Ogris - Ovčji vrh (Kozjak) / Geissberg (Kosiak) (via Klagenfurter Hütte)
Starting point: Ogris (1180 m)
Path name: via Klagenfurter Hütte
Time of walking: 3 h 15 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: very demanding
Altitude difference: 844 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1030 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
We drive to a border crossing Ljubelj and ahead on the Austrian side. Soon after that, when on the left side of the road, we notice a smaller church road towards the village Žabnica / Bodental branches off to the left. At the crossroad for village Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg we turn left towards Žabnica / Bodental. In Žabnica / Bodental we come to mountain signposts for Celovška koča / Klagenfurter Hütte left and right. We go right and follow the road ahead to the next crossroad, where we turn left. We follow this road to a smaller parking lot, where the unmarked path from inn Podnar / Bodenbauer joins (further driving is forbidden).
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue past the gate on a road which in the initial part offers quite a nice view. The road goes then in the forest and it brings us to a crossing, where we turn left on a cart track. We follow the cart track ahead slightly upwards to a crossing of a two cart tracks. We go on a slightly right marked cart track which then starts changing into a footpath which starts to ascend steeper. The path after a shorter ascent brings us on a ridge, where the path turns left and continues at first on and after by the ridge. After that, the path passes on steep slopes which we cross without large ascents. Further, we cross a shorter partly already overgrown scree after which the path again starts ascending and it soon brings us to a grazing fence of the mountain pasture Vgriz which we reach in few minutes of additional walking. On the mountain pasture, where there stands a shepherd hut a beautiful view opens up.
The path ahead starts descending and after a short descent brings us to a well after which in few steps we come to a crossing. We continue straight (left downwards Podnar) and the path out of the forest brings us into dwarf pines. Next follows a crossing of the scree and then with the help of steel cables we descend slightly downwards. From here ahead the path is exposed to falling stones. Further, a well-secured path starts ascending on a steep rocky slope. On the top of this easier climbing part we come to an inscription box. The path after that isn't difficult anymore and in diagonal ascending we come to a saddle Vrata. The path ahead starts descending and in few minutes brings us to a crossing, where we continue straight (right Ovčji vrh) and in few minutes of light descend we come to the mountain hut Celovška koča.
From the mountain hut, we continue slightly right on meadows which we cross in a gentle ascent. After few minutes of walking from the mountain hut footpath brings us into a small indistinct valley, where the path starts ascending. This small valley we soon leave because the path turns sharply right on slopes of Ovčji vrh / Geissberg. The path which is pretty steep on panoramic slopes after one hour of walking from the mountain hut brings us on the upper slope of the mountain. In the last part of the path steepness decreases and in front of us, we notice a cross which we reach without problems.
The starting point - Celovška koča 2:15, Celovška koča - Ovčji vrh 1:00.
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