Maria Buch - Wastl am Eck (Seetal Alps)
Starting point: Maria Buch (717 m)
Time of walking: 1 h 15 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 243 m
Altitude difference (by path): 243 m
Map: WK 212 (Seetaler & Seckauer Alpen 1:50.000)
Access to starting point:
From Gorenjska side we go over the border crossing Ljubelj to Celovec / Klagenfurt or over Karawanks tunnel to Beljak / Villach. Ahead we go on the highway in the direction of signs for Gradec / Graz. We leave the highway for approximately 2km long tunnel in the direction of Bad St. Leonhard. Further, we drive past village St. Peter and smaller town Obdach. Few kilometers after the tunnel at Obdach road brings us to a roundabout, where we go to the exit Judenburg. Now road runs on flat part, where it brings us to marks Maria Buch left. We turn left and drive to the next crossroad, where we continue right and after few meters on the right side we notice a larger parking lot, where we park.
From Koroška we at first drive into Dravograd and ahead into Austria. We follow the road ahead towards St. Paul, St. Andrä and Wolfsberg. In Wolfsberg we go towards Bad St. Leonhard and forward towards St. Peter. Further follow the description from Gorenjska.
From Štajerska side we drive to Maribor and ahead over the border crossing Šentilj into Austria. We follow the highway in the direction of Celovec / Klagenfurt. We leave the highway in the direction of exit Bad St. Leonhard. Further follow the description from Gorenjska.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road by which we've parked. After approximately 15 minutes of walking on an asphalt road on flat past the village we get to the chapel, where we turn left upwards. After few ten meters asphalt ends and we continue walking on for the traffic closed road. Already after few minutes of ascent a worse road branches off to the left. Here we continue straight, and at the next crossroad, we turn left. Ahead we follow the road to the spot, where the marked path leaves this road and goes left on a slope upwards. Marked but in parts overgrown footpath after five minutes of walking through the forest brings us on the forest road which comes from the other side of the mountain. We continue right on the road which soon brings us on the pasture before the farm. Follows only some of walking to the farm, where there is a smaller mountain hut.
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