Koprivna (Kumer) - Čofatijev vrh (via Šoparjev vrh)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Luče (to here from Kamnik over the Volovjek pass (Kranjski Rak) or from the Štajerska motorway past Mozirje and through Ljubno ob Savinji), then we continue driving in the direction of the Logarska dolina valley. When we arrive in Solčava, we leave the main road and continue driving right towards Črna na Koroškem. Further, we drive on an ascending road, which we follow at the crossroads in the direction of Črna na Koroškem and the Spodnje Sleme pass. From the pass onwards, the road starts descending, and we follow it to the place where we join the Črna na Koroškem - Koprivna road. Here we continue left, then at the next crossroad approximately 1 km ahead, right towards the mountain hut on the Kumer farm. Further, we ascend beside the Koprivna stream, and we follow the road to the crossroad where the road branches sharply left to the aforementioned hut, straight ahead the road continues towards the Luža mountain pasture, and to the right a marked mountain path to Peca branches off (the latter initially follows the road as well). We park at a suitable place beside the road.
B) From Koroška, we first drive to Črna na Koroškem, then we continue driving towards Podpeca and Koprivna. At the crossroad where the road to Podpeca branches off right, we continue slightly left, and likewise at the next crossroad where the road into the Topla valley branches off right. Further, we drive beside the Meža river for some time, then we first arrive at the crossroad where the road to the Spodnje Sleme pass and further to the Logarska dolina valley branches off left. Here we continue straight, then at the next crossroad approximately 1 km ahead, right towards the mountain hut on the Kumer farm. Further, we ascend beside the Koprivna stream, and we follow the road to the crossroad where the road branches sharply left to the aforementioned hut, straight ahead the road continues towards the Luža mountain pasture, and to the right a marked mountain path to Peca branches off (the latter initially follows the road as well). We park at a suitable place beside the road.
C) First, we drive to Šoštanj, then we continue driving on a winding road towards Črna na Koroškem. In Črna na Koroškem, we continue left in the direction of Podpeca and Koprivna. At the crossroad where the road to Podpeca branches off right, we continue slightly left, and likewise at the next crossroad where the road into the Topla valley branches off right. Further, we drive beside the Meža river for some time, then we first arrive at the crossroad where the road to the Spodnje Sleme pass and further to the Logarska dolina valley branches off left. Here we continue straight, then at the next crossroad approximately 1 km ahead, right towards the mountain hut on the Kumer farm. Further, we ascend beside the Koprivna stream, and we follow the road to the crossroad where the road branches sharply left to the aforementioned hut, straight ahead the road continues towards the Luža mountain pasture, and to the right a marked mountain path to Peca branches off (the latter initially follows the road as well). We park at a suitable place beside the road.

Path description:
From the starting point in Koprivna we continue on the right road in the direction of Šopar, Ledrovec, Topla and the marked path to Peca (straight and then after a few meters sharply left Kumer). The road on which we continue splits quickly, and we choose the slightly left road (right Šopar and Debelak), from which after approximately 10 minutes a marked footpath to Peca branches off to the left.
We continue on the macadam road, which past the chapel brings us out of the forest, where with nice views we reach the Ledrovec homestead. Above the homestead the road makes a few hairpin turns, then returns into the forest. When we return into the forest, the road gradually flattens, then for some time in a gentle ascent it crosses the slopes towards the left.
When the road starts to descend lightly, we reach the Preval saddle between the Koprivna and Topla valleys, and at the snow gauge we continue right onto the cart track. The cart track quickly enters dense forest, and we then follow the unmarked path to the nearby Šoparjev vrh, from which a nice view opens towards Peca and Topla.
From Šoparjev vrh, where there is a larger clearing and to which a few wider cart tracks lead, we continue towards the south to southeast, where at first we walk on the cart track along the edge of the forest, and the cart track quickly enters the forest. Through the forest the path continues mostly on a forested ridge, and the direction remains the same most of the time. At first the path is quite gentle, occasionally it even descends slightly, but in the second part the path first ascends lightly and in the last part somewhat more steeply. At a few junctions we follow the ridge path, by which we then arrive at the panoramic but still somewhat vegetated Čofatijev vrh.
Starting point - Šoparjev vrh 1:10, Šoparjev vrh - Čofatijev vrh 35 minutes.

On the way: Ledrovec (1305m), Preval (1413m), Šoparjev vrh (1524m)