Mežica - Štalekarjev vrh (on ski slope)

Access to starting point:
From Črna na Koroškem or from Ravne na Koroškem, or via the border crossing Holmec or Mežica, we drive to Mežica, where signs for the Mirje cemetery direct us west onto a local road. We drive past the old cemetery and then park at the marked parking lot.

Route description:
From the starting point we continue uphill on the asphalt road; when the road turns left, we leave it and continue straight onto a cart track towards Pikovo. We follow the cart track that ascends along the route of the former ski slope; today we notice the disc golf course Mežica along the path. At first, looking back, we still see Mežica and the surrounding hills, then the path, which has almost no markings, enters a small valley between the 729-meter hill Fridrih on the left (an unnamed peak on old printed maps) and Štalekarjev vrh on the right. When the valley turns west, a marked path branches off to the left from the ski slope towards Koča na Pikovem, but we continue straight along the former ski slope, which temporarily becomes somewhat steeper. Higher up the ski slope narrows and turns sharply right; when it widens again, we ascend in a few dozen steps to the scenic saddle.
From the saddle, from where a beautiful view opens all the way to Golica / Koralpe, we continue right and ascend to the top of the former ski slope; to reach the highest point of Štalekarjev vrh we look for a small path on the right, which takes us to the summit in one minute of further walking.
The description and photos refer to the situation in 2018 (May).

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