Goldberg - Jaukenstöckl

Access to starting point:
From Beljak / Villach we drive towards Hermagor and forward towards Lienz, but only to the village St. Daniel. In the mentioned village, we continue right (from Spittal, from Lienz left) in the direction of smaller mountain settlement Goldberg. We follow an ascending road to small parking lot near the church in Goldberg.

Path description:
From the church, we continue on the road in the direction of the mountain pasture Jaukenalm. The road ahead past a gate brings us into the forest, where it then continues. After few minutes of gentle ascent by the road we notice signposts, which from the road point us on a footpath. This path, which higher quite few times crosses a forest road we follow all the way to the mountain pasture Jaukenalm. All shortcut are well marked and with orientation to the mountain pasture there aren't any problems. To mountain pasture we can get also on the road, but this path is almost 1 hour longer.
From the mountain pasture, we continue left in the direction of the peak Jaukenstöckl. The path ahead leads us over an ample mountain pasture on at first poorly visible path in the direction of norhwest. When we come on the other side of the mountain pasture the path is again better visible. Here the path turns a little to the left and then in a moderate diagonal ascent brings us on the western slopes, from which a wonderful view opens up on the highest peaks of Carnic Alps, and a little later also on Lienzer Dolomites. Further, the path slightly descends and it brings us to a crossing, where we continue right upwards. The increasingly panoramic path over partly grassy slopes quickly brings us on a smaller saddle between Jaukenstöckl (left) and Jaukenhöhe (right). Here we continue left and on nice undemanding ridge path in some 10 additional strides, we reach the panoramic peak.

On the way: Jaukenalm (1934m)