Črna na Koroškem (Mušenik) - Šumahov vrh (via Šumahovo sedlo)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Mežica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Črna na Koroškem. At the beginning of Črna na Koroškem, a road branches off to the right, which leads towards the mountain hut Koča na Pikovem, and here we continue straight and then approximately 20 meters ahead left on a larger parking lot, where we park.
B) From Šoštanj over mountain pass Sleme (mountain pass near of which there is a mountain hut Andrejev dom na Slemenu) we drive to Črna na Koroškem, where at the roundabout we take the exit in the direction of Mežica. At the end of the settlement (approximately 20 meters before the crossroad, where the road and footpath branch off to the left towards Koča na Pikovem) Črna na Koroškem, it turns right on a larger parking lot, where we park.
C) From Solčava over mountain pass Spodnje Sleme we drive to Črna na Koroškem, where at the roundabout we take the exit in the direction of Mežica. At the end of the settlement (approximately 20 meters before the crossroad, where the road and footpath branch off to the left towards Koča na Pikovem) Črna na Koroškem, it turns right on a larger parking lot, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the main road, where at the pedestrian crossing we carefully cross the main road, and then we continue right towards Mežica to the nearby crossroad, where we already notice signposts for mountain hut Koča na Pikovem, which point us to the left on a side road. The path ahead leads us on the asphalt road, where we go past few houses, and at the smaller crossroad, we continue right in the direction of Igrčevo (straight a marked path towards Koča na Pikovem).
Next follows an ascent in few hairpin turns and we get to Igrčevo, where we go past the entrance into an abandoned lead and zinc mine (today through the mentioned mine runs a tourist cycling path) and past few houses. Here, the asphalt ends, and the next house we bypass on the left side. Next follows some ascent, where when we look back a nice view opens up towards Črna na Koroškem, and the path only a little further brings us to the spot, where the cart track branches off slightly to the right. Here we continue slightly left, and at the next crossroad, we go right, where we go by the power line pole. We short time still continue through the forest and then we get to meadows, where the path branches off to the right towards another entrance into the mine, and we continue straight and we ascend to the next crossroad.
Here we go left (right another entrance into the mine) and we diagonally ascend to the homestead Merkač (as on the maps), where there is a smaller cross. From the mentioned homestead follows a little more of an ascent and we get to the homestead, for which on the maps we notice the name Mlačnik, where by the fenced area for wild animals continues a footpath which leads towards the homestead Šumah.
We continue on the mentioned footpath which in the forest goes a little away from the fenced place and is few minutes steeply ascending. Higher, we return to the fenced place and we quickly reach the macadam road which we follow to the left (right a homestead Šumah), and then we quickly get to a crossroad from which we continue sharply right in the direction of Mežica. A little further, the path leads us above the homestead Šumah, from where a beautiful view opens up, and at the smaller crossroad, we continue on a wider road, and only a little further we already get to a saddle Šumahovo sedlo, where there is a crossing.
From Šumahovo sedlo we continue right, so that we bypass the cross on the left side and we continue on a cart track which moderately ascends a little towards the left. After a short ascent, we reach the indistinct ridge, where the cart track turns a little to the right, and a little higher it ends. From the end of the cart track, we continue slightly right on a beaten footpath which ascends through the forest, and when it flattens, it brings us to a short panoramic part, from which a nice view opens up in the direction of Peca. Next follows about a minute of easy walking and the path brings us to a cross on Šumahov vrh, from which a nice view opens up also on the other side.
The starting point - Šumahovo sedlo 1:30, Šumahovo sedlo - Šumahov vrh 0:15.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in May 2018 and February 2020.

On the way: Šumahovo sedlo (1065m)