Čemernica / Tschemernitzen - Arihova peč / Arichwand

Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, leaving the highway at the Kot / Winkl exit. When we reach the main road through Rož / Rosental, we continue right, then before the underpass below the highway viaduct we continue left towards the settlements Svatne / Schlatten, Hodnina / Kanin and Čemernica / Tschemernitzen. Two hairpin turns follow next, then we continue parallel with the highway. Further through the underpass we pass to the eastern side of the highway, from the nearby intersection we go right towards Hodnina. After the intersection we go once again through the underpass, then we arrive in Hodnina, while we drive along the road to the next settlement Čemernica, where by the yellow mountain signposts the described path begins. We park a little earlier at an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go on the path in the direction of the mountain pasture Bleščeča planina / Rossalm, Koča Berta / Bertahütte and Kepe / Mittagskogel. The path at first leads on quite a gently sloping macadam road which soon brings us into the forest, and at the crossroads, we follow it in the direction of the blazes. Higher, we go from the road slightly left on a cart track, and from the cart track soon once again left on a forest path, which becomes quite steep. Next follows an ascent on a steep slope below the cliffs of Arihova peč / Arichwand, when on a smaller saddle the slope swings over to a less steep side, the path splits.
Right the path continues towards the mountain pasture Bleščeča planina, and we go left, where we follow the blazes, which in a few minutes bring us to a viewpoint on the top of Arihova peč, where there also stands a wooden cottage.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2018 (August).