Lavamünd - Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Lavamünd) (climbing way)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Dravograd, and then we continue driving towards Austria. Further, we drive over the border crossing Vič, and we follow the main road to the settlement Labot / Lavamünd. Immediately after we cross a railway track in the mentioned settlement we turn right and then we park on a large parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot by the railway from which we can already see the wall and church above it, we continue on the road which at first crosses the railway track. The road starts ascending and it soon brings us to a crossroad. We continue on the road left following the signs »Klettergarten und Klettersteig«. And already after few ten meters a narrow footpath branches off right in the forest, which brings us below the wall.
Below the wall where there are also benches we equip ourselves with a helmet and self-belay set.
We enter the climbing part of the path which is situated on the left side of the wall. The climbing path in the initial part isn't too demanding yet, and then it turns to the right and becomes demanding. At first, we vertically ascend on a wall upwards in doing so we get help from stemples, which are quite far apart. After that, the path for a short time turns to the right over smooth plates. Next follows more demanding crossing to the left, which brings us in front of a short overhang. At the ascent through overhang we also get help from an iron spike. Above the overhang then follows a steep ascent with the help of few stemples, then the path becomes gradually less demanding. Steel cables soon end and a short ascent follows to the church on the top.
We can descend on the wide path through the forest (Way of the cross) and then on an asphalt road.