Sv. Pankracij (Legat) / St. Pongratzen (Legat) - Kapunar / Kapunerkogel (via Sveti Urban)

Access to starting point:
A) From Dravograd we drive towards Maribor, but only to the village 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, we drive past homesteads Kajzar and Helbel, at the latter we continue on the right road, then we go past homesteads Prelank, where we go left, and Korenk, which we bypass on the left side. There follows some more crossing, where at the crossroads we continue straight. When we get to the national border, from the crossroad we continue on the far left road in the direction of St. Pankracij or the inn Legat / 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 Brezno, where we turn right in the direction of the settlements Brezni Vrh and Remšnik. Higher up, we leave the road towards Remšnik and continue straight towards Brezni Vrh. Just a few meters ahead we continue slightly right, then we drive past homesteads Hager, Podržavnik, Kompar, Breznik, where we go left towards Austria, then there follows some more crossing and we get to the border crossing with Austria. Here we go left and drive another approximately 500 m to the next crossroad, where we continue slightly right in the direction of St. Pankracij or the inn Legat / 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, but we on the main road drive only to the place Zgornji Osek / Oberhaag, where we go left towards the settlement St. Pankracij / St. Pongratzen. Further, we follow the signs for the mentioned place and signs for the guesthouse Legat / 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 signposts for St. Pankracij / St. Pongratzen and the mountain hut Kapunerhütte, which direct us onto a fairly steep path that begins to ascend through the forest. Higher up we twice cross a cart track, but 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 left towards St. Urban and the settlement Remšnik (right the mountain hut Kapunerhütte and the Austrian path to Kapunar).
The path ahead leads us along the Slovenian side of the border and crosses the slopes to the left. After a few minutes of crossing we arrive at the farm Mravljak, where we continue straight ahead, then behind the farm we continue left downhill and, with fine views along the path that runs along a cart track, we descend to a macadam road, which we follow to the right. A short descent follows, then from a marked junction we continue straight in the direction of Kapunar and Remšnik (left downhill Remšnik). A traversing ascent follows to the crossroad at the farm Zgornji Murn, where we continue sharply right. The road then gradually turns back to the left and brings us in a few minutes to the farm Slanik, where it temporarily levels out. From the farm we continue for a short time with fine views over part of the Drava Valley and Pohorje, then the road returns to the forest and brings us to the church of St. Urban.
From the church we continue along the road, then before the farm Buzenik we continue right onto a cart track that takes us past the chapel into the forest. Along the cart track we ascend to the national border in a few minutes, where we approach the Austrian path completely.
We continue along the Slovenian side of the national border, where at the wooden cross the Austrian path turns somewhat more to the right. After a few minutes of ascent the paths approach each other again and then run parallel to the hunting cross, where our path turns somewhat to the left. A few more minutes of walking follow, then we arrive at the radio amateurs' hut on Kapunar, where there is a log box and from where a fine view opens onto the Slovenian side.
From the hut we continue slightly right in the direction of the Kapunerhütte hut, then at a suitable spot we leave the marked path and ascend to the summit of Kapunar along one of several poorer footpaths that lead to the top.
Starting point - St. Pankracij 0:15, St. Pankracij - St. Urban 0:50, St. Urban - Kapunar 1:05.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (December).

Along the route: Sveti Pankracij (Radelca) (900m), Sveti Urban (Radelca) (920m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Kapunerhütte ( 10 min)

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