Windische Hohe - Tschekelnock

Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Korensko sedlo, or from Beljak/Villach (to here through Karawanks Tunnel) we drive to the settlement Podklošter/Arnoldstein. We follow the road ahead in the direction of the settlement Šmohor/Hermagor, but only to a spot, where the road towards Venetski hrib/Windische Hohe branches off to the right upward. An ascending road soon brings us in the mentioned village, where we park on a large marked parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot at first we cross the main road by which we notice signposts at the beginning of the path. We go through a meadow and then in the forest. The path is moderately ascending and few times crosses a mountain road. We follow the signs »Tschekelnock«. The path soon turns slightly to the right and it brings us to the signposts by the road. We continue few meters to the right on the road, where a signpost point us left into the forest. Here the path starts ascending steeper and occasionally also a view opens up towards Carnic Alps. The path then through a smaller clearing brings us again on the road. We go left and in first right turn blazes again point us to the left in the forest. We once again cross the road and then we continue left on this road which brings us to a crossroad. We follow the signs »Tschekelnock« on a road which runs straight (towards the north). We follow this road to a smaller mountain pasture with a chapel and shepherd hut. Here we leave the road and go right through a meadow and then in the forest through which we are ascending. After that, the path turns slightly to the left and the forest is becoming thinner. Next follows a shorter ascent on grassy slopes towards the panoramic summit. On the summit stands a cross, few meters away is also an inscription box. A view is the most beautiful on the nearby Dobrač and Graslitzen and on Carnic Alps.