Koprivna (Kumer) - Križnik (Peca) (Austrian path)

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

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue straight ahead, i.e., on the road that ascends parallel to the nearby stream. The path further leads us past the Žegan studenec spring and a little higher to the turn-off of the cart track to St. Ana. Higher up, the road makes a sharp left bend, beside which there are information boards, and exactly there we leave it and continue straight on a poorer road, which shortly afterwards crosses the state border. Once in Austria, we continue briefly on the poorer road, then join a wider gravel road, along which we walk in a few minutes to the central part of the mountain pasture Luža.
From the alpine hut, we walk to the other part of the pasture, and there at the junction we continue right in the direction of Peca (slightly left Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel and Topica / Topitza). We continue the ascent on the gravel road, which gently to moderately ascends along the edge of the pasture. After approximately 15 minutes of further walking, we will notice mountain signs for Peca on the left side of the road, which direct us sharply left onto an ascending cart track. The mentioned cart track brings us quickly in a traverse ascent to a newly built forest road, which we follow left. After some 10 m of walking along the mentioned road, we turn right onto an ascending cart track, along which we ascend through the spruce forest. After approximately 1 hour of walking from the starting point, we step again onto a gravel road, along which we ascend in a few steps to the mountain pasture Zgornja Luža.
From the pasture, we continue on the marked path (initially still on the road) in the direction of Peca. After some 10 steps, the road turns right, and we continue left on the footpath, which begins to ascend moderately through the forest. The path gradually starts to ascend more steeply, and higher up it brings us out of the forest onto slopes covered with dwarf pines. Further, we ascend along the increasingly panoramic slopes of Peca, on the path that after some time brings us to the main ridge, where we also arrive at a junction.
We continue right in the direction of Bistriška špica and Peca (left Globasnica/Globasnitz) on the path that completely levels out and continues first along a precipitous ridge, then across the plateau terrain of Peca. A little further, the path from the lower cable car station on Peca joins from the left, and we continue straight on the path that rises slightly and brings us to Bistriška špica after less than 5 minutes of further walking.
From Bistriška špica, we continue right and first begin descending towards the south, then the path turns slightly left and approaches the ridge, where it levels out. A few shorter ascents and descents follow, then we gradually pass onto the slopes of Križnik. Here, a nice grassy passage soon opens on the left; at this point we leave the marked path and continue left onto easier pathless terrain, where we quickly ascend to the ridge. Once on the ridge, we go right and soon reach the summit of Križnik, which is not specially marked.
Starting point - Planina Luža 0:25, Planina Luža - Planina Zgornja Luža 1:00, Planina Zgornja Luža - Bistriška špica 1:30, Bistriška špica - Križnik 0:30.

On the way: Planina Luža (1250m), Planina Zgornja Luža (1573m), Bistriška špica (Peca) / Feistritzer Spitze (2113m)