Second tour coming up

Advent hike: New meeting point due to weather

Instead of hiking up the Stubeck, we will hike in the valley on Sunday(Bild: Hannes Wallner)

The weather gods are moody, but there will still be a hike at the foot of the Stubeck on the 2nd Advent! 

The heavy onset of winter that meteorologists predicted for Sunday has been canceled. "It will only snow partially in Carinthia and not in the quantities we had hoped for," says mountain weather expert Gerhard Hohenwarter.

For once, the second Advent hike organized by "Bergkrone", the mountain rescue service and the church will not be heading up the Stubeck this time, partly because in the past many an Advent hiker has slipped on the snowy road on the way up to the reopened Frido-Kordon hut.

New meeting point for Advent hikers
With the grateful support of Alpine Club chairman Hans Jury and Johannes Stoxreiter from the Lieser-Maltatal mountain rescue service, an alternative was found for this year. Instead of meeting at the alpine club hut, the meeting point on the 2nd Sunday in Advent will be at 9 am at the cemetery parking lot in Gmünd, from where we will set off on a contemplative Advent hike. "I look forward to it and please spread the word", says pastor Roland Stadler. Info: 0664 / 911 15 81