Waldheim Hütte - Wild See (Seetal Alps)
Starting point: Waldheim Hütte (1614 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 47.0562°N 14.6305°E
Time of walking: 1 h 45 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 367 m
Altitude difference (by path): 350 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 a little ahead we turn left towards the village St. Anna. At the next crossroads, we follow the road in the direction of Waldheim Hütte. We park on a payable parking lot at the mountain hut.
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 go on the most left road in the direction of Kohlerhütte. The path leads us on a gently sloping road on which occasionally a view opens up a little. A little higher road crosses few streams and it brings us to a resting place named "Maria in der Zirbe". The road is slowly becoming a little worse and is a little steeper ascending. After 40 minutes of walking, the path brings us on grassy slopes, where on the right side we notice a bigger shepherd hut.
We continue on the road five more minutes and we get to Turkish cross (Turkenkreuz). Here we are at the crossing, where we continue straight downwards in the direction of the lake Wildsee and mountain hut Rohrer Hütte. After a short descent, the path turns left, where over a small bridge crosses a wider stream. Next follows barely noticeable ascent, which after few minutes brings us to the next cross and soon after it to a crossing.
We continue right in the direction of the lake Wildsee and Zirbitzkogel. We further follow marked but in parts a little poorly visible footpath which in a gentle to moderate ascent on grassy slopes brings us to the lake Wildsee. If we want right to the lake we have to descend a little.
On the way: Turkenkreuz (1839m)
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