Koprivna (Kumer) - Križnik (Peca) (slovenska pot)

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

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the right road, along which we notice signs for Peca (left mountain hut on farm Kumer, straight mountain pasture Luža). We continue the path on an ascending macadam road, walking along it for approximately 10 minutes, then on the left side of the road we notice a signpost for Peca, which directs us left across a meadow. On the other side of the relatively overgrown meadow, the cart track along which we continue the ascent turns left and starts to ascend transversely. Here some views open up from the path, and the cart track higher joins a worse forest road, which we follow to the left. The worse road, already almost a cart track, splits higher into two parts, and we continue straight on the ascending cart track, which higher turns sharply to the right. The worse cart track higher joins the next forest road, which we reach right at the bend. At the end of the bend we leave the road and continue on the marked path, which first ascends gently, then ever more steeply through the forest. Higher the path turns slightly to the right and gradually brings us to the edge of precipitous cliffs, from which a nice view opens onto the Topla valley and surrounding peaks. The path ahead leads us along the edge of the cliffs for some time, and it passes from increasingly sparse forest into the dwarf pine belt. We continue ascending on the path running along the border line, and increasingly beautiful views open up from the path. Higher the path flattens and turns right, while the border line continues further in approximately the same direction.
When the path turns right, it returns to the completely Slovenian side for some time, crossing the slopes of Končnikov vrh. On somewhat less trodden sections, but well-marked, the path brings us higher to the vast summit ridge of Peca, which we reach just a little above Knipsovo sedlo.
When we reach the ridge, the path branches off to the right towards the Topla valley, Kordeževa glava, straight the path continues towards the ski slope Peca, and we continue left in the direction of Bistriška špica / Feistritzer Spitze. The path ahead climbs a panoramic slope, then gradually passes onto the ridge, along which we quickly ascend to the grassy Končnikov vrh.
From Končnikov vrh we start descending along a marked path that continues westward, and during the descent in fine weather we clearly see ahead of us the nearby Križnik and the somewhat more distant Bistriška špica. The path quickly descends along the ridge to an indistinct saddle between Končnikov vrh and Križnik, just a little further the path completely leaves the border area and passes onto the Austrian side, where it continues along the slopes of Križnik. A transverse ascent follows: when the dwarf pines on the right side end and a passage towards the ridge opens across the grassy section, we leave the marked path and ascend easier pathless terrain to the ridge, where we go right and in a few steps reach the panoramic and somewhat less known Križnik.
Starting point - Končnikov vrh 2:55, Končnikov vrh - Križnik 0:20.

On the way: Končnikov vrh (Peca) (2109m)