Koprivna (Šumel) - Tourist farm Bukovc (Bukovnik) (via homestead Janšek)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Črna na Koroškem, and then we continue driving in the direction of Koprivna and Solčava. Further, we drive through the valley by the river Meža, and when we get to a crossroad, where the road to Solčava branches off to the left, the described path starts. We park somewhere nearby at an appropriate place by the road.
B) We drive to Solčava, and then we follow the signs for Črna na Koroškem. Next follows an ascent to the mountain pass Spodnje Sleme, and from there a descent towards Črna na Koroškem and Koprivna. When we arrive in the valley, at the crossroad with the road which leads from Koprivna towards Črna na Koroškem, we are at the beginning of the described path. We park somewhere nearby at an appropriate place by the road.

Route description:
From the starting point we head onto the road in the direction of Solčava, Podolševa and Logarska dolina; the mountain sign that used to stand by the road signs now lies hidden nearby. The path initially leads past a few houses, including the accommodation and daytime bar at Mojca, after which the road turns into forest and ascends through Janšekov graben. After a short ascent we reach a junction where the road splits and we continue right towards the footpath to Raduha.

We continue along the road leading towards the homestead Janšek and soon reach a bridge where we cross the stream Janšekov graben. Before the bridge a cart track branches left, leading past the homestead Haderlap, but we continue straight. A little further we leave the forest and after a left hairpin quickly reach the homestead Janšek, from where a fine view opens towards the church of sv. Jakob and Peca.

Beyond the homestead we continue on the upper road, immediately turn right from it and begin ascending along the edge of the hayfield. At the upper edge of the hayfield we step onto a cart track and follow it to the right. From the poorer cart track that continues through the forest we soon turn left, then at junctions follow older waymarks. We continue the ascent through the forest, following barely visible paths; higher up we approach a gravel road. Here we go straight and then reach a larger hayfield by the former homestead Prodnik, where the path disappears completely. We continue to the upper edge of the hayfield, where waymarks reappear in the forest; we follow the waymarks through the forest, though there is mostly no path. Higher up an old path appears that ascends transversely to a forest road, where we reach the marked path from Spodnje Sleme.
We follow the road left (right Olševa) and descend easily in a few minutes to the pass Spodnje Sleme, where roads intersect.
We continue straight across the wider road connecting Koprivna and Solčava and proceed in the direction of Koča v Grohotu, Raduha and the farm Bukovnik. On the gravel road we first ascend moderately, then the road levels and soon forks.
Slightly left the marked path continues towards Raduha, but we continue slightly right and after a few more minutes of walking reach the farm Bukovnik, considered the highest farm in Slovenia.
Starting point - Spodnje Sleme 1:40, Spodnje Sleme - Bukovnik 0:20.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2018 and 2019 (July).

Along the route: Janšek (935m), Prodnik (1125m), Spodnje Sleme (1254m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Lanež (2 h 10 min)

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