Topla (Burjak) - Dom na Peci

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 Meža River, and alongside it we then continue driving. Črna na Koroškem then ends, and we drive along the main road to TIC Topla, where we turn right into the Topla valley. We continue driving through the Topla valley, where the road makes two hairpin turns; then a little further from the climbing area in Topla (Burjakove peči climbing area) the road emerges from the forest, while we drive to a smaller chapel located near the Burjak homestead. We park in a suitable spot nearby.
B) We drive to Solčava, then follow the signs for Črna na Koroškem. This is followed by the ascent to the Spodnje Sleme pass, then the descent towards Koprivna. Lower down we drive alongside the Meža River and continue in the direction of Črna na Koroškem. When the road into the Topla valley branches off to the left, we continue left; we then drive through the Topla valley, where the road makes two hairpin turns; then a little further from the climbing area in Topla (Burjakove peči climbing area) the road emerges from the forest, while we drive to a smaller chapel located near the Burjak homestead. We park in a suitable spot nearby.

Path description:
At the chapel we continue right onto a side road that takes us over a bridge to the Burjak farm. We bypass the building on the right side, then the ascent begins across the hay meadow. Higher up the path takes us to the next farm, and a little further we reach the asphalt road that leads to the nearby Florin farm. Behind the houses the asphalt ends, and the blazes direct us right onto a cart track, alongside which we also notice mountain signs for Dom na Peci. We continue along the initially still panoramic cart track, then the path enters the forest. We soon leave the cart track as the blazes direct us onto a footpath that higher up crosses the cart track several more times. Higher up we walk through the forest for quite some time and cross an old, partly collapsed grazing fence, behind which we step onto the abandoned mountain pasture Javorje, now overgrown with ferns. On the pasture, where we cross the cart track again, there is a hunting hut; we continue along an overgrown path that bypasses the mentioned hut on the right side. Above the hut we cross the cart track twice more, then continue along a path that is no longer overgrown with ferns but with tall grass. Orientation on this section is quite difficult; we ascend mainly upwards and slightly to the right. On the upper part of the overgrown section we notice a large wooden blaze, at which the path turns right into the forest, where it becomes easier to follow. This is followed by an ascent through the forest; behind the collapsed hut we step back onto the cart track, which we cross several more times, but higher up the marked path leads slightly to the left of it. When the path higher up brings us to a wooden log cabin, we bypass it on the right side and continue ascending along a fairly overgrown path to the marked path that begins at the mine in Topla and leads to Dom na Peci.
We follow the well-trodden marked path to the right; it soon levels out and takes us through a large clearing to a marked junction.
We continue straight ahead (left to Mala Peca 3 minutes, right to Kralj Matjaž Cave 6 minutes) and after about 5 minutes of further walking we arrive at Dom na Peci.
Burjak - Planina Javorje 1:30, Planina Javorje - Dom na Peci 1:00.
Description and pictures refer to conditions in 2018 (July).

On the way: Florin (930m), Planina Javorje (1330m)

Trip can be extended to: Matjaž Cave , Mala Peca , Končnikov vrh , Feistritzer Spitze , Petzen (Kordeschkopf) (Peca (Kordeževa glava))