Žabnica / Bodental - Veliki Rob / Großer Rain
Starting point: Žabnica / Bodental (1055 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4791°N 14.2325°E
Time of walking: 1 h 50 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 409 m
Altitude difference (by path): 409 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria, and after few kilometers we turn left towards the valley Poden / Bodental. Next follows some ascent, and then we get to the settlement Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg, and a little after the mentioned settlement road turns left. Higher, we get to the settlement Žabnica / Bodental, where we park on a parking lot by inn Gasthof Sereinig.
Path description:
After the inn signs for Celovška koča / Klagenfurter Hütte and Mlaka / Märchenwiese point us to the right, on the path which on the right side bypasses a bigger chapel and at first continues by the foot of the nearby ski slope. Few minutes we walk on a gently sloping grassy path, and then we reach an asphalt road, on which we continue light ascent. After the mill or after the house number Žabnica / Bodental 53, we continue right in the direction of boarding house Lužekar / BergPension Lausegger (straight Mlaka and Celovška koča). Next follows crossing of the stream Žabnica / Bodenbach, after the crossing we go also past the chapel, and then we slightly ascend to a hamlet with few houses, where joins the path from Lužekar and where at the crossroads we follow the signs for mountain hut Celovška koča. The path ahead leads us past another chapel, behind which blazes of the path 603 show up, and the road starts ascending diagonally. We walk on the road past individual houses, and at the crossroads, we follow the blazes or signs for mountain hut Celovška koča.
Above the farm Vgriz / Ogrisbauer, asphalt ends, and by the path, we notice a notification, that we are entering the bear area. Some 10 strides ahead from the left joins the path from Podnart / Bodenbauer, the road which is further with a traffic sign closed for public traffic, splits. We continue on the left road which is getting worse and by which there are the blazes. A little further for some time a nice view opens up, and then the road returns into the forest and it brings us to the next crossing. To the right, where we continue an old wooden sign is pointing towards Veliki Rob / Großer Rain (left Vgrizeva planina / Ogrisalm and Celovška koča).
The path ahead, which further isn't marked anymore, leads us on a bad road which in few hairpin turns and with occasional views ascends to the ridge, which is connecting Veliki Rob and Veronjak / Hausberg.
When we reach the ridge, we leave the road and we continue left on a footpath which continues on a forested ridge. On the mentioned footpath we walk approximately 10 minutes and we reach the peak of Veliki Rob, from which a view opens up a little.
Description refers to condition in October 2019, and pictures are from November 2018 and October 2019.
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