Sadnighaus - Sadnig (via mountain pasture Lindler (pot 149))

Access to starting point:
After crossing the border through Karawanks Tunnel, we drive on a highway past Beljak / Villach and Spittal, where we turn from the highway in the direction of Knoten Spittal Millstätter See, Felbertauern, Lienz, Lendorf. Then at the sign for Großglockner we turn right (here we stop following the road towards Lienz). On the road, we then drive through settlements Möllbrücke and Obervellach, until we turn towards the settlement Mörtschach, into which we eventually also come. From here on we follow the signs for Asten. An asphalted and in parts steep road in distance from 10 to 11 km leads to a parking lot at the mountain hut Sadnig (in German Sadnighaus ), where the asphalt also ends. Here we park. From the national border to the destination is a little less than 2 hours of driving.

Path description:
From a car we go on an asphalt road few steps downwards to the signposts Naturlehrweg Astern Moos, Schobertörl and Makernispitze, which point us on a footpath, on which we lose approximately 20 meters of height, and we step on a lower situated macadam road and we continue left towards the gable of valley Asten, which is called Astern Moos. On this part runs also a learning path, because the area represents one of rare high mountain swamps in the national park High Tauern and is known for a variegated and unique flora and fauna. Soon on the right we notice a turn-off for steep path on Sadnig, and we continue straight on the road.
After 15 minutes of gentle walking we get to the signposts and we continue in the direction of the path 149 towards the mountain pasture Lindler (in German Lindleralm). Soon after this, we cross the stream Asten (in German Astenbach) and we start ascending. At the signs also Sadnig joins soon. A wide cart track further leads past the mountain pasture Lindler, where it passes into a narrower footpath which starts ascending steeply through a thin larch forest. And after about 200 altitude meters like in a fairytale we step into a gentle terrain of high mountain pastures. The path leads over a stream, then past a smaller lakes or ponds whereupon it comes to a crossing Kapitzenbühel (2282 meters). To here we were walking 1 hour and 45 minutes.
We go towards Sadnig and on only in parts steeper path through the high mountain meadows after 2 hours and 30 minutes of walking from the starting point, we come on the mountain pass Sadnigscharte (2484 meters). A little below the mountain pass by the path there is situated a smaller lake, which is a good point for a rest.
From the mountain pass ahead, on few hairpin turns we reach the scree, which we cross and then we steeply ascend towards the secondary peak Vorsadnig (2696 meters), which the path a little below the summit bypasses on the eastern side. From here the peak is already near. In the last steepness few meters below the summit, when the path is the steepest, the path splits into two branches, from which one offers a little easier access to the summit.

On the way: Sadnighaus (1880m), Naturlehrweg Astern Moos (1860m), Astenbach (1900m), Lindleralm (1980m), Kapitzenbühel (2282m), Sadnigscharte (2484m)