Parkplatz Innerfragant - Wurtenspeicher (Richard Helfer Weg)

Access to starting point:
From the Karawanks Tunnel, we follow the highway towards Salzburg to a highway junction where we turn left towards Spittal. From Spittal we drive towards Lienz. A little after that when highway ends, at the settlement Möllbrücke, we turn right towards the settlement Mallnitz and Alpine road Großglockner. We follow this road to the settlement Kleindorf (little after the settlement Flattach) where signs „Mölltaler Gletscher“ point us to the right on an ascending road towards the bottom station of funicular. We follow this road all the way to a large parking lots at the bottom station of funicular.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road which is closed for traffic. After a short ascent on the road signposts point us to the right on a footpath „Richard Helfer Weg“. On the footpath we also avoid the tunnels on the road through which is forbidden to walk.
From the crossing, we start ascending a little steeper through the forest on a relatively poorly beaten footpath. Higher for a short time, we join the road and then we again turn right on a footpath which is marked with Knafelc blazes. The path is mostly ascending through the forest and crosses few shorter clearings. Later, the path brings us on little steeper slopes from which occasionally a view opens up on waterfalls of the stream Astrombach on the other side of steep valley. On shorter crossing where the slope is very steep we also have a rope for help. The path here isn't too demanding, but we have to pay attention because due to bushes and high grass we might not notice, that by the narrow path the slope is very steep. After that, the path from the steep slopes turns to the left and starts ascending a little steeper. On such path through the forest we then soon reach the mountain road.
We continue right on the road which is slightly descending and it brings us to a marked crossing near the lake Wurtenspeicher. We go left on a cart track and after a short ascent, we come to the lake. Near the lake are also benches and table.

Trip can be extended to: Mittelstation (Mölltaler Gletscher) (2 h 30 min) , Weißseehaus (2 h 50 min) , Duisburger Hütte (3 h 20 min) , Goldbergtauernkopf (4 h 50 min) , Eisseehaus (4 h) , Herzog Ernst Spitze (5 h 10 min) , Alteck (5 h 50 min) , Baumbachspitze (4 h 50 min) , Schareck