Sv. Pankracij (Legat) / St. Pongratzen (Legat) - Kapunar / Kapunerkogel (Austrian path)

Access to starting point:
A) From Dravograd we drive towards Maribor, but only to the village of Vas, where we continue left towards Remšnik. There follows an ascent to the mentioned settlement, where a little before the parish church of St. Jurij we continue sharply left. Further on, we drive past the homesteads Kajzar and Helbel; at the latter we continue on the right road, then we also go past the homesteads Prelank, where we go left, and Korenk, which we bypass on the left side. There follow some more crossings, where at the crossroads we continue straight. When we arrive at the state border, from the crossroads we continue on the far left road in the direction of St. Pankracij or the Legat inn / St. Pongratzen (Gh. Legat). We park some 10 meters ahead of the inn, on the parking lot behind the chapel.
B) From Maribor we drive towards Dravograd, but only to the settlement of Brezno, where we turn right towards the settlements Brezni Vrh and Remšnik. Higher up, we leave the road to Remšnik and continue straight towards Brezni Vrh. Just a few meters further we continue slightly right, then we drive past the homesteads Hager, Podržavnik, Kompar and Breznik, where we go left towards Austria, then there follow some more crossings and we arrive at the border crossing with Austria. Here we go left and drive another approximately 500 m to the next crossroads, where we continue slightly right in the direction of St. Pankracij or the Legat inn / St. Pongratzen (Gh. Legat). We park some 10 meters ahead of the inn, on the parking lot behind the chapel.
C) Via the border crossing Jurij we drive into Austria, then we drive through the places Pesnica / Pößnitz, Gradišče / Schlossberg to the settlement Lučane / Leutschach, where we go left towards the place Arnež / Arnfels. From Arnež we continue towards Ivnik / Eibiswald, while we on the main road go only as far as the place Zgornji Osek / Oberhaag, where we go left towards the settlement St. Pankracij / St. Pongratzen. Further on, we follow the signs for the mentioned place and the signs for the Legat guesthouse / Gh. Legat. We park a few meters ahead of the inn, on the parking lot by the chapel.

Route description:
By the chapel we notice the mountain signs for St. Pankracij / St. Pongratzen and the Kapunerhütte hut, which direct us onto a fairly steep path that begins to ascend through the forest. Higher up we twice cross a cart track, while the blazes lead us out of the forest onto a panoramic meadow, along which we walk to the nearby church of St. Pankracij.
From the church we continue right or towards the west, then past the chapel we quickly arrive at a marked junction, from which we continue right in the direction of the Kapunerhütte hut (left to St. Urban and the Slovenian path to Kapunar). The path ahead runs along the Austrian side of the state border and leads us along a gentle cart track. A little further on, one of the paths from Ivnik / Eibiswald joins us from the right, while we continue towards the Kapunerhütte hut and Radeljski prelaz. The path ahead leads us past a solitary house (holiday cottage), then at a small junction we choose the upper, left road, to which the blazes also direct us. From the road we go right onto the marked path after just a few steps; it leads us through the forest for a while, and at the junctions we follow the blazes. After crossing a pasture fence we arrive at a larger panoramic pasture, from which a nice view opens towards Golica and the surrounding mountains. In the middle of the pasture the path also leads us past a nearby house, then we gradually return to the forest. In the forest we reach the state border and arrive at a junction, where one of the paths to the church of St. Urban branches off left downhill, while we continue straight ahead and proceed along the Austrian side of the ridge. Beyond the junction we also pass a shrine and continue past numerous bird feeders. Further on the path returns entirely to the Austrian side and then leads us past the Hubenlenz farm, from where a nice view opens up again. There follows some walking through the forest; at border stone XII 102 we approach the state border again. Here we come very close to the path that runs along the Slovenian side and passes St. Urban; after the nearby cross we again move away from the state border. When the path temporarily takes us out of the forest further on, we pass the Waldgregor farm, behind which we continue slightly left along a narrower road. It does not take long before we return to the state border, alongside which on the Slovenian side the Slovenian path also runs. We walk completely together with the Slovenian path for a few minutes, then we soon arrive at the hunting cross, where we leave both marked paths and continue along the state border, following the traceable path to the summit of Kapunar.
Starting point - St. Pankracij 0:15, St. Pankracij - Kapunar 1:40.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (December).

Along the route: Sveti Pankracij (Radelca) (900m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Sveti Urban (Radelca), Kapunerhütte ( 25 min)

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