Radlje ob Dravi - Kapunerhütte (via old castle and hut of amateur radio operators)

Access to starting point:
From the Dravograd - Maribor road, in Radlje ob Dravi, from the intersection at the Lidl store, we drive in the direction of the center of the settlement and Radeljski prelaz mountain pass. After the intersection, we also drive past the Hofer store and past the left turn-off towards Sv. Tri Kralji, at the next intersection left towards Austria. Immediately after the intersection, we go left again and park on a larger asphalt parking lot near the mansion Dvorec Radlje.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue towards the east, where we first carefully cross the main road Radlje ob Dravi - Radeljski prelaz mountain pass, and on the other side of the road the path splits into two parts.
We can continue left on the forest and historical trail Stari grad, or straight on the trim trail. Both paths are well marked and join higher in the forest and then cross each other a few times, higher they run on the same route. Higher, the path turns left and transitions to a somewhat steeper slope, where it is fenced with a wooden fence, when the fence on the left ends, it splits.
We continue straight (sharply right the trim trail, learning path and the path that leads to the old castle continue) and a little further we join a wide cart track, which we follow to the left. When we have returned to the cart track, we again join the learning path and trim trail, a little further the marked European footpath E6 also joins us from the right.
Further, we finally leave the trim trail and learning path and at the junctions follow the yellow-red blazes. A little further, we reach the macadam road, which we follow to the left, on it lightly descending. The path along the road leads us past the pasture and homestead Majerhof, then the blazes direct us from the road slightly right onto a cart track, from which a little further we go slightly left onto an initially parallel marked path, which later gradually distances itself from the cart track. Later we temporarily join another cart track, the path that leads us across numerous streams and that most of the time gently to moderately ascends, brings us to a junction, by which there is a signpost.
The signs direct us slightly left onto the path that descends to the inn Žohar, where there is a stamp, we continue slightly right, onto a beaten but for a short time unmarked path, which above the inn returns to the marked path, we reach it on a cart track, which we follow to the right. A short ascent on the cart track follows, then it splits, we continue on the left one, which brings us out of the forest onto panoramic hay meadows. On the cart track we ascend to the road, which we reach at the marked junction by the birch.
We continue right in the direction towards Kapunar (left Radeljski prelaz on path E6), from the wider road we soon go left onto another road, from it left onto a cart track. The path ahead leads us along the pasture, when we reach the farm Ternik we continue through the yard (during the visit two unleashed dogs, which are quite loud). Behind the farm the blazes lead us onto a cart track that ascends along the field, to us upon looking back a nice view opens. At the entrance into the forest we go from the wider cart track right, where at first no path is visible, but after a few steps it appears and enters the forest. At the junctions through the forest we follow the blazes, higher we reach the macadam road and follow it to the right. On the road we arrive out of the forest and with nice views reach the farm Škarc, where we go past a few houses. Behind the houses some light descent follows, then we join the usual path that leads from Radlje ob Dravi towards Kapunar.
We follow the road straight, at the next intersection we go slightly left towards Kapunar. A relatively long walk on the macadam road follows, which we follow to the former guardhouse, which today is used by amateur radio operators. From the guardhouse, where there is a logbook box, we continue sharply left in the direction of the hut Kapunerhütte. We continue on an initially gentle path, which crosses the slopes towards the left, then transversely ascends to the western ridge of Kapunar, from where a nice view towards Austria opens to us.
We continue left (right Kapunar summit 2 minutes) and descend along the border ridge to a smaller saddle between both summits of Kapunar.
From the saddle, where a somewhat shorter path also joins us, which ascends to the border ridge still before the amateur radio hut, we continue in the direction of the hut Kapunerhütte. From the saddle we first still walk along the ridge, then the path turns right to the Austrian side and descends to the mentioned hut in a few minutes.
Radlje ob Dravi - amateur radio operators' hut 1:55, amateur radio operators' hut - Kapunerhütte 0:20.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2019 (May) and 2018 (December).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Sveti Pankracij (Radelca), Sveti Urban (Radelca)

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