Panoramarestaurant Oben - Velika glava (Peca)

Access to starting point:
a) Over the border crossing Jezerski Vrh we drive into Austria, and after approximately 6 km at Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel we turn right towards Velikovec / Völkermarkt (also possible via the border crossing Ljubelj). We follow the main road towards Velikovec for 2 km, and then we again turn right, this time in the direction of the settlement Pliberk / Bleiburg. Further, we drive through the valley of Podjuna, and then at the next larger crossroad we turn right towards Pliberk. The road ahead leads through some roundabout, and we follow it further in the direction of the ski slope Peca / Petzen. Further, we drive through Bistrica pri Pliberku / Feistritz ob Bleiburg to a large parking lot at the bottom station of the cableway on Peca. From the border crossing Jezerski vrh to the starting point, there is approximately 40 km.
b) From Slovenj Gradec we drive to Ravne na Koroškem, and then we continue driving towards the border crossing Holmec. When we drive into Austria we at first drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, and then we follow the signs for ski slope Peca / Petzen. Further, we drive through few villages, and we follow the road to a large parking lot at the bottom station of the cableway on Peca. From the border crossing Holmec to the starting point, there is approximately 8 km.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the bottom cableway station on Peca, buy a ticket, and take the circular-cable car to the upper station of the cableway, which is located by the Panorama restaurant Oben.
From the restaurant, we head onto the path marked with number P4, which leads us along the left side of the chapel of St. Ana, where we initially walk on a macadam road, then continue on a path alongside the ski track, and higher up, also on the ski slope. From the ski track route, we turn left before the steeper section, where we briefly enter the forest. In the forest, the path turns to the right and soon returns to the ski slope, along which we continue to the upper part of the ski slope at an altitude of 1920 meters, where the path splits.
We continue slightly left in the direction of path number P4 (slightly right is path P5 and the old cottage) and begin ascending through dwarf pines. Higher up, the path flattens, then continues without significant changes in altitude to the national border, where a marked crossing is located. We continue left toward Kordeževa glava (right Bistriška špica), and at the next crossing with red hiking signposts, we turn left again toward Kordeževa glava (right Kumer). Next follows a short descent, and we arrive at Knipsovo sedlo, where the path from the Topla valley joins us.
On the saddle, where there are information boards we continue straight on barely visible and unmarked path (right Kordeževa glava, left Bistriška špica). And after few steps of walking, on the right side we notice a narrow clearing through dwarf pines, on which runs a poorly visible footpath. We go on the mentioned path, on which after good 10 minutes of ascent we get to the top of Velika glava.

On the way: Knipsovo sedlo (2012m)