Alpengasthof Siebenhütten - Petzen (Kordeschkopf) (Peca (Kordeževa glava))

Access to starting point:
A) Over the border crossing Jezerski vrh we drive to Austria, and after approximately 6 km after Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel we turn right towards Velikovec / Völkermarkt. 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 parking lot, we walk to the bottom station of the cable car, there we buy a ticket and with the cableway we go to its upper station. From the border crossing Jezerski vrh to the starting point, there is approximately 40 km.
B) From Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec we drive to Ravne na Koroškem, and then we continue driving in the direction of 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 parking lot, we walk to the bottom station of the cable car, there we buy a ticket and with the cableway we go to its upper station. From the border crossing Holmec to the starting point, there is approximately 8 km.

Path description:
From the upper station of the cable car we continue by following the signs for »P12 Kordeschkopf«. We at first walk on a gentle cart track, and then the path turns to the right and starts ascending by the ski slope upwards. For a short time, the path from the ski slope turns left in the forest and then it is again ascending by the edge of the ski slope. When we come to the top of the ski slope we continue left and we are then for some time ascending by dwarf pines upwards. Later dwarf pines become a little rarer and then a short ascent follows on a grassy slope to a crossing on the border ridge (near the saddle Knipsovo sedlo).
We continue left and the path quickly brings us also to Slovenian signposts and information boards on a saddle Knipsovo sedlo.
From the saddle, we continue straight in the direction of Peca and mountain hut Dom na Peci (right valley of Topla) on the path which at first slightly ascends after that descends on the saddle between Velika glava and Kordeževa glava. From the mentioned saddle the path starts ascending diagonally towards the highest summit of Peca, and we reach it after approximately 15 minutes of additional walking.

On the way: Knipsovo sedlo (2012m)

Trip can be extended to: Končnikov vrh , Feistritzer Spitze