Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg - Veliki Rob / Großer Rain (via Veronjak / Hausberg)

Access to starting point:
Over the Ljubelj border crossing we drive into Austria, and after a few kilometers we turn left towards the valley Poden / Bodental. There follows some more ascent, and then we arrive at the settlement Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg, where we park on the parking lot below the church.

Path description:
From the parking lot below the church we continue straight and quickly arrive at the inn Gasthaus Kirchenwirt in Windisch Bleiberg, where before the inn a marked path to Žingarica / Singerberg branches off to the right, behind the inn and still before the end of the settlement a marked path towards the valley Poden / Bodental branches off to the left.
We continue left, cross the bridge and ascend to the nearby chapel. At the chapel we continue straight (we can also go sharply right, in this case higher we walk briefly on the asphalt road) and go past a few houses to the nearby hayrack, where we leave the road.
We continue right, where on a nearby tree we notice the marking of path 17. The path ahead leads us along the edge of the forest, higher also through a strip of forest, then along the edge of the pasture to the asphalt road, which we reach at the chapel. We cross the road to the right (left settlement Žabnica / Bodental) and continue in the direction "Bodental, Sonnenhang 15 min.".
Next follows a traversing ascent through a strip of forest, and we walk on path no. 2. Somewhat further the forest ends and with nice views on the central Karawanks we reach pension Lužekar / BergPension Lausegger.
Behind the inn stands a stable, above which we ascend along the asphalt road, then continue on a worse macadam road, which ascends traversing, a little further turns sharply left and brings us with nice views and through a strip of forest to the hunting observation post and fenced pasture. Somewhat above the hunting observation post we continue into the forest on the footpath in the direction of hiking path no. 13, which continues without major changes in elevation, most of the time along the fence. When we gradually move away from the pasture, from path no. 13 slightly to the left branches off path no. 3, on which we continue walking.
A little further we cross a cart track, the path turns somewhat to the left and a little higher joins the cart track, along which we continue for some time. When higher on an indistinct ridge we reach the pasture fence, we leave the cart track and continue left into the forest, where soon we notice the markings of path no. 3, the path continues along the ridge and all the time runs left of the wire fence. Next follows a short descent, which brings us to a panoramic saddle, then we begin to ascend through the forest, the path is quite steep in places. Higher the forest thins out and with views on the Karawanks we reach Veronjak.
From Veronjak we first descend steeply along the southwestern ridge, then the steepness eases and after a small saddle, where from the right a path from the nearby forest road joins us, the path starts ascending again. Somewhat further we cross a cart track, the path goes onto an overgrown clearing, from which a nice view opens up on the northern faces of Košuta. Higher the path returns to the forest and continues along the ridge. When after a while we cross the next forest road, where from the left a path joins that does not go over Veronjak, we continue straight and in a few minutes of further walking reach the summit of Veliki Rob.
Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg - Veronjak / Hausberg 1:25, Veronjak / Hausberg - Veliki Rob / Großer Rain 0:50.
The description refers to the condition in October 2019, and the pictures are from November 2018 and October 2019.

On the way: Lužekar / Lausegger (1085m), Veronjak / Hausberg (1348m)