Ladinger Spitz, Mountain summit in Carinthia, Austria
Ladinger Spitz is a mountain summit in the Wolfsberg District that reaches 2079 meters in elevation as the highest point of the central Saualpe. From the peak, visitors can see across the surrounding mountain landscape and valleys below.
The Saualpe, including Ladinger Spitz, is built of gneiss and mica schist, rocks that record the Alpine orogeny. The summit stands on the municipal boundary between Wolfsberg and Klein St. Paul, at 2079 m the highest elevation of the range.
The two small round ponds near the summit are known locally as the Meeraugen, or "sea eyes". The Wolfsberger Hütte of the Austrian Alpine Club stands about 1.5 km south of the peak at 1827 m, and the Offnerhütte lies southeast at 1668 m.
The summit is reached in 2–3 hours on an easy hike from the Offnerhütte at 1668 m. The Lavanttaler Höhenweg and the Eisenwurzenweg 08 pass about 80 m west below the top, running north–south; the summit itself is climbed from the south or north via trail 08A. The Wolfsberger Hütte of the Austrian Alpine Club lies about 1.5 km south of the summit at 1827 m.
About 1.5 km south of the summit, at 1827 m, stands the Wolfsberger Hütte of the Austrian Alpine Club; the Offnerhütte lies about 2 km to the southeast at 1668 m. Near the top are two small round pools known locally as the Meeraugen (sea eyes).
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