Heidi Alm - Schwarzkofel (via Falkertscharte)

Access to starting point:
A) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving on Tauern highway, which we leave already on Villach bypass road and we continue driving towards the settlement Feldkirchen. Further, we drive by lake Osojsko jezero / Ossiacher See to the already mentioned settlement. In Feldkirchen we continue left in the direction of the mountain pass Turacher Höhe and we drive ahead past settlements Himmelberg, Gnesau, Mitterdorf to the settlement Wiedweg, where from the left also the road from Bad Kleinkircheim joins. From the mentioned crossroad, we continue towards the mountain pass Turacher Höhe only for few 100 meters and then signs for mountain pasture Heidialm and village and lake Falkertsee point us to the left on an ascending road. We follow the mentioned road to its end, where we park on one of the many parking lots.
B) From Štajerska or Koroška, we at first drive to Dravograd and then over the border crossing Vič into Austria, where we then follow the signs for Celovec / Klagenfurt. Further, we drive on the so-called South highway, which we leave at Klagenfurt (direction Feldkirchen). Further, we drive on a regional road, on which we get to the already mentioned settlement. In Feldkirchen we continue right in the direction of the mountain pass Turacher Höhe and we drive ahead past settlements Himmelberg, Gnesau, Mitterdorf to the settlement Wiedweg, where from the left also the road from Bad Kleinkircheim joins. From the mentioned crossroad, we continue towards the mountain pass Turacher Höhe only for few 100 meters and then signs for mountain pasture Heidialm and village and lake Falkertsee point us to the left on an ascending road. We follow the mentioned road to its end, where we park on one of the many parking lots.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go in the direction of park Heidi-Alm to which we have 130 meters. After 130 meters path branches off to the left towards the mentioned park (to view the park we have to pay the entrance fee), and we go straight and we still continue on the road, and it quickly brings us to high mountain lake Falkertsee.
From the lake, which we bypass on the left side, the path starts moderately ascending and continues on an increasingly bad road. And a little higher we get to a marked crossing, where we continue right towards the saddle Falkertscharte (left ridge path on Rodresnock). For some time we continue an ascent on a bad road, and then we get to a smaller wooden cottage, where it changes into a pleasant footpath. We continue through the high mountain valley, which is on the left side surrounded by steep slopes of Rodresnock, and on the right by south mountain wall of the peak Falkert, where soon also the climbing path branches off.
We continue straight on occasionally a little steeper path, on which with nice views, we quickly get to the already mentioned saddle.
On the saddle, where there is a marked crossing we continue left (right Falkert 20 minutes) and then on a moderately steep path, which is semicircular turning towards the left, after approximately 20 minutes of additional walking, we get to the top of Rodresnock.
From Rodresnock we continue on a marked path which starts descending towards the east. After approximately 2 minutes of descent, the path flattens and brings us on a poorly marked crossing, where we continue right downwards (path straight brings us back to the starting point - option for a descent).
We continue on a less beaten footpath which starts descending steeper towards the southeast. After few minutes, the path flattens and brings us on a wide grassy ridge, on which we continue a gentle descent. Even a little lower we get to an indistinct saddle between Rodresnock and Schwarzkofel. From here on, we start gently ascending, and we follow the panoramic path all the way to the top of Shcwarzkofel, which we can see for quite some time.

On the way: Falkertsee (1872m), Falkertscharte (2195m), Rodresnock (2310m)