Pod Peco / Koprein-Petzen - Govševa planina (via Kumer)

Access to starting point:
A) Via the border crossing Jezerski vrh or Pavličev vrh we drive to Bela / Bad Vellach, and from there we continue driving towards Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. At the beginning of Železna Kapla we notice signs for Lepena / Leppen, which direct us right. Further, we drive on a somewhat narrower asphalt road, which leads us first along the bottom of the valley, and then at the hamlet Koprivna / Koprein - Sonnseite it begins to ascend more steeply. Higher up we arrive at the hamlet Pod Peco / Koprein - Petzen, where there is the starting point of the path to Topica / Topitza and inn Riepl. Here we continue straight on the initially still asphalt road, which further leads past the church of all faiths. A little above the church the asphalt ends, and the road starts to descend. After a short descent we arrive at a smaller crossroads, where we continue right in the direction of Peca and St. Ana (ahead on the main road Globasnica / Globasnitz). From the crossroads we drive only a short time, then we arrive at a gate near which we park on a suitable spot.
B) From Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec we drive to Ravne na Koroškem, then we continue driving in the direction of border crossing Holmec. When we enter Austria we first drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, then we follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz. After approximately 13 km from border crossing Holmec we arrive in Globasnica, from where we continue driving left towards the upper part of the settlement. From Globasnica we continue on a narrower and ascending road in the direction of hamlet Pod Peco / Koprein - Petzen. Further on we ascend along Globaška grapa for quite some time, then the road brings us to an indistinct saddle, where we arrive at a smaller crossroads. Here, where we notice signs for Peca, we continue left onto a side road, along which we quickly descend to the nearby gate near which we park on a suitable spot.

Path description:
From the parking lot we continue past the gate and along the road in a few minutes descend to the crossroads at the edge of the mountain pasture Spodnja Luža.
Here the marked Austrian path branches off to the left to Peca or to Bistriška špica, while we continue straight in the direction of the mountain hut on farm Kumer. The path ahead leads us across an extensive mountain pasture, then it runs along the edge of the forest and splits into two parts. We choose the lower worse road, along which along the edge of the forest we descend to the state border and also cross it. After a few meters of walking on the Slovenian side we join a wider macadam road, along which we continue the descent. Somewhat lower we continue right upwards on the marked cart track towards St. Ana and mountain hut on farm Kumer (straight ahead the road continues towards Koprivna and marked path towards Peca). After a short ascent the cart track along which we continue levels out, then continues traversing to the left. At the end of the traverse a short descent follows to the nearby road, along which we walk to the nearby mountain hut.
From the hut we continue in the direction of Olševa, and the path ahead still leads along the road. Behind the hut we first bypass a chapel, a little further a cross, later also a smaller hunting observation post. When the road, which continues without major changes in elevation, enters the forest, it splits into two parts, and we continue along the upper right road in the direction of Olševa (slightly to the left church of St. Ana with black Madonna 2 minutes). Further we ascend slightly to moderately, then, after a somewhat more pronounced right bend, the road levels out and brings us out of the forest onto the mountain pasture Rep or Repija.
Behind the mountain pasture the road descends slightly, then after the left bend it splits. We continue along the slightly right road, which further traverses upwards, then quickly ends and turns into a mountain path. We continue the path through the forest, walking traversing to the left without major changes in elevation. Across two ant hills the passage is somewhat awkward, as it slips on the needles of the ant hill, otherwise the traverse is undemanding. When the slope flattens we quickly arrive at the grazing fence, where along the path we notice a warning that there is a fierce bull on the mountain pasture. We cross the grazing fence and step out of the forest, where a nice view opens towards Olševa, and the trail on this section becomes somewhat harder to follow. During the crossing of the mountain pasture we keep somewhat more to the right, then we arrive at a strip of forest, where we descend to the livestock trough. When above the trough we step out of the forest we arrive at the central part of the mountain pasture, somewhat to the left of which there is a newer sign.
Starting point - planina Luža 5 minutes, planina Luža - Kumer 40 minutes, Kumer - Repija 45 minutes, Repija - Govševa planina 1:00.

On the way: Planina Luža (1250m), Planinski dom na kmetiji Kumer (1220m), Sveta Ana v Koprivni (1218m), Planina Rep (Repija) (1330m)

Trip can be extended to: Govca (Olševa) (2 h)