Greuth - Große Muschenig (via Hasengraben)
Starting point: Greuth (554 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5209°N 14.1023°E
Path name: via Hasengraben
Time of walking: 1 h 45 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 467 m
Altitude difference (by path): 467 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we drive on the highway towards Beljaku, which we leave on the first exit. From the point, when we left the highway, we follow the signs for Šentjakob v Rožu / Sankt Jakob im Rosental. Further, we drive few more kilometers on the main road, after that only a little after the settlement Podgorje / Maria Elend we turn right in the village Rute / Greuth. Further, we drive on a narrower road (at the crossroads we stick to slightly right direction), which soon brings us to a narrow underpass under the railway track. Further, we drive past few more houses, and then at the end of the village, we get to a smaller crossroad, by which we notice hiking signposts. We park on an appropriate place by the crossroad.
From toll station in Hrušica to the starting point, there is approximately 23 km.
B) Over the border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria, and then we drive on the main road to a roundabout before the bridge over the river Drava. In the roundabout, we leave the main road which leads towards Celovec / Klagenfurt and we continue driving left (direction west) on exit in the direction of Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental. Further, we drive through several smaller settlements, and after the settlement Sveče / Suetschach we need to pay attention. Only about 3 km after the mentioned settlement, we will leave the main road and continue to drive left in the direction of village Rute / Greuth. Further, we drive through the village on a narrower road (at the crossroads we stick to the slightly right directions), which soon brings us to a narrow underpass under the railway track. Further, we drive past few more houses, and then at the end of the village, we get to a smaller crossroad, by which we notice hiking signposts. We park on an appropriate place by the crossroad.
From the entrance into a tunnel, and to the starting point, there is approximately 32 km.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue straight in the direction of Mače / Matschach on the road which at first crosses a bridge through stream Velika Suha, and then it is gently to moderately ascending. Higher, we get to a forestry turning point, above which the road splits into several cart tracks.
Left cart track continues towards Mače, right a little higher ends, and we continue straight on the forest road. The road little ahead splits into two parts, and we choose right, which gradually starts ascending steeper. We continue on the road which is ascending by Hasengraben, and higher it also crosses it.
Further, the road, by which we notice few of rare blazes passes on the eastern slopes of Veliki Mošenik / Große Muschenig and starts ascending in long zig-zags. After an hour and a half of walking from the starting point, we get to a small saddle, where there is a crossroad.
From the saddle, we continue right on a wide cart track in the direction of "Aussichtspunkt". We quickly leave the wide cart track, because blazes point us slightly to the right on a worse cart track which starts ascending on a slope straight upwards. This path which continues through the forest, we then follow all the way to a vegetated peak, which we recognize by the sign on a tree G. M. 2021 m.
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