Podkanja vas / Wildenstein - Waterfall Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall
Starting point: Podkanja vas / Wildenstein (511 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5388°N 14.509°E
Time of walking: 20 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 129 m
Altitude difference (by path): 129 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) Over the border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria, and then in the settlement Podljubelj / Unterloibl we turn right in the direction of store Hofer. When we get to Borovlje / Ferlach, at the crossroad a little behind the railway track we turn left (right from the crossroad there is store Eurospar), and at the next crossroad after few 100 meters right in the direction of Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. Towards Železna Kapla we drive to the settlement Podkanja vas / Wildenstein, where signs for waterfall Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall point us to the right. Next follows some of the ascent on a little narrower road, and then we get to well-settled parking lot (by the starting point are situated also the guesthouse and museum).
B) Over the border crossing Jezerski vrh we drive to Austria, and after Železna Kapla we continue left towards Celovec / Klagenfurt and Borovlje / Ferlach. Further, we drive on the main road towards Borovlje, and we drive to the settlement Podkanja vas / Wildenstein, where signs for waterfall Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall point us to the left. Next follows some of the ascent on a little narrower road, and then we get to well-settled parking lot (by the starting point are situated also the guesthouse and museum).
C) We drive into Podjuna, and then we follow the signs for Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. After the settlement Miklavčevo / Miklauzhof, we leave the road towards Železna Kapla and we continue right in the direction towards Celovec / Klagenfurt and Borovlje / Ferlach. Further, we drive on the main road towards Borovlje, and we drive to the settlement Podkanja vas / Wildenstein, where signs for waterfall Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall point us to the left. Next follows some of the ascent on a little narrower road, and then we get to well-settled parking lot (by the starting point are situated also the guesthouse and museum).
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a wide tourist path in the direction towards the waterfall Podkanjski slap and Obir. At first, we ascend in few hairpin turns, and after a short panoramic part, the path passes into the forest and narrows a little. After few minutes of additional walking from the wide path to the right, a marked path branches off on Obir, and we continue straight and after a minute of additional walking, we get to a settled viewpoint on waterfall Podkanjski slap.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2017 (August).
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