Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental - Sinacher Gupf / Psinski vrh (west path)

Access to starting point:
A) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we drive on the highway towards Beljaku, which we leave on the first exit. From the point, when we left the highway, we follow the signs for Šentjakob v Rožu / Sankt Jakob im Rosental. When we get to the mentioned settlement we drive on the main road also past Podgorje / Maria Elend and settlement Sveče / Suetschach to the settlement Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental, where after the stores Billa and Penny we turn right in the direction of the settlement Sine / Sinach. Because by the crossroad there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers, we drive a little further and then we park on an appropriate place by the road.
B) Through a border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria, where on the main road towards Celovec / Klagenfurt am Wörtersee we drive to the second roundabout, from where we continue driving in the direction of exit Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental (main road towards Celovec we leave before we cross a river Drau). In Bistrica v Rožu, at car dealership Peugeot, we turn left on a side road in the direction towards dentist (on a sign Zahnartz, signs for village Sine / Sinach are only from the opposite direction). Because by the crossroad there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers, we drive a little further and then we park on an appropriate place by the road.
C) From Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec we drive to Ravne na Koroškem, and then we continue driving in the direction of border crossing Holmec. When we drive in Austria at first we drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, and then we follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz and ahead Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel, Borovlje / Ferlach. Behind Borovlje at the roundabout, we join the road through the border crossing Ljubelj. Here in first roundabout we continue in the direction of Celovec / Klagenfurt, in the second in the direction of Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental. In Bistrica v Rožu, at car dealership Peugeot, we turn left on a side road in the direction towards dentist (on a sign Zahnartz, signs for village Sine / Sinach are only from the opposite direction). Because by the crossroad there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers, we drive a little further and then we park on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental we continue on the asphalt road, on which we are ascending towards the village Sine / Sinach. During the ascent on the road for some time a nice view opens up on Bistrica dammed lake / Feistritzer Stausee, and a little ahead we get to a cross Olipcov križ, where the path first time splits.
We continue straight (left eastern path on Psinski vrh / Sinacher Gupf, or path which leads on a saddle Vranjica / Oreinzsattel) on further a gently sloping road, on which we quickly get to the next marked crossing.
We continue right (left saddle Vranjica and eastern path on Psinski vrh) and we continue on a quite gently sloping macadam road which at the crossings we follow in the direction of the blazes. Further, the road starts moderately ascending, and we walk there to the left turn from which we continue straight on a cart track. From the cart track, we soon go left on a little overgrown path, and after a shorter diagonal ascent we return on a macadam road. The road leads us past a cross, and after the cross we step out of the forest on a panoramic slope, from which a nice view opens up towards the central Karawanks, where we notice nearby Ovčji vrh (Kozjak) / Geissberg (Kosiak)). Here wider road turns left, and we continue straight on a little worse road. After few minutes of crossing, we get to the next crossroad, where after the storage of logs we continue on the upper road (right a homestead Jakob / Jakobhube). We walk on the road only for a short time, and then a little hidden signs point us to the left on the mountain path, which ascends through the forest. After a short ascent, we reach diagonal cart track which few steps we follow to the right, and then we go left, where also the blazes point us to. Next follows some more of ascent, and then we reach the marked crossing, where from the right side joins the path from Strugarje / Strugarjach and Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch-Bleiberg.
We continue on the path 661 in the direction of Psinski vrh. On the cart track, we are few minutes ascending diagonally towards the left, after that cart track turns right on already a little overgrown clearing, where the footpath is a little hard to follow. Above the mentioned part, from which a nice view opens up towards the highest peaks of Karawanks and part of the valley Drautal, the path returns into the forest and continues on mostly forested western to northwestern ridge of Psinski vrh. Next follows for approximately half an hour of walking and a moderately steep path brings us on Psinski vrh, where there stands a wooden cross and few steps aside also a table with two benches.
Bistrica v Rožu - Sine 15 minutes, Sine - Psinski vrh 3:00.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (June).

On the way: Sine / Sinach (619m)