Globasnica / Globasnitz - Feistritzer Spitze

Access to starting point:
A) Via the border crossing Jezerski vrh we drive to Austria, and after approximately 6 km past Železno Kaplo / Bad Eisenkappel we turn right towards Velikovec / Völkermarkt. We follow the main road towards Velikovec for 2 km, and then we again turn right, this time in the direction of the settlement Pliberk / Bleiburg. Further, we drive through the Podjune valley, and then signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz point us to the right onto a local road, along which in 2 km of additional driving we arrive at the centre of the village, where we park on a large parking lot. From the border crossing Jezerski vrh to the starting point there is approximately 33 km.
B) From Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec we drive to Ravne na Koroškem, and then we continue driving in the direction of the border crossing Holmec. When we drive into Austria we first drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, and then we follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz. After approximately 13 km from the border crossing Holmec we arrive at Globasnica, where we park on a large parking lot near the local church.

Route description:
From the large parking lot in Globasnica we continue towards the end of the village, where we soon join the "main" road which leads almost unnoticeably upwards towards the neighbouring village. When we get to Podroje / Podrain, we continue for a short time on the road which leads towards Podpeca / Koprein Petzen, and then signs with the caption "Wandersteg-Petzen" and "Wackendorfer Alm" point us to the left on a narrower road, on which we quickly get to the "last" house in the village.
At the mentioned house we leave the road and continue the ascent on a grassy cart track which quickly passes into a strip of forest. After a gentle ascent through the forest we get to a strip of bushes and ferns, through which we ascend on a usually nicely mowed path. A little higher it joins a macadam road, we follow it to the right and walk along it to a slight left bend, in the middle of which a marked footpath branches off to the right towards Veška planina / Wackendorfer Alm. After a short ascent, we cross a worse forest road, and then the path passes into dense forest, through which it starts to ascend steeper and steeper. Next follows a long and relatively steep path, which most of the time leads us through dense forest, only occasionally does a bit of view open up towards the neighbouring Topica, Junska gora and Obir. Higher, we touch the mountain road, which we immediately leave, and continue the ascent sharply to the right on a footpath which continues ascending through the forest. Further we cross a shorter panoramic slope, from which a nice view opens up towards Golica and the Podjune valley. The path further temporarily returns to the forest, and then joins the previously mentioned road. We continue about 50 to 100 m on the road, and then past a barrier which prevents further driving we arrive at Veška planina.
We can also arrive at Veška planina via the mountain road from Podgora / Untrebergen (toll costs 6 eur, July 2011). This shortens the path by approximately 3 hours.
From the alpine pasture we continue on an initially poorly visible path which continues between the chapel and hut. The path first ascends moderately, then temporarily levels out and crosses the slope to the left. The trail then widens and ascends to the nearby cart track road, which we follow to the right. For a short time we walk on the road, and then the marks direct us slightly to the right onto a footpath which ascends parallel to the road. The marked path returns to the cart track right at the spot where it ends.
We continue along the right side of the watercourse and for a short time along the bottom of an indistinct valley, then the path turns left and ascends across to a panoramic grassy slope, where the trail temporarily disappears. When we step onto the grassy slope we continue to the right and start to ascend steeply. Higher the trail levels out and brings us into a belt of dwarf pines. The path further leads us past a smaller wooden "shelter", and then it starts to ascend a little steeper towards the summit of Veška kopa / Wackendorfer spitze, whose peak we reach after a few minutes of further walking.
From Veška kopa we continue along the panoramic ridge, along which with some shorter descents and ascents we arrive at a marked junction, where the path from Podpeca / Koprein Petzen joins us from the right.
We continue straight ahead and with nice views of the eastern Karawanks and Kamniško Savinjske Alpe in about 10 minutes of further walking we ascend to the summit of Bistriška špica.

Along the route: Wackendorfer Alm (1568m), Wackendorfer Spitze (2074m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Končnikov vrh ( 45 min), Petzen (Kordeschkopf) (Peca (Kordeževa glava)) (1 h 30 min)

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