Podpeca (Helenski potok) - Mala Peca (via Mirjanca)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Črna na Koroškem, where from the roundabout in the center of the settlement, we take the exit towards Koprivna. At the next intersection, we go slightly right, so that over the bridge we cross the river Meža, and next to it we then continue driving. Črna na Koroškem then ends, and we drive to the road sign 5.5 km, where still before crossing the stream Helenski potok we park in an appropriate place by the road.
B) We drive to Solčava, and then we follow the signs for Črna na Koroškem. Next follows an ascent to the mountain pass Spodnje Sleme, and from there descent towards Koprivna. Lower, we drive along the river Meža and continue driving in the direction of Črna na Koroškem. When the road towards Podpeca branches off to the left, we continue straight and then after crossing the stream Helenski potok we park on the parking lot by the road. At the starting point, there is the road sign 5.5 km.

Route description:
From the starting point, we walk to the nearby intersection and continue in the direction of Podpeca, Peca and Pikovo. The asphalt path first leads along the stream Helenski potok, and after approximately 15 minutes we arrive at the mine gnome - Perkmandeljc.
From the gnome along the road by the stream Helenski potok we walk only to the nearby intersection, then we go sharply left onto the road in the direction of the homesteads Rajzer, Žačen, Štopar and Mihev (straight the usual path to Peca, Pikovo, Terčovo, Najbrževo and Okrepčevalnica pri Matjažu). The path ahead leads us along the forest road, along which we notice some old, already entirely faded blazes. Higher up the road splits, and we continue along the left road in the direction of Peca and homesteads Mihev and Žačen (right Rajzer, Sajler Vesničar and Lesjak).
Below the homestead Mihev the forest thins out and we arrive at the next intersection. We continue straight in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Peci (left Bricman and Žačen, right Mihev) and for a few minutes continue across panoramic meadows. The path soon returns to the forest, and the blazes direct us from the road to the left onto a wide cart track, from it we soon go right onto a poorly trodden path. The path ahead mostly leads through the forest, and at the junctions we follow the not very frequent blazes. Next follows walking through dense forest, where across the path there are several fallen trees, after that follows crossing a wider macadam road, which leads towards the starting point Jakobe.
We continue along the grassy cart track, which higher turns left and along which it is hard to notice any blaze. When the cart track splits after a few minutes, we choose the right path, along the path after a longer time we again notice a blaze. Next follows a few minutes of ascent along a poorly trodden path, then we arrive at Tomaževa bajta (on the hut the inscription "Ninotova koča"), where we join the better trodden path from Mitnek.
Before the hut we go left and ascend to a poor road, where from the right the path from Mežica also joins.
We only cross the road and continue in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Peci, to which we still have approximately 50 minutes of ascent. The path ahead leads us along a wide cart track, which, with the exception of a few hairpins, ascends transversely to the left. During the ascent a nice view opens up several times in the direction of Uršlja gora, otherwise the path mostly runs through the forest. Higher up the path levels out, bypasses the chapel of St. Cyril and Methodius on the right side, then ascends in a few dozen steps to the mountain hut Dom na Peci.
From the mountain hut Dom na Peci we continue in the direction of Mala Peca and the valley of Topla. The path ascends transversely to the left and after 5 minutes brings us to a marked junction, from which we go right towards Mala Peca (left the cave of King Matjaž, straight the valley of Topla). Next follows a short ascent and the path brings us to the expansive summit of Mala Peca.
Starting point - Tomaževa koča 2:20, Tomaževa koča - Dom na Peci 0:50, Dom na Peci - Mala Peca 0:10.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (July).

Along the route: Tomaževa koča (1345m), Dom na Peci mountain hut (1665m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Končnikov vrh, Feistritzer Spitze, Petzen (Kordeschkopf) (Peca (Kordeževa glava))

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