Topla (Burjak) - Petzen (Kordeschkopf) (Peca (Kordeževa glava)) (via Mala Peca and on easy path)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Črna na Koroškem, where from the roundabout in the center of the settlement, we go to the exit towards Koprivna. At the next crossroad, we go slightly right, so that over the bridge we cross river Meža, and next to it we then continue driving. Črna na Koroškem then ends, on the main road, we drive to TIC Topla, where we go right into a valley Topla. Further, we drive through the valley Topla, where the road makes two hairpin turns, after that a little ahead from climbing area in Topla (climbing area Burjakove peči) we come out of the forest, and we drive to a smaller chapel, which is situated near the homestead Burjak. We park on an appropriate place nearby.
B) We drive to Solčava, and then we follow the signs for Črna na Koroškem. Next follows an ascent on the mountain pass Spodnje Sleme, and from there descent towards Koprivna. Lower, we drive by river Meža and we are still driving in the direction of Črna na Koroškem. When a road branches off to the left into a valley Topla we continue left, further we drive through the valley Topla, where the road makes two hairpin turns, after that a little ahead from climbing area in Topla (climbing area Burjakove peči) we come out of the forest, and we drive to a smaller chapel, which is situated near the homestead Burjak. We park on an appropriate place nearby.

Path description:
At the chapel, we continue right on a side road which over a bridge brings us to the farm Burjak. Structure we bypass on the right side and then starts ascending through meadow. Higher, the path brings us to the next farm, and a little ahead we reach an asphalt road which leads to the near farm Florin. Behind the houses, the asphalt ends, and blazes point us right on a cart track, and by it we notice also signposts for mountain hut Dom na Peci. We continue on at first still panoramic cart track, and then the path passes into the forest. Cart track we soon leave because blazes point us to footpath which higher few more times crosses a cart track. Higher for quite some time, we walk through the forest and we cross old, partly already fallen grazing fence, behind which we step on abandoned mountain pasture Javorje, which is today overgrown with fern. On the mountain pasture, where we again cross the cart track, stands a hunting cottage, and we continue on an overgrown footpath which on the right side bypasses the mentioned cottage. Above cottage we two more times cross the cart track, and then we continue on a footpath which is not overgrown with fern, but high grass. The orientation on this part is quite difficult, and we are ascending mostly upwards and slightly towards the right. On the upper part of overgrown part we notice big wooden blaze, and there path goes right in the forest, where becomes easier to follow. Next follows an ascent through the forest, and after the hovel we again step on a cart track which we few times cross, and higher marked path leads a little left from it. When the path higher brings us to wooden log cabin, which we bypass on the right side and on still quite an overgrown path we ascend to a marked path which starts at mine in Topla and leads towards the mountain hut Dom na Peci.
Well beaten marked path we follow to the right, and it quickly flattens and through a large clearing brings us to a marked crossing.
We continue left in the direction of Mala Peca (straight Dom na Peci and Kordeževa glava past Dom na Peci, right the cave of King Matjaž, both approximately 5 minutes) on the path, on which in few minutes we ascend on an ample peak of Mala Peca.
From Mala Peca we continue right and we start barely noticeably descending. The path ahead bypasses also a hunting observatory, and then with nice views, we moderately descend to path which leads from Dom na Peci towards Kordeževa glava.
We continue over a grassy saddle and we ascend to a marked crossing, from where we continue on the easier right path (left climbing path on Peca). Next follows a diagonal ascent towards the right, and from the path increasingly beautiful views opening up. Further beside the blazes there are quite frequent hiking signposts, which serve also as winter blazes. Above the slopes of Mihelja Peca path turns a little to the left and passes on an indistinct ridge. On the ridge there are taking turns gentle and a little steeper parts, and on a bigger plain from the left joins the climbing path.
We continue on a marked path, which once again a little steeper ascends, and then in a moderate ascent, with a view on near and far peaks, in few minutes of additional walking brings us on Kordeževa glava, the highest peak of Peca.
Burjak - Planina Javorje 1:30, Planina Javorje - Mala Peca 1:00, Mala Peca - Kordeževa glava 1:30.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (April and July).

On the way: Florin (930m), Planina Javorje (1330m), Mala Peca (1731m)

Trip can be extended to: Končnikov vrh , Feistritzer Spitze