Šajda / Zell-Schaida - Eisenkappler Hutte

Access to starting point:
A) Over the border crossing Jezerski vrh or Pavličev vrh we drive to Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel, from there we continue driving left towards Šajda / Zell-Schaida. When we get to the village Šajda / Zell-Schaida we will notice near the church the parking lot and signposts for Ojstrc / Hochobir, where we park.
B) Over the border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria, we follow the main road towards Celovec / Klagenfurt to the village Podljubelj / Unterloibl, where we turn right towards the settlement Borovlje / Ferlach. From Borovlje we continue driving through the villages Medborovnica / Unterferlach, Ostrovca / Ostrouza, Trata / Tratten, Glinje / Glainach, Vesca / Dörfl, Ždovlje / Seidolach, Dobrova / Dobrowa, Kočuha / Gotschuchen, Šmarjeta / St. Margarethen, Dolnja vas / Niederdörfl, and then past the settlement Zgornja Vesca / Oberdörfl we descend to the stream Borovnica / Freibach. We cross the mentioned stream, and then we quickly ascend to a crossroad, where we continue right towards Borovniško dammed lake / Freibach - Stausee, Šajda / Zell-Schaida. A little above the dammed lake we leave the main road which leads towards the hamlets Sele - Pri cerkvi / Zell - Pfarre, Sele - Borovnica / Zell - Freibach and we continue driving left towards the hamlet Sele - Šajda / Zell - Schaida and Šajda pass. We then follow the road, which ascends somewhat more steeply, to the Šajda pass, where on an appropriate place near the church or pass we also park.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we go on an asphalt road which goes towards Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. After a few dozen meters of walking, the footpath branches off to the left, on which we go. The path which is only slightly ascending, crosses a large number of gullies, mostly through the forest. But because the path has quite a few junctions we have to carefully follow the blazes. A few minutes before the mountain pasture Obirska planina we run into an exposed passage, which is well secured and in dry does not pose a greater risk. In the snow and ice a great caution is needed. After that we step on the mountain pasture, on which we walk to the shepherd hut.
From the mountain pasture, on which stands a shepherd hut we continue on the road which soon makes a large right turn. After the turn a marked footpath branches off to the left upwards, on which we go (it is possible to continue also on the road). The path which starts ascending somewhat more steeply crosses a cart track and through the forest in less than 30 minutes brings us on a bad forest road. The road higher brings us out of the forest and then turns left. After a few meters the footpath goes on grassy slopes below the mountain hut »Eisenkappler Hütte« to which we have only a few steps.
Šajda - Obirska planina 1:30, Obirska planina - mountain hut 30 min.

Along the route: Obirska planina (1272m)

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