Podljubelj / Unterloibl - Singerberg / Žingarica
Starting point: Podljubelj / Unterloibl (518 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5119°N 14.2886°E
Time of walking: 3 h
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1071 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1085 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria, where on the main road towards Celovec / Klagenfurt, we drive to the settlement Podljubelj / Unterloibl, where towards the end of the settlement, we park on a parking lot by the cemetery. The cemetery is located on the left side of the main road, and parking lot on the right side.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue by the main road towards Ljubelj, where soon after the settlement ends, the path leads past a bigger chapel and turn-off towards the nearby quarry. We continue straight, and we go left before the beginning of the settlement Podgora / Unterbergen. The path ahead leads us on with a gate closed forest road, and it is moderately ascending on northeastern slope. During the ascent few times a nice view opens up towards surrounding settlements and mountains, and after the slope break, the path passes on the northern slopes of Žingarica. A little further a nice view opens up also in the direction of Celovec, and the road flattens and it brings us to the smaller crossroad, where we continue slightly left (right downwards Žingar / Singerbauer).
After the crossroad, the path again starts considerably ascending, and on few crossroads we follow that road which seems main or wider.
Higher, at an altitude of approximately 1200 meters, the road turns towards the west, and then it for some time continues in a gentle ascent. Few minutes we still walk on the road, and then we reach a marked path Trnje - Žingarica.
At the mentioned spot we leave the road and we continue the ascent on a marked path, which further few more times crosses a forest road, and then it starts ascending steeply in numerous zig-zags. Higher, the path turns a little to the right and for some time ascends even steeper. Next follows crossing of a grazing fence, where the path reaches the ridge, flattens and turns to the right.
Next follows less than 5 minutes of walking and the path brings us to the summit of Žingarica, for a nice view it is worth to walk few more 10 strides further.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (June).
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