Baumgartnerhof - Kresišče

Access to starting point:
A) Over the border crossing Korensko sedlo we drive to Austria and then we continue right towards Beljak / Villach. Still before we cross river Zilja / Gail, we leave the road which leads towards Beljak and we continue driving right in the direction of the lake Baško jezero / Faaker See. Further, we drive towards the mentioned lake, and in the settlement Bekštanj / Finkenstein we turn right towards Škocjan / Kanzianiberg and Stari Grad / Altfinkenstein. Further, we drive on local roads, which at the crossroads we follow in the direction of the hotel Baumgartnerhof. We park on a parking lot near the mentioned hotel.
B) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria and we leave the highway at first exit. At the settlement Kot / Winkl we turn right and we continue driving towards the lake Baško jezero / Faaker See. At the end of the settlement Loče / Latschach we turn left in the direction of the hotel Baumgartnerhof. We park on a parking lot near the mentioned hotel.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on stairs following the signs »Mallestiger Mittagskogel«, »zum Wasserfall«. Already after few meters climbing path branches off to the left, and we continue straight and we start ascending through the forest. The path then for a short time comes out of the forest and it is ascending on grassy slopes by the edge of the forest and then the path turns to the left and then follows a little less steep part of the path through the forest. A wide path brings us to a crossing, where another path branches off to the left towards the waterfall and climbing path. We continue right and again a little steeper path brings us on the road on which we continue left. The road then soon ends, and signs point us on a footpath right upwards. After a short ascent, we come to a crossing where from the left joins the climbing path.
At the crossing, we continue straight and we are still ascending on the right side of the valley. The path then brings us to the vantage point where there are also a bench and a cross. From the vantage point where there is a nice view towards some smaller waterfalls we continue right and we are ascending through the forest. Next follows hairpin ascent by a smaller stream by the edge of the forest. Due to the forest only rarely views open up on surrounding peaks. Higher, the path becomes slightly less steep and it brings us to hut Mitzl Moitzl Hütte.
At the hut we continue a little to the left and we start ascending through larch forest. Higher, the path turns slightly to the right and a short ascent follows to a crossing on the border ridge.
On the ridge, we continue left following the signs »Schwarzkogel 1h«. At first, we are still ascending through a thin forest, and higher it is replaced by dwarf pines and increasingly beautiful views start to open up mainly on Julian Alps. In the last part, the path brings us on grassy slopes and a short ascent follows to the top.