Raudenspitze, Mountain summit in Carnic Alps, Austria and Italy
Raudenspitze (Monte Fleons in Italian) is a 2,507-metre summit in the Carnic Alps, on the border between Austria's Carinthia and Italy's Friuli Venezia Giulia, in the municipality of Forni Avoltri. It rises above the Val Fleons with a steep slope of rock and grass.
Austro-Hungarian troops occupied the summit of Monte Fleons for the whole of World War I and built a mule track on the western slope. That old military path is the route used today to reach the 2,507-metre summit, a demanding climb over rock and grass.
The peak's name appears in two forms: Raudenspitze in German and Monte Fleons in Italian, reflecting the border between Carinthia and Friuli Venezia Giulia. The old Austro-Hungarian mule track on the western slope, built during World War I, is still used by hikers and is the route's main historical feature.
The summit is reached by a demanding route on the west side that follows an old military mule track built by Austro-Hungarian troops during World War I. The path climbs a steep slope of rock and grass above the valley of the same name.
The Goccia di Carnia mineral water spring rises on the mountain; after the 1966 flood, entrepreneur Franco Tettamanti of Como developed it commercially, giving the peak a use beyond hiking.
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