Šajda / Schaidasattel - Kravji vrh / Kuhberg (steep path)

Access to starting point:
A1) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Ljubelj (Tržič), and then continue driving in the direction of Celovec / Klagenfurt. After the Ljubelj tunnel, the road starts descending, and we follow it to the crossroad, where slightly right and downwards the road towards the settlement Borovlje / Ferlach branches off. The road, which continues descending, quickly brings us to the mentioned settlement, where we soon cross the railway track. Just a little after the track, we join another road, which we follow to the right, driving in the direction of the settlement Sele pri Cerkvi / Zell - Pfarre. Further on, the road starts ascending towards the mentioned settlement, which is situated at approximately 950 meters above sea level. Next follows a gradual descent to the settlement Sele - Borovnica / Zell - Freibach and to the crossroad, where the road past Borovnica dammed lake joins (description A2). Here we continue right towards the settlement Sele - Šajda / Zell - Schaida and Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. We follow the road towards Železna Kapla only to the alpine pass Šajda / Schaidasattel, where we park on the well-maintained asphalt parking lot. From the tunnel entrance to the starting point, it is approximately 33 km
A2) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Ljubelj (Tržič), and then continue driving in the direction of Celovec / Klagenfurt. After the Ljubelj tunnel, the road starts descending, and we follow it to the crossroad, where slightly right and downwards the road towards the settlement Borovlje / Ferlach branches off. The road, which continues descending, quickly brings us to the mentioned settlement, where we soon cross the railway track. Just a little after the track, we join another road, which we follow to the left (right Sele pri Cerkvi / Zell - Pfarre (description a1)), then at the next somewhat larger crossroad to the right. At the end of Borovlje, we arrive at a roundabout, from which we continue again in the direction of Železna Kapla. We continue driving through the villages Medborovnica / Unterferlach, Ostrovca / Ostrouza, Trata / Tratten, Glinje / Glainach, Vesca / Dörfl, Ždovlje / Seidolach, Dobrova / Dobrowa, Kočuha / Gotschuchen, Šmarjeta v Rožu / Sankt Margareten in Rosental, Dolnja vas / Niederdörfl to the village Zgornja Vesca / Oberdörfl. Just a little after the last-mentioned settlement, we arrive at a somewhat larger crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of the settlement Sele / Zell (Pri Cerkvi / Zell - Pfarre, Borovnica / Freibach and Šajda / Schaida). Further, we drive past Borovnica dammed lake / Freibach - Stausee, after which the road becomes somewhat narrower, then quickly brings us to the place where we join the road from the settlement Sele pri Cerkvi (description a1). Here we continue left towards the settlement Sele - Šajda / Zell - Schaida and Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. We follow the road towards Železna Kapla only to the alpine pass Šajda / Schaidasattel, where we park on the well-maintained asphalt parking lot. From the tunnel entrance to the starting point, it is approximately 38.5 km
B) Via the border crossings Jezerski vrh or Pavličev vrh, we drive into Austria and continue driving towards Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. In Železna Kapla, we leave the main road and continue left in the direction of the settlement Obirsko / Ebriach and the settlement Sele - Šajda / Zell - Schaida. After a few kilometers, we arrive at a crossroad, where the road towards the village Korte / Trögern branches off to the left, and we continue straight, following the ascending road to the pass Šajda / Schaidasattel, where we park on the parking lot on the left side of the road. From the border crossing Jezerski vrh to the starting point is a little more than 28 km, from the border crossing Pavličev vrh approximately 30 km.
C) First, we drive to Dravograd, then continue driving towards the border crossing Vič and the settlement Labot / Lavamünd in Austria. In the mentioned settlement, we go left and then drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg and Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. In Železna Kapla, we turn right in the direction of the settlement Obirsko / Ebriach and the settlement Sele - Šajda / Zell - Schaida. After a few kilometers, we arrive at a crossroad, where the road towards the village Korte / Trögern branches off to the left, and we continue straight, following the ascending road to the pass Šajda / Schaidasattel, where we park on the parking lot on the left side of the road. From the border crossing Vič to the starting point is a little more than 64 km.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the nearby pass, from there we continue right in the direction of the peak Ojstrc / Hochobir (Ojstrc is the highest peak of Obir). The path at the very beginning leads past a pleasant rest area, then along the macadam road, from which a nice view opens up on the northern walls of Košuta, Setiče / Freiberg and more. Along the macadam road, which branches off from the main one at the Šajda pass, we walk to the signposts, which direct us right onto the path that starts ascending through the forest. The path, which crosses the macadam road 8 times further on, ascends through the forest most of the time, but in between there are enough clearings, grassy slopes and sparse forest, from where a nice view opens up mainly towards the south and west. When we finally leave the road, we ascend wooden stairs, then from the forest we arrive at a larger meadow, where on the right we notice Kacmun's cross.
At Kacmun's cross, the path first turns left and leads us past the entrance to the adit. After the adit, the marked path to Ojstrc turns right into the forest, but we continue straight across the grassy slope. Across the grassy slope, we ascend to the edge of the forest or a bit further left, where we notice the beginning of a poorly trodden but traceable path that continues through the forest. The fairly steep path, which is "equipped" with cairns, first ascends traversely, then reaches a smaller side ridgelet, where it turns somewhat to the right. Further on, we ascend steeply along the path, which ascends the slope in short zigzags. When the forest ends, we arrive in a belt of dwarf pines, where the path is easier to follow due to the cut dwarf pines. The path further leads past an interesting sculpture (inscription on the plaque "beim moži"), then through the belt of dwarf pines we reach the main ridge of Kravji vrh, where on the "viharnik" we notice a small landmark. We continue the ascent on and along the panoramic ridge, from which a nice view opens up on the Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe, central Karawanks, part of the Drava valley and Krške and Labotniške Alpe (with good visibility the view reaches also to the Julian, Carnic and Gailtal Alps as well as High and Low Tauern). Somewhat further on, the path and ridge level out, and only a few dozen steps of pleasant walking separate us from the summit with the cross.