Hiking in Carinthia Between Lake Millstatt, Bad Kleinkirchheim & Nockberge

Good preparation, consideration and respect form the basis for safe hiking experiences in the Millstätter See – Bad Kleinkirchheim – Nockberge region. Careful route planning using descriptions, hiking maps and up-to-date weather information is essential for this.
Equally important is a realistic assessment of the mountain experience, fitness, sure-footedness, head for heights and stamina of all participants. You should not stray from marked hiking trails; shortcuts through woods, meadows or pastures should be avoided.
If the weather deteriorates, the rule is: turn back in good time and make your way back down to the valley. Nature should be left exactly as you found it. Plants and animals must be treated with care, and rubbish taken away with you.
Austria’s farmers make a vital contribution to the preservation of the alpine and cultural landscape. Respect for the people working here, for nature and for the animals is therefore an integral part of every mountain experience.

Many of the hiking trails in the Millstätter See – Bad Kleinkirchheim – Nockberge region pass through alpine pastures and grazing land. To ensure that encounters with grazing livestock remain calm and safe, please follow these guidelines:

1. Keep your distance
   Avoid contact with grazing livestock, do not feed the animals, and always keep a safe distance.
2. Stay calm
   Do not startle grazing livestock and behave calmly on alpine pastures and grazing land.
3. Mother cows protect their calves
   Take particular care around mother cows with calves. Encounters between mother cows and dogs should be avoided at all costs.
4. Keep dogs on a short lead
   Dogs must always be kept under control and walked on a short lead. If an attack by a grazing animal is imminent, the dog must be taken off the lead immediately.
5. Stay on marked paths
   Do not leave marked hiking and cycling trails.
6. Keep your distance from grazing livestock
   If grazing livestock is blocking the path, you should walk or cycle around them, keeping as much distance as possible. If you are on a bicycle, you may need to dismount and push your bike.
7. React calmly if grazing livestock approaches
   Stay calm, do not turn your back on the animals, and move out of the way slowly.
8. Take signs of agitation seriously
   If animals show the first signs of agitation, leave the pasture area promptly.
9. Be mindful of fences and gates
   Respect fences. If there is a gate, use it, then close it properly and cross the pasture quickly.
10. Be respectful whilst out and about
    Treat the people working here, nature and the animals with respect.
    
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• 140 Alpine emergency call
• 144 Rescue emergency call
• 133 Police emergency call
• 112 European emergency call (possible from all networks. Switch off your mobile phone and dial ‘112’ instead of the PIN after switching it on).

• Disposable gloves
• Resuscitation blanket
• Rescue foil
• First aid kit
• Gauze bandage (elastic)
• Sterile compresses
• Tape roll
• Bandage set
• Skin-forming blister plasters
• Triangular bandage
• Tick card
• Sturdy tweezers
• Small, sturdy scissors
• Disinfectant wipes
• Energy
• Dextrose

• Solid, well-fitting mountain or hiking boots with grippy tread soles
• Water- and wind-repellent mountain clothing in layers, hiking poles
• Sunglasses, sun protection
• Mobile phone and hiking map
• a first aid pack
• as well as enough to drink and a snack