Podpeca (Helenski potok) - Matjaž Cave (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 pass Spodnje Sleme, and from there a 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 a road sign 5.5 km.

Path 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 we walk along the road by the stream Helenski potok only to the nearby intersection, and then we go sharply left onto the road in the direction of homesteads Rajzer, Žačen, Štopar and Mihev (straight the usual path to Peca, Pikovo, Terčovo, Najbrževo and snack bar Okrepčevalnica pri Matjažu). The path ahead leads us along the forest road, along which we notice some old, already entirely faded blazes. Higher, 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 continue for a few minutes across panoramic meadows. The path soon returns to the forest, and the blazes from the road direct us left onto a wide cart track, from it we soon go right onto a poorly beaten 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 there are several fallen trees across the path, after which follows crossing a wider macadam road that 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, and along the path after a longer time we notice a blaze again. Next follows a few minutes of ascent along a poorly beaten path, and then we arrive at Tomaževa bajta (on the cottage inscription "Ninotova koča"), where we join the better beaten path from Mitnek.
Before the cottage we go left and ascend to a poor road, where the path from Mežica also joins from the right.
We only cross the road and continue in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Peci, to which we have approximately 50 minutes of ascent left. The path ahead leads us along a wide cart track, which, with the exception of a few hairpins, ascends diagonally towards 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, the path levels out, bypasses the chapel of St. Cyril and Methodius on the right side, and then ascends to the mountain hut Dom na Peci in a few dozen steps.
From the mountain hut Dom na Peci we continue left in the direction of the cave of King Matjaž, so that we bypass the upper station of the cargo cableway on the lower side, and behind it the path goes into the forest. Next follows traversing the slopes of Mala Peca, and after approximately 5 minutes we arrive at a marked junction, where the path from the valley of Topla joins. We continue straight in the direction of the cave of King Matjaž, to which we have a few minutes of easy descent left.
Starting point - Tomaževa koča 2:20, Tomaževa koča - Dom na Peci 0:50, Dom na Peci - cave of King Matjaž 0:10.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (July).

On the way: Tomaževa koča (1345m), Dom na Peci mountain hut (1665m)

Trip can be extended to: Mala Peca , Petzen (Kordeschkopf) (Peca (Kordeževa glava))