Sonnenalpe Nassfeld

Some 7km/4.5mi west of Hermagor a good road branches off on the left and runs southwards through the Trögelbach valley to the Sonnenalpe Nassfeld (1,552m/5,092ft), a saddle on the summit ridge of the Carnic Alps and the center of this popular summer and winter resort. There are 100 ski slopes of varying difficulty at a height above 1,500m/5,000ft, with a chair lift to the foot of the Gartnerkofel (2,195m/7,202ft; upper station 1,885m/6,185ft), on which Wulfenia carinthiaca blooms - a plant unique in Europe and which has survived from the Ice Age. To the south-west rises the Rosskofel (2,239m/7,346ft), which commands extensive views; the climb takes about three hours.