Koprivna (Kumer) - Planina Zgornja Luža

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Luče (from Kamnik here over the Volovjek pass (Kranjski Rak) or from the Styrian motorway and 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 driving right towards Črna na Koroškem. Further, we drive on an ascending road, which at the crossroads we follow 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 road Črna na Koroškem - Koprivna. 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 alongside the Koprivna stream, and we follow the road to the crossroad where the road branches off sharply to the left towards the aforementioned mountain hut, straight ahead the road continues towards the mountain pasture Luža, and to the right a marked mountain path branches off to Peca (the latter initially runs along the road as well). We park at a suitable place by the road.
B) From Koroška, we first drive to Črna na Koroškem, then continue driving towards Podpeca and Koprivna. At the crossroad where the road to Podpeca branches off to the right, we continue slightly left, and likewise at the next crossroad where the road to the Topla valley branches off to the right. Further, we drive alongside the Meža river for some time, then first arrive at the crossroad where the road branches off to the left towards the Spodnje Sleme pass and further towards Logarska dolina. 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 alongside the Koprivna stream, and we follow the road to the crossroad where the road branches off sharply to the left towards the aforementioned mountain hut, straight ahead the road continues towards the mountain pasture Luža, and to the right a marked mountain path branches off to Peca (the latter initially runs along the road as well). We park at a suitable place by the road.
C) First, we drive to Šoštanj, then 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 to the right, we continue slightly left, and likewise at the next crossroad where the road to the Topla valley branches off to the right. Further, we drive alongside the Meža river for some time, then first arrive at the crossroad where the road branches off to the left towards the Spodnje Sleme pass and further towards Logarska dolina. 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 alongside the Koprivna stream, and we follow the road to the crossroad where the road branches off sharply to the left towards the aforementioned mountain hut, straight ahead the road continues towards the mountain pasture Luža, and to the right a marked mountain path branches off to Peca (the latter initially runs along the road as well). We park at a suitable place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue straight, i.e., on the road which ascends parallel to the nearby stream. The path further leads us past Žegnani studenec and somewhat higher the turn-off of the cart track to St. Ana. Higher, the road makes a sharp left turn, by which there are information boards, and right at this spot we leave it and continue straight on a worse road, which a little further crosses the state border. When we enter Austria, we continue for a short time on the worse road, then join a wider macadam road, on which in a few minutes we walk to the central part of the mountain pasture Luža.
From the shepherd's hut, we walk to the second part of the mountain pasture, there at the crossroad we continue right in the direction of Peca (slightly left Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel and Topica / Topitza). We continue the ascent on the macadam road, which gently to moderately ascends along the edge of the mountain pasture. After approximately 15 minutes of further walking, we will notice on the left side of the road the mountain markings for Peca, which direct us sharply left onto an ascending cart track. The mentioned cart track quickly brings us in a traverse ascent to a newly built forest road, which we follow to the left. After some 10 m of walking on the mentioned road, we turn right onto an ascending cart track, on which we ascend through the spruce forest. After approximately 1 hour of walking from the starting point, we again step onto a macadam road, on which in a few steps we ascend to the mountain pasture Zgornja Luža.

On the way: Planina Luža (1250m)

Trip can be extended to: Wackendorfer Spitze (1 h 30 min) , Končnikov vrh , Feistritzer Spitze (1 h 30 min) , Petzen (Kordeschkopf) (Peca (Kordeževa glava))