Seichenbrunn - Lienzer Hütte

Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards Spittal and forward towards Lienz (a little after Spittal highway ends). Further, we drive on a relatively nice and wide road through Drau valley. A little before Lienz at the roundabout, we continue right towards the settlement Iselsberg and Winklern. The road starts ascending, and then we have to pay attention because the road soon branches off to the left towards the valley Debanttal (green sign). The road towards the valley Debanttal becomes a macadam, and later joins a bit nicer road from the settlement Nußdorf-Debant. When driving through the valley Debanttal we then follow the signs for mountain hut Lienzer Hütte and Wangenitzseehütte. We follow the road all the way to a gate where we park on a large parking lot (Parkplatz Seichenbrunn).

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a macadam road which is closed for traffic. Already after few ten meters, we come to a marked crossing where right over a bridge path towards the mountain hut Wangenitzseehütte branches off. At the crossing, we continue ahead on a macadam road following the signs »Lienzer Hütte«. Soon after that also a learning path branches off to the right towards the mountain hut Lienzer Hütte. This path is half an hour longer than on the road. We still continue on a macadam road, that runs left from the stream Debantbach. The road is all the time slightly ascending and few times crosses a grazing fence. Because in the summer months by the road livestock is grazing. The road then leads us past a smaller cottage by mountain pasture Gaimbergalm. Further, we also few times cross smaller tributaries of the already mentioned stream Debantbach. And a little higher the road brings us to a crossroad.
To the right leads the road to the mountain pasture Hofalm to which is only 100 meters. At the crossroad, we still continue straight on the road towards the mountain hut Lienzer Hütte from which we have an increasingly beautiful view on peaks above the valley Debanttal. Shortly before the hut, we come to another marked crossing.
This time footpath branches off to the left towards the ski slope Zettersfeld, and we continue on the road and we soon come to the hut Lienzer Hütte from which there is a nice view towards the surrounding peaks.

On the way: Gaimbergalm (1753m)

Trip can be extended to: Hochschoberhütte (2 h 30 min) , Gartlsee (2 h) , Glödis (4 h)