Weißenbach - Zgornja Belška planina / Obervellacheralm (via Bodenalm)
Starting point: Weißenbach (960 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,6846°N 13,43897°E |
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Route name: via Bodenalm
Walking time: 3 h 10 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Elevation gain: 752 m
Elevation difference along the route: 760 m
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Access to starting point:
Weißenbach, a small village (postal no. 9714) in the Austrian state of Carinthia, is the starting point. Leave the highway from Villach towards Spittal at the exit Paternion. Then there are two options. First, via Stockenboi and then after approx. 4 kilometers at the sign Farchtensee turn left (straight ahead is Lake Weißensee). After a few minutes of further driving, you arrive at the starting point. The second option is via Kreuzen and past Lake Farchtensee to the starting point. The starting point is recognized by a small crossroad (junction) and numerous signs (e.g. Fischeralm, Bodenalm, Jausenstation). Parking is possible along the road, but on the opposite side from the signs.
Route description:
From the starting point, turn onto the road that branches off from the regional road towards the mountain pasture Fischeralm (also Bodenalm or Jausenstation). The road soon becomes gravel. Higher up, a barrier appears on the road. Follow the well-marked road or track to the mountain pasture Fischeralm (sometimes also spelled Fischer Alm).
On the pasture, continue along the road past the hut Jausenstation and further westwards. Along this path there are several places that testify to the rich history of glassmaking in these areas centuries ago. After approximately 40 minutes of walking from the hut on Fischeralm, you reach Bodenalm (sometimes also spelled Boden Alm).
When the hut on Bodenalm appears, the signs direct left onto the track just before the pasture, which begins to ascend gently.
The track leads past the barrier and then ascends through a few serpentine turns to the point where the signs direct right towards Radnigeralm on path 25c. The footpath then ascends steeply through the forest all the way to the Radniger pasture.
Further from the Radniger pasture, the path ascends eastwards (path no. 247), briefly joins a gravel road, then turns towards the northern side of the peak Möschacher Wipfel, 1911 m. On the pastures, the path occasionally disappears, becoming more visible only at the start of traversing the northern slope. After the traverse, the path descends slightly and a view opens to Zgornja Belška planina (Obervellacheralm), on which the hut Ladinzenhaus also stands.
Timeline: Fischeralm (40 min), Bodenalm (1 h 20 min), Radnigeralm (2 h 10 min), Zgornja Belška planina (3 h).
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