Weinebene - Grillitschhütte (Golica/Koralpe)

Access to starting point:
A) Over one of the border crossings with Austria (Korensko sedlo, Karawanks Tunnel, mountain pass Ljubelj, mountain pass Jezerski vrh, mountain pass Pavličev vrh) we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving on the so-called south highway towards Graz / Graz. On the mentioned highway we drive to the settlement Wolfsberg, where we leave the highway, and when we get to an old or regional road we continue driving in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud we notice signs for the Alpine mountain pass Weinebene, which point us to the right on an ascending asphalt road. On the mentioned road, we drive approximately 18 km, and then we get to the mentioned alpine mountain pass, which is situated at an altitude of 1668 m. We park on a large marked parking lot by the mountain pass.
B) Over the border crossing Holmec or Vič we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards the settlement Wolfsberg. From Wolfsberg we continue on a regional road in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud we notice signs for the Alpine mountain pass Weinebene, which point us to the right on an ascending asphalt road. On the mentioned road, we drive approximately 18 km, and then we get to the mentioned alpine mountain pass, which is situated at an altitude of 1668 m. We park on a large marked parking lot by the mountain pass.
C) First, we drive to Maribor, and then we continue driving on the highway towards the border crossing Šentilj and further on the Austrian highway towards Graz / Graz. We leave the mentioned highway at the exit for the settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz. When we leave the highway at the roundabout, we continue in the direction of the settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz and further we drive south from the village Gralla, which is today already some kind of peripheral part of Lipnica. Further, the road leads us past an industrial or commercial zone, and at the roundabout by the Hofer store we continue "straight" on the second exit in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. Further, we for some time drive on the main road, and after the village Graschach we turn right in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. In a roundabout right next to the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, we continue "straight" in the direction of the alpine mountain pass Weinebene. From here on, the road starts ascending steeper, and we follow it approximately 20 km to the already mentioned mountain pass, where we park on an organized parking lot.

Path description:
From the mountain pass Weinebene we continue towards the southwest, where by the mountain hut Weinebenehaus (a little to the side there is also the mountain hut Göslerhütte) mountain signposts for Gr. Speikkogel (Gr. Speikkogel is the highest peak of Golica / Koralpe), Jauksattel / Kleinalp, Grillitschhütte, Großhöllerhütte and Koralpenhaus point us on a gentle macadam road which ascends on a gentle grassy slope. The marked path which continues on the road soon crosses a pasture fence, and it brings us after a few minutes to a small saddle, from which a nice view opens up towards the highest peak of Golica and on peaks north to northeast from the mentioned peak. When the road starts descending, a parallel marked hiking path branches off slightly to the right, which continues through extensive pastures. When the path stops gently descending, it slightly ascends and returns to the road which is already from the very beginning closed to public traffic. Further, the road gently to moderately ascends on the southeastern slopes of the peak Brandhöhe (1886 m (Brandhöhe is a peak which is situated above the ski lifts of the Weinebene ski resort)), and a little further also of the peak Moschkogel (1916 m). When we get to the slopes of the latter peak, the road starts descending steeper towards the saddle, which is located south from the mentioned peak.
On the saddle, where there is a marked junction we arrive from Austrian Steiermark to Austrian Kärnten, and we continue right (straight Gr. Speikkogel - panoramic path, slightly right Gr. Speikkogel - path past the cross Schäferkreuz and mountain hut Großhöllerhütte) on the road which starts descending towards the nearby mountain hut Grillitschhütte. A little lower the road turns sharply to the left, and after a few dozen steps of additional walking it brings us to the hut Grillitschhütte.