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Austria: Via Ferrata to Cjajnik and Košutnikov turn

With Nada we decided to do one of the hardest Via ferratas in our neigbourhood, that is Via ferrata to Cjajnik (Lärchenturm), marked with difficulty D. Cjajnik was in the past one of the the most difficult summits to ascend in the Karavanks. Since 2006 now a really attractive via ferrata secured with more than 800 m of steel rope leads to the summit. The descent to the Lärchenscharte wind gap requires again a lot of power (D). We prolonged our hike to Košutnikov turn with another interesting descent on via ferrata back to our starting point, Koča pod Košuto / Koschutahaus, 1280 m.

Somwhere on our way to Cjajnik, 1965 m

View from the top to Koroška / Carinthia

 

Descent was the most difficult 

Sketch of the Via Ferrata

So many blisters

 

We continued on the ridge towards Košutnikov turn, 2133 m

Another day with great view

South

 

How to spice up things - with the ladder

On our way back we quickly detoured to Mejnik, 1517 m, where a great view to Košutnikov turn was

Whole day trip in the mountains

GeoCaches found:
- Koschutnikturm / Košutnikov turn (2.136 m), GC625YZ
- Koschuta - ganz ohne Kletterzeug, GC6JX1X
- Koschutnikturm-View, GC1ZF4E, where I took the trackable item "Hjärtat", TB3MQ3N