Mežica - Štalekarjev vrh (on ski slope)

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 a 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 slope, and today along the path we notice the Mežica disc golf course. At first, when looking back, we still see Mežica and the surrounding hills, then the path, alongside which there are almost no blazes, passes into a small valley between the 729-meter-high hill on the left (unnamed peak on maps) and Štalekarjev vrh on the right. When the valley turns towards the west, a marked path branches off to the left from the ski slope, leading towards the Koča na Pikovem mountain hut; we, however, continue further along the former ski slope, which temporarily becomes somewhat steeper. Higher up, the ski slope narrows and turns sharply to the right, and when it widens again, we ascend to the panoramic saddle in a few dozen steps.
From the saddle, from where a beautiful view opens up reaching all the way to Golica / Koralpe, we continue to the right and ascend to the top of the former ski slope; for the ascent to the highest point of Štalekarjev vrh, we look for a small path on the right, along which we reach the summit in one more minute of walking.
The description and pictures refer to the conditions in 2018 (May).