Weissensee - Eckwand (via Karalm)

Access to starting point:
A little before Spittal from the direction of Beljak/Villach (on the old road), the road towards the village Ziebel branches off to the left. In the mentioned village, we continue driving towards the lake Weissensee, which is approximately 15 km from Ziebel. We park on a large well-maintained parking lot near the lake.

Path description:
From a large parking lot, we descend a few meters to the main road, where on the left side we notice signposts. We head onto a wide path which leads along the lake following the signs »Techendorf«. The path first leads us over a smaller bridge and brings us to a camp on the eastern side of the lake Weissensee. Here we go right on an asphalt road which runs by the camp and brings us to a crossroad where we go left and after a few meters of walking we come to the signposts. We go right on the mountain road following the signs »Neusacher Alm«. The mountain road in the first part leads along the stream, through a tunnel and past some waterfalls. The road all the time runs through the forest and only occasionally a view opens up towards the lake Weissensee. The path on the mountain road, which is marked with white-red blazes, then brings us to the mountain pasture Mößlacheralm. From the mountain pasture we then for some time walk on the road and then the blazes point us to the left into the forest. The forest soon ends and the path through a meadow again brings us onto the mountain road. There follows a shorter descent to a cottage on the mountain pasture Karalm.
At the cottage, we leave the marked path and continue straight on a cart track which leads past the cottage. We could also continue on the marked path, but the unmarked path is much shorter. The cart track soon ends and we go right on a footpath which from the mountain pasture brings us into the forest. The path through the forest then all the time crosses the southern slopes in the direction towards the east and again brings us onto a marked path. At the junction, we go left and continue on a wide marked path. We soon come out of the forest onto expansive grassy slopes between the peaks Hochstaff and Kopasnock. The path then ascends for quite some time on grassy slopes all the way to the saddle Mitterstaff.
On the saddle, we go left on a marked path, which brings us to the signposts on the saddle between the peak Eckwand and Kopasnock. On the saddle, we go right and then follows the ascent on a grassy slope towards the summit.

On the way: Mößlacheralm (1454m), Karalm Hütte (1550m), Mitterstaff (2020m)