahn), where we park in a large parking lot. Then we buy a ticket and take the cable car to the upper cable car station on Ankogel.

Path description:
From the upper station, we continue straight in the direction of Hannoverhaus, and to the right runs the direct and a few minutes shorter path towards Ankogel. From the upper station of the cableway, we have about 15 minutes of ascent to the hut.
At the hut, we follow the signs for Ankogel. First, we descend slightly to a smaller saddle where we turn right, the left path leads towards the peaks Grauleiten and Plattenkogel. A few meters below the saddle we come again to a junction where the direct path from the upper station of the cableway joins from the right. This time we go left and then in a gentle descent cross the southern slopes below the mentioned peaks. When we come to the signposts we continue straight in the direction towards Ankogel. After a few minutes of walking, we come again to the signposts where we turn left following the signs for Ankogel. After a short ascent on a relatively gentle slope, the path turns slightly to the left and starts ascending beside the glacier Lassacher Kees. The glacier is relatively gentle and has no crevasses. The path then turns to the left again and ascends towards the notch Radeck Scharte. At the notch, we turn right and along the rocky ridge reach the summit Kleine Ankogel. The ridge from the notch towards the summit is slightly exposed in a few places but does not cause problems when dry.
From the summit, we turn left and continue along the main ridge. The path towards the summit Ankogel then runs along the right side of the ridge and becomes somewhat more demanding. The eastern slope of Ankogel along which we ascend is quite steep and in a few places also dangerous for slipping. We also need to be careful because the granite slabs along which we ascend are not all the most stable. Towards the summit the path then turns slightly to the left and brings us to the cross and summit register box. We reach the true summit if we continue a few dozen meters further along the exposed ridge from the cross.

On the way: Hannoverhaus (2720m), Radeck Scharte (2872m), Kleine Ankogel (3096m)