Weinebene Straße - Wolfstein am Wildbachsattel

Access to starting point:
A) Through one of the border crossings with Austria (Korensko sedlo, Karawanks Tunnel, Ljubelj mountain pass, Jezerski vrh mountain pass, Pavličev vrh mountain pass), we drive into Austria, and then we continue driving on the highway towards Graz. On the mentioned highway we drive to the settlement Volšperk / Wolfsberg, where we leave the highway, and when we get to the old or regional road we continue driving in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud, we notice signs for the Weinebene alpine pass, which direct us to the right onto an ascending asphalt road. On the mentioned road, we drive approximately 13.5 km, or until a right turn, where a forest road branches off to the left, and near the yellow hiking signposts, there is a parking lot for a few cars.
B) Via the border crossings Holmec or Vič we drive into Austria, and then we continue driving towards the settlement Volšperk / Wolfsberg. From Volšperk we continue on a regional road in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud we notice signs for the Weinebene alpine pass, which point us to the right on an ascending asphalt road. On the mentioned road, we drive approximately 13.5 km, or until a right turn, where a forest road branches off to the left, and near the yellow hiking signposts, there is a parking lot for a few cars.
C) First, we drive to Maribor, and then we continue driving on the highway towards the border crossing Šentilj and further on the Austrian highway towards Graz. We leave the mentioned highway at the exit for the settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz. When we leave the highway at the roundabout, we continue in the direction of the settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz and further we drive south from the village Gralla, which is today already some kind of peripheral part of Lipnica. Further, the road leads us past the industrial or commercial zone, and at the roundabout by the Hofer store we continue "straight" on the second exit in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. Further, we drive for some time on the main road, and after the village Graschach we turn right in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. In a roundabout right next to the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, we continue "straight" in the direction of the Weinebene alpine pass. From here, the road begins to ascend more steeply, and we follow it to the mentioned pass, which we reach after approximately 20 km of driving from the start of the settlement Lonč. From the pass, we continue driving forward and begin descending, descending for approximately 4.5 km, when from the left turn we turn right onto a smaller parking lot, where we also notice the Bärofen hiking signposts.

Route description:
From the starting point, we head onto a side road where we parked, marked with signs for Wildbachsattel, Bärofen, and Weinebene, and begin moderately ascending along it. A little further, the road flattens, then moderately ascends again, leading us near the hunting cottage Jagdhaus Straßerhalt, where there is a junction. Here we turn right (left Jagdhaus Straßerhalt, 1 minute) and after a few dozen steps reach a marked junction, where we join the path from the Weinebene pass.
Here we turn left (right Weinebene) and continue on the marked path, which, a little further at a cross, is joined by the path from the starting point at the inn Gasthof Pfeifferstocker or the inn Weberwirt. We follow the signs for Wildbachsattel and Bärofen, continuing along the macadam road, which mostly runs through the forest, with a shorter section crossing a scenic slope, offering a beautiful view of the highest peaks in the Labotniških Alps and the nearby partly forested Bärofen. A little further, at a smaller crossroad, we go slightly right and start ascending. From here we continue on the road for a short time, then turn right into the forest onto a marked footpath in the direction of Wolfstein. After about two minutes of walking through the forest, we arrive at Wolfstein.
Starting point - Jagdhaus Straßerhalt 0:15, Jagdhaus Straßerhalt - Wolfstein 0:35.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in December 2023 and February 2025.

Along the route: Jagdhaus Straßerhalt (1522m)

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