Topla (Končnik) - Šoparjev vrh

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Črna na Koroškem, and then we continue driving in the direction of Koprivna and the Topla valley. Further on, we drive along the Meža river, where the road takes us past the turn-off to Podpeca, and from the main road we turn right at the intersection, where the signs for the Topla valley direct us to the right. There follows driving through the mentioned valley, where a few paths to Peca branch off to the right, and we drive along the road to the Končnik homestead, or a little further to a smaller intersection by the NOB monument (the monument is to the right above the road), where we park in a suitable place.
B) We drive to Solčava, and then we follow the signs for Črna na Koroškem. There follow a few kilometers of ascent, and then some descent, to reach the valley of the Meža river. When we reach the mentioned valley, at the intersection by the road sign "4 km", we turn left into the Topla valley. There follows driving through the mentioned valley, where a few paths to Peca branch off to the right, and we drive along the road to the Končnik homestead, or a little further to a smaller intersection by the NOB monument (the monument is to the right above the road), where we park in a suitable place.

Path description:
From the intersection by the NOB monument we continue on the left road (the road that leads straight ends at the nearby house, or changes into a cart track), beside which we notice a sign that we will continue the path on the forest road. The road quickly takes us to the other side of the Topla stream, where it splits.
We continue on the right road in the direction of Koprivna (the left road leads to the hunting cottage), which ascends through the forest and after a few minutes brings us to the left hairpin turn, where there is also a smaller intersection. To the left the drivable road continues towards Koprivna, but to avoid walking along the road, we head onto the right road, from which after a few steps we go left onto the partly grassy cart track. After a shorter moderate ascent the path brings us into the forest, where we join a wider cart track, which we follow to the left. In the continuation the cart track has a few smaller branchings, where we choose the wider paths. The quite steep cart track near the wooden marker (cross) returns to the previously mentioned drivable road that leads towards Koprivna.
We follow the mentioned road to the right, then at some sort of widening where there is a snow gauge, we continue left onto the cart track that leads towards Šoparjev vrh. The cart track quickly enters dense forest, and we then follow the unmarked path to the nearby Šoparjev vrh, from which a nice view opens towards Peca and Topla.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2017 (November).

On the way: Preval (1413m)

Trip can be extended to: Čofatijev vrh ( 35 min)