border crossing Remšnik - Sveti Urban (Radelca)

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, 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. Follow some more crossings, where at the crossroads we continue straight. When we arrive at the national border, we park in an appropriate place by the road. The 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. A few meters ahead we continue slightly right, and then we drive past homesteads Hager, Podržavnik, Kompar, Breznik, where we go left towards Austria, then follow some more crossings and we arrive at the border crossing with Austria. Here we go left and we 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 towards the west 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 towards the west, then past the chapel we quickly arrive at a marked junction, from which we continue left towards St. Urban and the settlement Remšnik (right mountain hut Kapunerhütte and Austrian path to Kapunar).
The path ahead leads us on the Slovenian side of the border and traverses slopes towards the left. After a few minutes of traversing we arrive at the farm Mravljak, where we continue straight, then behind the farm we continue left downwards and with nice views, along the path that runs on a cart track, we descend to a macadam road which we follow to the right. A short descent follows, and then from a marked junction we continue straight in the direction towards Kapunar and Remšnik (left downwards Remšnik). Follows a traversing ascent to the intersection at the farm Zgornji Murn, where we continue sharply right. The road then gradually turns back towards the left and in a few minutes brings us 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 into the forest and brings us to the church of St. Urban.
OMP Remšnik - St. Pankracij 0:25, St. Pankracij - St. Urban 0:50.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2018 (December).

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

Trip can be extended to: Kapunerhütte (1 h 20 min) , Kapunar / Kapunerkogel (1 h 5 min)