Windische Hohe - Kobesnock

Access to starting point:
Via the border crossing Korensko sedlo, or from Beljak/Villach (to here through the Karawanks Tunnel) we drive to the settlement Podklošter/Arnoldstein. We follow the road ahead in the direction of the settlement Šmohor/Hermagor, but only to the spot where the road towards Venetski hrib/Windische Hohe branches off to the right upwards. The ascending road soon brings us to the mentioned village, where we park on a large marked parking lot.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, we will notice signposts which direct us left onto a cart track that moderately ascends through the forest. After a few minutes of easy walking, the cart track turns into a footpath which steeply ascends for a short time. Further on, the path returns to a cart track which higher crosses a forest road. A little further ahead, the path brings us to the next road, which we follow to a larger meadow where it ends. We continue straight on the marked path, which through a dense spruce forest brings us to a wooden cottage by the path. We continue the path along the road, which soon brings us to a crossroads where we continue left. The road then quickly brings us to a larger clearing, where we continue on the lower path which almost circles the peak on our left. We follow this road, which higher has a marked shortcut, to the mountain pasture Wertschacher Alm.
From the mountain pasture we continue in the direction of Kobesnock on a moderately steep grassy slope. The panoramic path brings us after a short ascent to the upper part of the mountain pasture, where it continues along an indistinct ridge to an indistinct saddle. Here the path turns slightly left and goes into the forest, where it starts to ascend more steeply. After 20 minutes of ascent, the path brings us to the main ridge, where we first step onto a forepeak from which a view opens towards the summit. A short, slightly exposed descent follows, then a 5-minute ascent to the panoramic Kobesnock.

On the way: Wertschacher Alm (1672m)