Göriach - Hochgolling (Normalanstieg)

Access to starting point:
From highway Beljak/Villach - Salzburg we go to the exit St. Michael (exit is located between the both larger tunnels). We follow the road ahead towards settlements St. Martin, Mariapharr and Göriach. We then follow the ascending road through the mentioned village to the parking lot, which is located few kilometers above the village Göriach, where we park on a large parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road which in 5 minutes of walking, it brings us to a larger meadow in the middle of which we notice a larger number of wooden cottages. One of the cottages is also the mountain hut, which is situated on the right side of the path.
The path ahead gradually starts ascending and over two successive small bridges brings us to the spot, from where a nice view opens up on waterfall. After the waterfall worse road ascends level higher and after a half an hour of walking from the starting point brings us to a hamlet of private cottages. The path which still runs on the road, by numerous streams brings us to a crossing, where we go right following the signs Hochgolling. The path which runs ahead on the road runs towards the mountain hut Landawirsee Hütte. The path from the crossing then crosses a stream and starts ascending steeper and steeper. When we again get very close to the stream steepness decreases and in front of us, we can already see notch Gollingscharte. The path towards the notch runs on rocky terrain in the early summer on this part of the path, we will be ascending over some relatively large snow fields. On the notch (2326m) we then go right in the direction of Hochgolling, and the path straight leads towards the mountain hut Golling Hütte. The path then in a gentle ascent crosses northwest slopes above the notch and brings us on the southwest slopes of the mountain. After that, the path turns slightly to the left and after some steep ascents brings us to a crossing. We choose the right easier path (Normalanstieg, Historischer Weg), left path (climbing up to II grade) leads on northwest ridge also to the summit of Hochgolling. The path ahead then crosses pretty steep slopes towards the southeast and few times steeply ascends (climbing up to I grade). In the early summer, we will on the path cross also some short steep snow field. Towards the end, the path turns again a little to the left and then follows a little steeper ascent towards the panoramic summit.

On the way: Gollingscharte (2326m)