Winklertal - Monte Cecido / Reiterkarspitz (via Winkler Jocb)

Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Korensko sedlo we descend into Austria, and there at the first major intersection we continue left in the direction of the village Podklošter/Arnoldstein. In the mentioned village we will come to a roundabout, where we continue right in the direction of "Hermagor". Further we drive on a wide road which leads us through the Gailtal valley. At the place Mauthen we continue left in the direction of the mountain pass Plockenpass, then after a few 100 m right in the direction of the Lesachtal valley. Further we drive on a narrower and quite winding road which we follow to the village Untertilliach. Just a little after the mentioned village (at the second bus stop) an initially still asphalted road branches off to the left downwards. The road then crosses a bridge, after which a wide macadam road joins us from the left side. We continue straight for approximately 50 m, then we come to the next unmarked intersection, where we continue right. After a few 10 m of further driving we come to the marked intersection, where we continue on the left road in the direction of the summit Hochspitz and the mountain pasture Oberalm. We then follow this further relatively steep road to a smaller parking lot next to an unmarked intersection.

Path description:
From the parking lot we continue on the road to the hut Gartlhütte at an altitude of 1600 m. From the hut we then continue on the mountain road which leads us through the valley towards the south and brings us near the stream Winkler Bach. For some time we ascend alongside the stream, then the road turns to the right and ascends for a long time in switchbacks upwards. The road mostly ascends on grassy slopes, only occasionally bringing us into sparse forest. On the grassy slopes livestock also grazes in summer time. We follow such a road all the way to the mountain pasture Oberalm at an altitude of 2160 m.
From the mountain pasture where the mountain road ends we continue on the footpath which first crosses the grassy slopes below the mountain Reiterkarspitz, then turns to the left and starts to ascend towards the saddle Winkler Jocb. The ascent towards the saddle proceeds over grassy terrain, along the path we will also notice some remains from the First World War.
On the saddle we continue to the right and start to ascend along the left side of the mostly grassy ridge. The ridge then turns to the right and the path brings us to the western slopes of the mountain Cima Salvades 2351 m. Here the path runs towards the north and soon reaches the ridge. After a short ascent along the border ridge the path brings us to remains from the First World War. At this spot, where a larger cairn is also placed, there is a poorly visible junction. Here we leave the well-beaten path which turns left and continue on the poorly visible but marked path along the ridge. The path then leads us along the ridge past military trenches and fortifications from the First World War. In the last part only a shorter ascent along the grassy ridge to the summit follows.

On the way: Gartlhütte (1600m), Oberalm (2160m), Winkler Jocb (2248m)