Podkanja vas / Wildenstein - Kraguljše

Access to starting point:
A) Via the Ljubelj border crossing we drive into Austria, then in the settlement Podljubelj / Unterloibl we turn right towards the Hofer store. When we arrive in Borovlje / Ferlach, at the intersection slightly after the railway track we turn left (to the right of the intersection is the Eurospar store), after a few 100 meters at the next intersection we turn right towards Železne Kaple / Bad Eisenkappel. We drive towards Železna Kapla to the settlement Podkanja vas / Wildenstein, where the signs for the Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall direct us to the right. There follows some ascent on a somewhat narrower road, then we arrive at a well-maintained parking lot (at the starting point there are also a guesthouse and a museum).
B) Via the Jezerski vrh border crossing we drive into Austria, then after Železna Kapla we continue left towards Celovec / Klagenfurt and Borovlje / Ferlach. We continue on the main road towards Borovlje, where we drive to the settlement Podkanja vas / Wildenstein, where the signs for the Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall direct us to the left. There follows some ascent on a somewhat narrower road, then we arrive at a well-maintained parking lot (at the starting point there are also a guesthouse and a museum).
C) We drive to Podjuna, then we follow the signs for Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. After the settlement Miklavčevo / Miklauzhof, we leave the road towards Železna Kapla and continue right towards Celovec / Klagenfurt and Borovlje / Ferlach. We continue on the main road towards Borovlje, where we drive to the settlement Podkanja vas / Wildenstein, where the signs for the Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall direct us to the left. There follows some ascent on a somewhat narrower road, then we arrive at a well-maintained parking lot (at the starting point there are also a guesthouse and a museum).

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a wide tourist path in the direction towards the Podkanjski slap waterfall and Obir. At first, we ascend in a few hairpin turns, then after a short panoramic section the path enters the forest and narrows somewhat. After a few minutes of further walking, a marked path to Obir branches off to the right from the wide path, we continue straight and after one more minute of walking we arrive at a maintained viewpoint on the Podkanjski slap waterfall.
From the viewpoint we return to the last junction, then continue on the marked path towards Obir. From the point where we leave the wide tourist path, we begin to ascend steeply, on the steeper sections stairs and occasionally steel cables assist us (dry, undemanding). After a few minutes the slope's steepness eases, the path turns right, first crossing a cart track, a bit further it leads us to a forest road, which we follow to the left. We walk along the road to the right bend, at the start of which a marked footpath continues straight ahead. Further on we cross the forest road several more times, along which the path occasionally runs. There follows a somewhat longer ascent through the forest, where on a small clearing we arrive at a marked junction.
From the junction we continue on the left path (right to Jagovčeva planina, from there possible ascent to Mali Obir or descent to the Borovnica reservoir lake), which continues along a small valley, a little higher we return to the road, follow it to the left, and quickly arrive at the abandoned Hofovška planina mountain pasture.
Above the mountain pasture we finally leave the road, and continue ascending an increasingly steep path. Higher up we reach a forested ridge, where the path from the village Reberca / Reehberg joins from the left.
We continue right on a fairly gentle path, which shortly ahead crosses a pasture fence, then on the expansive pastures it begins to fade. Across the pasture we carefully follow the otherwise sparse markers, then, upon returning to the forest, we join a better-trodden path that leads from or past the Kapelška koča / Eisenkappler Hütte hut.
We continue towards Obir and ascend above the forest line in a few hairpin turns. There follows some easy walking and the path leads us to the indistinct summit of Kraguljše, from where a beautiful view opens up.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2017 (August).

On the way: Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall (640m), Hofovška planina / Hoffmansalpe (1335m)

Trip can be extended to: Hochobir (Ojstrc) ( 50 min)