parking below Weinebene - Seespitz (Koralpe) (panoramic path)

Access to starting point:
A) Over one of the border crossings with Austria (Korensko sedlo, Karawanks Tunnel, mountain pass Ljubelj, mountain pass Jezerski vrh, mountain pass Pavličev vrh) we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving on the so-called south highway towards Graz. On the mentioned highway we drive to the settlement Volšperk / Wolfsberg, where we leave the highway, and when we get to the old or regional road we continue driving in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud we notice signs for the Alpine pass Weinebene, which point us to the right on an ascending asphalt road. On the mentioned road, we drive approximately 18 km, and then we get to the mentioned alpine pass, which is situated at an altitude of 1668 m. From the pass, we start descending towards the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, and only a little after the left hairpin turn we park on a marked parking lot on the right side of the road.
B) Over the border crossing Holmec or Vič we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards the settlement Volšperk / Wolfsberg. From Volšperk we continue on a regional road in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud we notice signs for the Alpine pass Weinebene, which point us to the right on an ascending asphalt road. On the mentioned road, we drive approximately 18 km, and then we get to the mentioned alpine pass, which is situated at an altitude of 1668 m. From the pass, we start descending towards the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, and only a little after the left hairpin turn we park on a marked parking lot on the right side of the road.
C) First, we drive to Maribor, and then we continue driving on the highway towards the border crossing Šentilj and further on the Austrian highway towards Graz. We leave the mentioned highway at the exit for the settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz. When we leave the highway at the roundabout, we continue in the direction of the settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz and further we drive south from the village Gralla, which is today already some kind of peripheral part of Lipnica. Further, the road leads us past the industrial or commercial zone, and at the roundabout by the Hofer store we continue "straight" on the second exit in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. Further, we drive on the main road for some time, and after the village Graschach we turn right in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. In a roundabout right next to the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, we continue "straight" in the direction of the alpine pass Weinebene. From here on, the road starts ascending steeper, and we follow it approximately 17 km, and then still before the right hairpin turn on the left side we notice a parking lot, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a side road in the direction of the mountain hut Grünangerhütte and mountain pasture Bärentalalm, and the side road crosses slopes below the main road. Asphalt on the side road quickly ends and we get to a junction, where we continue on the upper right road (one of the paths to the hut Grünangerhütte leads on the slightly left road). There follows some ascent, and from the right also joins the path from the parking lot Reihkehre - Glashütten, which is situated above the hairpin turn mentioned in the access to the starting point. There follows some more traversing, mostly in a gentle ascent, and then the path once again splits. To the left branches off another path to the previously mentioned hut, and we go slightly right and continue on the macadam road, which ascends somewhat more steeply, and in a few minutes we arrive at the hut Bärentalhütte.
We bypass the hut on the right side, and on the road we continue to the nearby junction at the grazing fence, where we go slightly right (straight to Grünangerhütte and Steinmandl). A little further, we go even more to the right, and then through part of the mountain pasture Bärentalalm we ascend to the edge of the forest, where the path steeply ascends through a strip of forest. After a few minutes, the steepness eases, the path turns somewhat to the left and on the saddle between the peaks Hühnerstütze and Moschkogel reaches the road that leads from the pass Weinebene.
On the mentioned saddle there is also a marked junction, and we continue left in the direction of the peak Großer Speikkogel (straight to Grilitschhütte, Großhöllerhütte and Koralpenhaus, right to pass Weinebene). The path ahead gently ascends for a short time, then steeply ascends on the northern slopes of the peak Hühnerstütze. Higher up amid ever finer views we reach the ridge of the mentioned peak, and then we continue walking on the gentle and wide summit ridge. On such a path, from which beautiful views open up, we then quickly reach Hühnerstütze.
From the top follows an easy descent along the wide and panoramic ridge, and somewhat lower from the left also joins the path past the hut Grünangerhütte, or the settlement Glashütten. Continuing, we gradually begin to ascend gently, and the path brings us to the western slopes of the peak Seespitz. Here at a suitable spot we leave the marked path, which bypasses the mentioned peak on the right side, and via easier pathless terrain or a faint path in a few minutes we ascend to the summit, in the middle of which stands a small metal cross.
Starting point - Bärentalhütte 0:35, Bärentalhütte - Hühnerstütze 1:25, Hühnerstütze - Seespitz 0:45.

On the way: Bärentalhütte (Golica / Koralpe) (1630m), Hühnerstütze (Golica/Koralpe) (1989m)