Mežica - Koča na Pikovem (old path)
Starting point: Mežica (495 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5164°N 14.8514°E 
Path name: old path
Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 497 m
Altitude difference (by path): 530 m
Map: Koroška 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From Črna na Koroškem or from Ravne na Koroškem, or through the border crossing Holmec or Mežica, we drive to Mežica, where signs for the cemetery Mirje point us towards the west on a local road. We also drive past the old cemetery, and then we park on the marked parking lot.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the asphalt road upwards; when the road turns left, we leave it and continue straight on a cart track in the direction of Pikovo. We continue on the cart track, which ascends along the route of a former ski track, and today by the path we notice the Mežica disc golf field. At first, when looking back, we still see Mežica and the surrounding hills; then the path, along which there are almost no blazes, passes into a small valley between the 729-meters-high hill on the left (unnamed peak on maps) and Štalekarjev vrh on the right. When the valley turns towards the west, a marked cart track branches off to the left from the ski track, on which we continue. The cart track quickly turns even a little more to the left and then ascends diagonally onto a ridge, where we continue right in the direction of the Koča na Pikovem mountain hut. For some time the path follows the ridge, then it gradually passes slightly left onto the slopes, over which we ascend mostly diagonally. Higher up we bypass the Jesenik homestead on the lower left side, where the path leads past the ruins of an old house. A little further we reach a macadam road, which we follow for a few steps to the left (straight: the usual marked path to the Koča na Pikovem), then we go slightly right onto an initially worse footpath, along which we notice older blazes. The path quickly enters the forest and then ascends diagonally to the left. A little further we reach a small steep valley, through which we ascend steeply, noticing numerous traces of motocross bikes during the ascent. Higher the path flattens and we join the normal path.
We again continue in the direction of the Koča na Pikovem mountain hut and ascend through the forest to a wooden cross, by which there is a quite old bench.
We continue straight (left: Pikov vrh) and gradually begin to descend. On the section where we step out of the forest, another path to Pikov vrh branches off to the left; we continue straight to the nearby Pik homestead, after which the surrounding area got its name. There follow a few more minutes of walking along the road, from which we first get some views towards Pece, then through the forest we reach the church of St. Helena, behind which is the Koča na Pikovem mountain hut.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (May).
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