Mölltaler Polinik

Mölltaler Polinik
View from north
Highest point
Elevation	2,784 m (AA) (9,134 ft)
Prominence	1,579 m ↓ Iselsberg Pass
Isolation	10.4 km →  Böseck
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	46°53′46″N 13°09′24″E
Geography
Mölltaler Polinik Austria
Location	Carinthia, Austria
Parent range	High Tauern Kreuzeck group

The Mölltaler Polinik, at 2,784 m (9,134 ft), is the highest mountain of the Kreuzeck group, a southern part of the High Tauern range in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Geography

Ragga Ravine

The peak rises south of the villages of Flattach and Obervellach in the Möll Valley. From Obervellach a footpath leads past the Polinikhaus lodge (1,873 m (6,145 ft), run by Mölltal Section of the Austrian Alpine Club) to the summit.

From Flattach the mountain may be climbed through the 200 m (660 ft) deep Ragga Ravine (Raggaschlucht), a protected natural monument, where a winding boardwalk leads across numerous waterfalls up to the Raggaalm pasture.

See also

• Gailtaler Polinik

Literature

• Manfred Posch: Reißeck, Kreuzeck. Die schönsten Touren, Klagenfurt, 2000, Kärntner Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H., ISBN 3-85391-176-5