Heidi Alm - Falkert (climbing way)

Access to starting point:
A) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving on Tauern highway, which we leave already on Villach bypass road and we continue driving towards the settlement Feldkirchen. Further, we drive by lake Osojsko jezero / Ossiacher See to the already mentioned settlement. In Feldkirchen we continue left in the direction of the mountain pass Turacher Höhe and we drive ahead past settlements Himmelberg, Gnesau, Mitterdorf to the settlement Wiedweg, where from the left also the road from Bad Kleinkircheim joins. From the mentioned crossroad, we continue towards the mountain pass Turacher Höhe only for few 100 meters and then signs for mountain pasture Heidialm and village and lake Falkertsee point us to the left on an ascending road. We follow the mentioned road to its end, where we park on one of the many parking lots.
B) From Štajerska or Koroška, we at first drive to Dravograd and then over the border crossing Vič into Austria, where we then follow the signs for Celovec / Klagenfurt. Further, we drive on the so-called South highway, which we leave at Klagenfurt (direction Feldkirchen). Further, we drive on a regional road, on which we get to the already mentioned settlement. In Feldkirchen we continue right in the direction of the mountain pass Turacher Höhe and we drive ahead past settlements Himmelberg, Gnesau, Mitterdorf to the settlement Wiedweg, where from the left also the road from Bad Kleinkircheim joins. From the mentioned crossroad, we continue towards the mountain pass Turacher Höhe only for few 100 meters and then signs for mountain pasture Heidialm and village and lake Falkertsee point us to the left on an ascending road. We follow the mentioned road to its end, where we park on one of the many parking lots.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go in the direction of park Heidi-Alm to which we have 130 meters. After 130 meters path branches off to the left towards the mentioned park (to view the park we have to pay the entrance fee), and we go straight and we still continue on the road, and it quickly brings us to high mountain lake Falkertsee.
From the lake, which we bypass on the left side, the path starts moderately ascending and continues on an increasingly bad road. And a little higher we get to a marked crossing, where we continue right towards the saddle Falkertscharte (left ridge path on Rodresnock). For some time we continue an ascent on a bad road, and then we get to a smaller wooden cottage, where it changes into a pleasant footpath. We continue through the high mountain valley, which is on the left side surrounded by steep slopes of Rodresnock, and on the right by south mountain wall of the peak Falkert, where soon also the climbing path branches off.
Straight through the valley leads the path towards the notch Falkertscharte, and we continue right on a narrow footpath which leads towards the climbing path on Falkert. At the crossing there is also a bench and a sign with the description of the climbing path.
From the crossing, we start ascending steeper on a narrow footpath which is marked with red dots and we are soon at the entrance into a climbing part of the path.
At the entrance into a climbing part of the path, we equip ourselves with a self-belay set and a helmet, and the use of climbing gloves is also very recommended.
At the beginning of the climbing part we ascend on groove right upwards A/B. Next follows demanding diagonal ascent left upwards on quite smooth plates C/D. We continue on the ledge, which is partly covered with grass, and then the path is again a little steeper ascending and it brings us to a smaller bench where there is also an inscription box.
Further, we at first cross steep slopes covered with grass, and then follows more demanding crossing and later ascent on a steep rocky slope C/D. In the last part climbing path turns right and then follows an ascent to the bridge. Bridge is made from two steel cables on one we walk and the other we use for holding and self belay. When we cross the bridge follows a very short but demanding descent over overhang (difficulty D). Climbing path then ends and it brings us on grassy slopes below the summit.
We continue left and in approximately 10 minutes of ascent on a grassy slope, we reach the peak.

On the way: Falkertsee (1872m)