Bergheimat - Dachskofel (via Scharnik)
Starting point: Bergheimat (1581 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.7743°N 13.03416°E 
Path name: via Scharnik
Time of walking: 3 h 50 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 792 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1130 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
Drive to Irschen (Austria). In Irschen follow the signs for Leppner Alm. The steep and picturesque road passes numerous houses in the steep terrain. The road eventually leads you through the forest. Expect a dusty road in its final kilometers. There is a parking at the destination and the Bergheimat in the near vicinity.
Path description:
Starting from the parking place, follow the dusty road for a few meters, pass the information signs and cross a small bridge. Immediately after the bridge, head left to a steep trail (you will also see many signs there). After few minutes of walking distance, the trail joins a dusty road where you should turn right (many signposts here). Shortly after the corner, signposts direct you to a trail in the direction for Scharnik. The larch forest is gradually receding until the trail connects again with the road. Follow the road for a short section, when again well-marked signposts direct you to a trail uphill. The trail leads to Ochsnerhütte at 1810 m.
The signs behind the Ochsnerhütte show the direction to Scharnik, i.e. The path 315. Follow the path, pass a big cross near the trail and soon after pass a lake (seen only from a trail above the lake). The trail on a grassy terrain gets a bit steeper and it soon leads to the ridge that continues all the way to the top of the mountain. Be careful to follow the right trail, since one way also branches off to the left. Follow the ridge, which is steeper and steeper, and by the end also technically difficult. All difficult places are equipped with fixed steel ropes. After these sections, you will reach a summit. There is a big summit cross, a bench, a sign book and a stamp (for the hikers' passport called Vrhovi prijateljstva / Gipfel der Freundschaft / Cime dell'Amicizia).
Follow the ridge west and descend over rough rocky terrain to a Gursgen Törl saddle at 2445 meters. Occasionally watch your steep since many of the big rocky plates move out of balance once you step there.
At the saddle, turn left and follow the trail downhill crossing the slopes. Keep walking on the higher trail by following the signs for Dachskofel and Lamnitzsee. Soon another trail branches off to the right down to a nearby lake (Lamnitzsee), that is just few minutes walking distance away (a visit warmly recommended). After few minutes, you will reach a summit of Dachskofel with awe-inspiring sights over the mountain ranges all around.
A return is possible via different routes, e.g. via Ochsnerhütte (1810m) or via Unteralmhütte (1838m).
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