Pod Peco (Koželj) / Koprein-Petzen (Koschiel) - Snežnik (above Koprivna)

Access to starting point:
A) Over the border crossing 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 first along the bottom of the valley, and then at the hamlet Koprivna / Koprein - Sonnseite it starts to ascend more steeply. Further on, we arrive at the hamlet Pod Peco / Koprein - Petzen, and we arrive a few hundred meters behind the homestead Koželj / Koschiel at a marked junction, where the marked path branches off to the right towards Bela / Vellach. We park at a suitable place at the junction.
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 first drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, and then we follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz. After approximately 13 km from border crossing Holmec we arrive in 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 the hamlet Pod Peco / Koprein - Petzen. Further on, we ascend for quite some time along Globaška grapa, and then the road brings us to an indistinct saddle (saddle Luža / Luschasattel), where we arrive at a smaller junction. We continue slightly right (left [to] mountain pasture Luža) and past the church of all faiths we arrive at inn Riepel, behind which the road starts to descend steeply. Lower down, when we have already arrived by the stream Mošenik / Muschenigbach, on the left we notice signs for Bela / Vellach, and we park at a suitable place by the sign at the junction.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue in the direction of Bela / Vellach and walk on an ascending macadam road which is closed to public traffic with a traffic sign and a gate. In a few longer serpentines we ascend to a saddle east of the peak Gorelca / Gorelza, where a landmark (cross) is located. Further on, a few smaller junctions follow, where we follow the blazes, and then behind the next gate we descend to a wider road, which we follow left upwards.
Further on, the road leads us above the farm Zgornji Mozgan / Obermosgan, and then we continue past yet another gate. Here a beautiful view opens up mainly on the Austrian part of the Karawanks, and we continue on the marked road. Higher up, the road leads us past several hunting observation posts, and then after a somewhat longer traverse to the right it brings us to another road, which we follow left upwards. On this section a beautiful view opens up again, and we leave the road and ascend diagonally above the road on a marked path. A little higher, somewhat above the nearby junction we cross the road once again, and then we ascend to the border ridge, where we reach the cart track that arrives from the Slovenian side. Along the cart track we walk only a few steps, and then we continue slightly right on a marked path which continues along a somewhat overgrown ridge. Here a beautiful view opens up once again, and then the ridge becomes more overgrown. A little further on, the marked path withdraws slightly to the right from the ridge, and we continue along the ridge to the summit of Snežnik, which we recognize by the border stone with the inscription Snežnik 1543 meters, and we reach it after a dozen or so steps of further walking.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2016 (August).