Waldheim Hütte - Zirbitzkogel (Seetal Alps) (via Wildsee)

Access to starting point:
From Gorenjska side we go over the border crossing Ljubelj to Celovec / Klagenfurt or over Karawanks tunnel to Beljak / Villach. Ahead we go on the highway in the direction of signs for Gradec / Graz. We leave the highway for approximately 2km long tunnel in the direction of Bad St. Leonhard. Further, we drive past village St. Peter and a little ahead we turn left towards the village St. Anna. At the next crossroads, we follow the road in the direction of Waldheim Hütte. We park on a payable parking lot at the mountain hut.
From Koroška we at first drive into Dravograd and ahead into Austria. We follow the road ahead towards St. Paul, St. Andrä and Wolfsberg. In Wolfsberg we go towards Bad St. Leonhard and forward towards St. Peter. Further follow the description from Gorenjska.
From Štajerska side we drive to Maribor and ahead over the border crossing Šentilj into Austria. We follow the highway in the direction of Celovec / Klagenfurt. We leave the highway in the direction of exit Bad St. Leonhard. Further, we follow description from Gorenjska.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on the most left road in the direction of Kohlerhütte. The path leads us on a gently sloping road on which occasionally a view opens up a little. A little higher road crosses few streams and it brings us to a resting place named "Maria in der Zirbe". The road is slowly becoming a little worse and is a little steeper ascending. After 40 minutes of walking, the path brings us on grassy slopes, where on the right side we notice a bigger shepherd hut.
We continue on the road five more minutes and we get to Turkish cross (Turkenkreuz). Here we are at the crossing, where we continue straight downwards in the direction of the lake Wildsee and mountain hut Rohrer Hütte. After a short descent, the path turns left, where over a small bridge crosses a wider stream. Next follows barely noticeable ascent, which after few minutes brings us to the next cross and soon after it to a crossing.
We continue right in the direction of the lake Wildsee and Zirbitzkogel. We further follow marked but in parts a little poorly visible footpath which in a gentle to moderate ascent on grassy slopes brings us to the lake Wildsee.
We continue the ascent on the left side of the lake a little steeper upwards. The path which is in parts barely noticeable after 30 minute ascent from the lake brings us on a wide grassy ridge, where we come to a crossing. We continue right in the direction of Zirbitzkogel. After a shorter gentle ascent, the path brings us on the upper slope of the mountain Fuchskogel. Here we notice on the left and right side two approximately equally high peaks. Right is a little higher and we reach it after few steps of pathless terrain.
From the top, we return on a marked path and we continue walking on a wide grassy ridge. After a short descent from the peak path soon crosses a grazing fence behind which, the path soon starts slightly ascending. And after some time path brings us to a crossing, where we continue straight in the direction of Zirbitzkogel. The path ahead starts gradually more and more ascending and after good 20 minutes of ascent brings us to the hut.
At the mountain hut, we go left and in two minutes of ascent we reach the peak Zirbitzkogel.
The starting point - Wildsee 1:45, Wildsee - Zirbitzkogel 1:32.

On the way: Turkenkreuz (1839m), Wild See (Seetaler Alps) (1981m), Fuschkogel (Seetaler Alps) (2214m)

Trip can be extended to: Scharfes Eck (Seetal Alps)