Stol is the highest mountain of the Karawanks, located on the border of Austria and Slovenia. It is known as Hochstuhl in German (meaning 'High Chair'), or Veliki Stol (which is Slovenian for 'Great Chair') and has an elevation of . The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1794 by Carniolan Count Franz von Hohenwart. Today there are numerous routes to the summit from Feistritz  and the Klagenfurt Lodge in Carinthia on the Austrian side as well as routes from Žirovnica on the Slovenian side, where the Prešeren Lodge (Prešernova koca) stands below the secondary peak of Mali Stol, .