Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental - Singerberg / Žingarica

Access to starting point:
A) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, then we drive on the highway towards Beljak, which we leave at the first exit. From the point where we left the highway, we follow the signs for the settlement Šentjakob v Rožu / Sankt Jakob im Rosental. When we arrive in the mentioned settlement, we drive on the main road past Podgorje / Maria Elend and the settlement Sveče / Suetschach to the settlement Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental, where behind the stores Billa and Penny we turn right in the direction of the settlement Sine / Sinach. Since at the intersection there are no arranged parking spots for hikers, we drive a little further and then park at an appropriate place by the road.
B) Through the border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria, where on the main road towards Celovec / Klagenfurt am Wörtersee we drive to the second roundabout, from where we continue driving in the direction of the exit Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental (we leave the main road towards Celovec before crossing the river Drava). In Bistrica v Rožu, at the Peugeot car dealership, we turn left onto a side road in the direction towards the dentist (on the sign Zahnarzt, signs for the village Sine / Sinach are only from the opposite direction). Since at the intersection there are no arranged parking spots for hikers, we drive a little further and then park at an appropriate place by the road.
C) From Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec we drive to Ravne na Koroškem, then we continue driving in the direction of the border crossing Holmec. When we enter Austria, we first drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, then we follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz and further to Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel, Borovlje / Ferlach. Behind Borovlje at the roundabout we join the road through the border crossing Ljubelj. Here at the first roundabout we continue in the direction of Celovec / Klagenfurt, at the second in the direction of Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental. In Bistrica v Rožu, at the Peugeot car dealership, we turn left onto a side road in the direction towards the dentist (on the sign Zahnarzt, signs for the village Sine / Sinach are only from the opposite direction). Since at the intersection there are no arranged parking spots for hikers, we drive a little further and then park at an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental we continue on the asphalt road, on which we ascend towards the village Sine / Sinach. During the ascent on the road a nice view opens up temporarily on the Bistrica dammed lake / Feistritzer Stausee, a little further we arrive at Olipcov križ, where the path splits for the first time.
We continue straight (also left is possible, since the paths quickly join) and on a gently sloping asphalt road we quickly arrive at the next marked junction, from which we go left (right the western path to Psinski vrh / Sinacher Gupf) in the direction of Psinski vrh and saddle Vranjica / Oreinzsattel. To the asphalt road from the left quickly joins the previously mentioned path that branched off at Olipcov križ, and we continue past a few houses. At the last house, where from the left joins the path from the settlement Šentjanž v Rožu / St. Johann im Rosental, the asphalt ends, and we continue right on a macadam road in the direction of Psinski vrh over saddle Vranjica. For some time we walk on the macadam road, which at the junctions we follow in the direction of the blazes, a little further we go from the road slightly right onto a marked path, which in the forest due to log extraction disappears. When the forest ends we continue on the clearing (also on this section the trail is not traceable), when we reach the cart track we continue right to the entrance into the forest, where the blazes reappear. In continuation we walk on a rarely visited path, which initially runs on a cart track through the forest, later temporarily runs across a shorter swampy section. The overgrown path then returns into the forest and temporarily ascends more steeply. The path full of obstacles, mainly branches and fallen trees, then transitions to a steep slope, where we traverse to the left, followed by crossing a torrent stream. On the other side of the stream the trail can still be followed for a short time, then we arrive at a larger clearing, where we first clamber over a few fallen trees, behind the fallen trees the trail almost completely disappears. Across the clearing we continue traversing to the left, when we reach the place where the slope steeply drops towards the second torrent, we continue right upwards. Here the trail reappears, and we also spot a few blazes. When the path returns into the forest, we step onto a cart track, on which we continue the ascent. The cart track quickly flattens, at the nearby marked intersection it turns into a forest road.
We continue right in the direction of Psinski vrh (left Šentjanž v Rožu) and continue the path through a small valley, where we quickly arrive at the first junction on saddle Vranjica.
Here we go left in the direction of Žingarica / Singerberg (if we continue straight and at the second junction on saddle Vranjica go, we can ascend to Psinski vrh) and begin to ascend diagonally on a macadam road. Follows a diagonal ascent to the left, where we ascend on the slopes of peak Rabenberg, at the junctions we follow the wider or marked road. Higher, in the area named Velika ravna the road temporarily flattens, then diagonally ascends to saddle Albink, where there is a marked junction.
We continue on the left road in the direction of Žingarica (straight we can descend to Slovenji Plajberk, right leads an unmarked road to Rabenberg), which begins to ascend diagonally to the left, during the ascent a nice view opens towards the north. When we again reach the ridge of Žingarica we arrive at a nice viewpoint, where a larger cross stands and next to it an inscription box with inscription book.
Behind the cross follows a slight descent, behind the paraglider take-off point the road again begins to ascend and splits at the edge of the forest.
We continue on the marked slightly left road, which through a belt of forest again brings us to the panoramic ridge, when we return to the forest we soon reach a junction, where from the right joins the direct path from Slovenji Plajberk.
We continue left into the forest on a marked footpath, which ascends to point 1556. From the mentioned point follows some descent, when we reach the road we go straight, further towards the east. Here the road transitions to the southern slopes of the mountain, and we leave it at the section where the marked path turns slightly left from it. Follows an ascent on a ridge path, and with occasional views we walk all the way to the cross on the summit of Žingarica.
Bistrica v Rožu - Sine 15 minutes, Sine - saddle Vranjica 1:50, saddle Vranjica - saddle Albink 0:50, saddle Albink - Žingarica 1:00.
The description refers to the condition in June 2018 and December 2019.

On the way: Sine / Sinach (619m), Sedlo Vranjica / Oreinzsattel (1122m), Albink / Halbingsattel (1360m)