Seichenbrunn - Glödis

Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards Spittal and forward towards Lienz (a little after Spittal highway ends). Further, we drive on a relatively nice and wide road through Drau valley. A little before Lienz at the roundabout, we continue right towards the settlement Iselsberg and Winklern. The road starts ascending, and then we have to pay attention because the road soon branches off to the left towards the valley Debanttal (green sign). The road towards the valley Debanttal becomes a macadam, and later joins a bit nicer road from the settlement Nußdorf-Debant. When driving through the valley Debanttal we then follow the signs for mountain hut Lienzer Hütte and Wangenitzseehütte. We follow the road all the way to a gate where we park on a large parking lot (Parkplatz Seichenbrunn).

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a macadam road which is closed for traffic. Already after few ten meters, we come to a marked crossing where right over a bridge path towards the mountain hut Wangenitzseehütte branches off. At the crossing, we continue ahead on a macadam road following the signs »Lienzer Hütte«. Soon after that also a learning path branches off to the right towards the mountain hut Lienzer Hütte. This path is half an hour longer than on the road. We still continue on a macadam road, that runs left from the stream Debantbach. The road is all the time slightly ascending and few times crosses a grazing fence. Because in the summer months by the road livestock is grazing. The road then leads us past a smaller cottage by mountain pasture Gaimbergalm. Further, we also few times cross smaller tributaries of the already mentioned stream Debantbach. And a little higher the road brings us to a crossroad.
To the right leads the road to the mountain pasture Hofalm to which is only 100 meters. At the crossroad, we still continue straight on the road towards the mountain hut Lienzer Hütte from which we have an increasingly beautiful view on peaks above the valley Debanttal. Shortly before the hut, we come to another marked crossing.
This time footpath branches off to the left towards the ski slope Zettersfeld, and we continue on the road and we soon come to the hut Lienzer Hütte from which there is a nice view towards the surrounding peaks.
At the mountain hut, we continue left past children's playground and a cross and already after few ten meters, we get to a marked crossing. Left leads the path towards the notch Mirnitzscharte and summit Alkuser Rotspitze, and we continue right following the signs »Glödis Spitz, Hochschober«.
The path from the crossing runs towards the northwest by rare trees. The further path is then ascending by terrain vegetated with grass and low bushes. We soon also enter into the main part of national park High Tauern (Nationalpark Hohe Tauern). The path then brings us to another crossing.
Here we leave the path towards the mountain hut Hochschoberhütte and summit Hochschober and we go right following the signs »Glödis«. From the crossing, the path at first slightly descends after that over smaller bridges crosses few streams. Further, we are then for some time ascending on a footpath which runs left from the stream Debantbach. Later we cross the stream on the right side and we are still ascending towards the north. Streams by the path then vanish, and the path soon brings us to another crossing.
This time path branches off to the left towards the saddle Kalser Törl, and we continue right towards the summit Glödisspitze. From the crossing, we then for a short time walk towards the east on the more and more rocky terrain. After that, the path turns again left towards the north and is then ascending diagonally on a steep slope. When the slope becomes less steep, the path turns slightly to the right and then it is ascending on rocky terrain towards southeastern ridge of the mountain Glödisspitze, which has been visible for quite some time from the path. On the ridge where nice views open up towards the east we continue left and we soon get to the entrance into a secured part of the path.
The secured path all the time runs on and by southeastern ridge. The path is for most of the time quite steeply ascending by the steel cable (difficulty to B). Higher, the path brings us to hanging bridge which we can also avoid on an easier path which runs by the right side of the ridge. If we continue over the bridge follows an ascent on a ladder and then short very steep ascend by the steel cable (difficulty to C). Paths soon again join and the path further still runs on a well-secured ridge. The secured path is further slightly less demanding and steep as in the initial part (difficulty to A/B). Not too demanding and more and more panoramic ridge path we follow all the way to the top on which stands a cross.
We descend on the ascent route.

On the way: Gaimbergalm (1753m), Lienzer Hütte (1977m)