Pod Peco / Koprein-Petzen - Sveta Ana in Koprivna

Access to starting point:
A) Via the border crossings Jezerski vrh or Pavličev vrh we drive to Bela / Bad Vellach, and from there we continue driving towards Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. At the beginning of Železna Kapla we notice signs for Lepena / Leppen, which point us to the right. Further, we drive on a somewhat narrower asphalt road which leads us at first along the bottom of the valley, and then at the hamlet Koprivna / Koprein - Sonnseite it starts ascending steeper. Higher, we arrive at the hamlet Pod Peco / Koprein - Petzen, where there is the starting point of the path to Topica / Topitza and inn Riepl. Here we continue straight on the at first still asphalt road, which further leads past the church of all faiths. A little above the church the asphalt ends, and the road starts descending. After a short descent, we arrive at a smaller crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Peca and St. Ana (ahead on the main road Globasnica / Globasnitz). From the crossroad, we drive only for a short time, and then we arrive at a gate near which we park in a suitable place.
B) From Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec we drive to Ravne na Koroškem, and then we continue driving in the direction of border crossing Holmec. When we drive into Austria we at first drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, and then we follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz. After approximately 13 km from border crossing Holmec we arrive at Globasnica, from where we continue driving left towards the upper part of the settlement. From Globasnica we continue on a narrower and ascending road in the direction of hamlet Pod Peco / Koprein - Petzen. Further, we ascend for quite some time along Globaška grapa, and then the road brings us to an indistinct saddle, where we arrive at a smaller crossroad. Here, where we notice signs for Peca, we continue left on a side road, on which we quickly descend to the nearby gate near which we park in a suitable place.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue past the gate and along the road in a few minutes descend to the crossroad at the edge of the mountain pasture Spodnja Luža.
Here to the left branches off the marked Austrian path to Peca or to Bistriška špica, and we continue straight in the direction of the mountain hut on farm Kumer. The path ahead leads us across an expansive mountain pasture, then passes along the edge of the forest and splits into two parts. We choose the lower worse road, along which along the edge of the forest we descend to the national border and also cross it. After a few meters of walking on the Slovenian side we join a wider macadam road, and we continue the descent along it. A little lower we continue right upwards on a marked cart track towards St. Ana and mountain hut on farm Kumer (straight ahead the road continues towards Koprivna and marked path towards Peca). After a short ascent the cart track along which we continue flattens, and then continues traversing to the left. At the end of the traverse a short descent follows to the nearby road, along which we walk to the nearby mountain hut.
From the hut we continue in the direction of Olševa, and the path ahead still leads along the road. Behind the hut we first bypass a chapel, a little further a cross, and later also a smaller hunting observatory. When the road, which continues without major changes in elevation, enters the forest, it splits into two parts, and we continue along the left lower road in the direction of St. Ana (slightly right Olševa). From the crossroad only about a minute of walking follows and we already arrive at the church of St. Ana with the Black Madonna.
Starting point - Planina Luža 5 minutes, Planina Luža - Kumer 40 minutes, Kumer - St. Ana 15 minutes.

On the way: Planina Luža (1250m), Planinski dom na kmetiji Kumer (1220m)

Trip can be extended to: Govševa planina (1 h 30 min) , Planina Rep (Repija) ( 30 min) , Govca (Olševa) (3 h 30 min)