OMP Remšnik - Kapunar / Kapunerkogel (via Sveti Urban)

Access to starting point:
A) From Dravograd we drive towards Maribor, but only to the village of Vas, where we continue left towards Remšnik. There follows an ascent to the mentioned settlement, where a little before the parish church of St. Jurij we continue sharply left. Further on, we drive past the homesteads Kajzar and Helbel; at the latter we continue on the right road, then we also go past the homesteads Prelank, where we go left, and Korenk, which we bypass on the left side. There follow a few more crossroads, where at the intersections we continue straight. When we arrive at the state border, we park at a suitable place by the road. The border crossing Remšnik is located a few 100 m further ahead.
B) From Maribor we drive towards Dravograd, but only to the settlement Brezno, where we turn right in the direction of the settlements Brezni Vrh and Remšnik. Higher up we leave the road towards Remšnik and continue straight towards Brezni Vrh. Just a few meters further we continue slightly right, then we drive past the homesteads Hager, Podržavnik, Kompar, Breznik, where we go left towards Austria, then there follow a few more crossroads and we arrive at the border crossing with Austria. Here we go left and drive another approximately 500 m to the next crossroads, where we park at a suitable place.

Route description:
From the starting point we head onto the footpath that branches off from the road at the sign for the state border. The path leads us westwards and ascends through the forest along the state border. A little further, some views open up on the Slovenian side, higher up, when the path brings us out of the forest, also on the Austrian side. There follows a shorter steeper ascent along the upper part of the panoramic meadow and we already arrive at the church of St. Pankracij.
From the church we continue further westwards, then past the chapel we quickly arrive at a marked junction, from which we continue left towards St. Urban and the settlement Remšnik (right hut Kapunerhütte and Austrian path to Kapunar).
The path ahead leads us along the Slovenian side of the border and crosses the slopes to the left. After a few minutes of crossing we arrive at the farm Mravljak, where we continue straight ahead, then behind the farm we continue left downwards and descend along a nice view, on the path that runs along a cart track, to the macadam road, which we follow to the right. There follows a short descent, then from the marked junction we continue straight in the direction towards Kapunar and Remšnik (left downwards Remšnik). There follows a traversing ascent to the crossroads at the farm Zgornji Murn, where we continue sharply right. The road then gradually turns back to the left and brings us in a few minutes to the farm Slanik, where it temporarily flattens. From the farm we continue for a short time with nice views on part of the Drava valley and Pohorje, then the road returns to the forest and brings us to the church of St. Urban.
From the church we continue along the road, then before the farm Buzenik we continue right onto the cart track that takes us past the chapel into the forest. Along the cart track we ascend in a few minutes to the state border, where we approach the Austrian path completely.
We continue along the Slovenian side of the state border, where at the wooden cross the Austrian path turns somewhat more to the right. After a few minutes of ascent the paths approach each other again and then run parallel to the hunting cross, where our path turns somewhat to the left. There follows a few more minutes of walking, then we arrive at the hut of the radio amateurs on Kapunar, where there is a stamping box and from which a nice view opens up on the Slovenian side.
From the hut we continue slightly right in the direction of the hut Kapunerhütte, then at a suitable place we leave the marked path and ascend to the summit of Kapunar along one of several worse paths that lead to the summit.
OMP Remšnik - St. Pankracij 0:25, St. Pankracij - St. Urban 0:50, St. Urban - Kapunar 1:05.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2018 (December).

Along the route: Sveti Pankracij (Radelca) (900m), Sveti Urban (Radelca) (920m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Kapunerhütte ( 15 min)

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