border crossing Remšnik - Kapunerhütte (via Sveti Urban)

Access to starting point:
A) From Dravograd we drive towards Maribor, but only to the village Vas, where we continue left towards Remšnik. 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 homesteads Kajzar and Helbel, at the latter we continue on the right road, and then we also go past homesteads Prelank, where we go left, and Korenk, which we bypass on the left side. Next follows some more traversing, where at the crossroads we continue straight. When we arrive at the national border, we park in an appropriate place by the road. Border crossing Remšnik is located a few hundred 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 up, we leave the road towards Remšnik and 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 traversing and we arrive at the border crossing with Austria. Here we go left and drive approximately 500 m to the next crossroad, where we park in an appropriate place.

Path 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, when the path brings us out of the forest, also on the Austrian side. 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 still continue 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 further leads us on the Slovenian side of the border and crosses the slopes to the left. After a few minutes of traversing we arrive at the farm Mravljak, where we continue straight ahead, then behind the farm we continue left downwards and with nice views, on the path that runs along a cart track, descend to the macadam road, which we follow to the right. A short descent follows, then from the marked junction we continue straight in the direction towards Kapunar and Remšnik (left downwards Remšnik). Follows a traversing ascent to the junction 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 on 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 again and then run parallel to the hunting cross, where our path turns somewhat to the left. Follows a few more minutes of walking, then we arrive at the hut of amateur radio operators on Kapunar, where there is a stamping box and from where a nice view opens up on the Slovenian side.
From the hut we continue slightly right in the direction of the hut Kapunerhütte.
We continue on an initially gentle path that crosses the slopes to the left, then ascends traversing to the western ridge of Kapunar, from where a nice view opens up towards Austria.
We continue left (right Kapunar peak 2 minutes) and descend along the border ridge to a smaller saddle between both peaks of Kapunar.
From the saddle, where a somewhat shorter path also joins us, which ascends to the border ridge just before the hut of amateur radio operators, we continue in the direction of the hut Kapunerhütte. From the saddle we first still walk along the ridge, then the path turns right onto the Austrian side and descends in a few minutes to the mentioned hut.
OMP Remšnik - St. Pankracij 0:25, St. Pankracij - St. Urban 0:50, St. Urban - hut of amateur radio operators on Kapunar 1:00, hut of amateur radio operators on Kapunar - Kapunerhütte 0:15.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2018 (December).

On the way: Sveti Pankracij (Radelca) (900m), Sveti Urban (Radelca) (920m), Kapunar / Kapunerkogel (1051m)