border crossing Remšnik - Kapunar / Kapunerkogel (Austrian path)

Access to starting point:
A) From Dravograd we drive towards Maribor, but only to the village Vas, where we continue left towards Remšnik. Next follows an ascent to the mentioned settlement, where a little before the parish church of St. Jurij we continue sharply left. Further, we drive past homesteads Kajzar and Helbel, at the latter we continue on the right road, and then we go also past homesteads Prelank, where we go left, and Korenk, which we bypass on the left side. Next follows some more crossroads, where at the crossroads we continue straight. When we get to the national border, we park on an appropriate place by the road. Border crossing Remšnik is located a few 100 meters ahead.
B) From Maribor, we drive towards Dravograd, but only to the settlement Brezno, where we turn right in the direction of the settlement Brezni Vrh and Remšnik. Higher, we leave the road towards Remšnik and we continue straight towards Brezni Vrh. Only a few meters ahead we continue slightly right, and then we drive past homesteads Hager, Podržavnik, Kompar, Breznik, where we go left towards Austria, and then follows some more crossroads and we get to the border crossing with Austria. Here we go left and we drive for approximately 500 meters to the next crossroad, where we park at the appropriate place.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go on a footpath that branches off from the road at the sign for the state border. The path leads us towards the west and ascends through the forest and along the state border. A little further, some views open up on the Slovenian side; higher, when the path brings us out of the forest, also on the Austrian side. Next follows a shorter steeper ascent along the upper part of the panoramic meadow and we already get to the church of St. Pankracij.
From the church, we still continue towards the west, and then past the chapel we quickly get to a marked junction, from which we continue right in the direction of the mountain hut Kapunerhütte (left St. Urban and Slovenian path to Kapunar). The path ahead runs on the Austrian side of the state border and leads us on a gentle cart track. A little further, from the right one of the paths from Ivnik / Eibiswald joins, and we continue towards the mountain hut Kapunerhütte and Radeljski prelaz. The path ahead leads us past a lonely house (a holiday cottage), and then at the smaller crossroad we choose the upper, left road, on which the blazes also point us. From the road, we already after a few steps go right on a marked path, which for some time leads us through the forest, and at the junctions we follow the blazes. After crossing a pasture fence we get to a larger panoramic pasture, from which a nice view opens up towards Golica and surrounding mountains. In the middle of the pasture, the path leads us also past the nearby house, and then we gradually return to the forest. In the forest, we reach the state border and get to a junction, where left downwards one of the paths towards the church of St. Urban branches off; we go straight and continue walking on the Austrian side of the ridge. Behind the junction we go also past a shrine and continue past numerous bird feeders. Further, the path entirely returns to the Austrian side and then leads us also past the farm Hubenlenz, from where a nice view opens up again. Next follows some walking through the forest; at the border stone XII 102, we again step to the state border. Here we get very close to the path that leads on the Slovenian side and passes St. Urban; after the nearby cross we again distance ourselves from the state border. When the path further temporarily brings us out of the forest, we go also past the farm Waldgregor, behind which we continue slightly left on a narrower road. It doesn't last long until we return to the state border, next to which on the Slovenian side also runs the Slovenian path. For a few minutes we walk completely together with the Slovenian path, and then we already get to the hunting cross, where we leave both marked paths and continue along the state border, where to the top of Kapunar we follow the traceable path.
OMP Remšnik - sv. Pankracij 0:25, sv. Pankracij - Kapunar 1:40.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2018 (December).

On the way: Sveti Pankracij (Radelca) (900m)

Trip can be extended to: Sveti Urban (Radelca) , Kapunerhütte ( 30 min)