Weinebene - Großer Speikkogel (Koralpe) (panoramic path)

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. On the mentioned highway we drive to the place Wolfsberg, where we leave the highway, and when we get to the old or regional road we continue driving in the direction of the place St. Gertraud. In the place St. Gertraud we notice signs for the alpine 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 pass, which is situated at an altitude of 1668 m. We park on a large marked parking lot by the pass.
B) Over the border crossing Holmec or Vič we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards the place Wolfsberg. From Wolfsberg we continue on a regional road in the direction of the place St. Gertraud. In the place St. Gertraud we notice signs for the alpine 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 pass, which is situated at an altitude of 1668 m. We park on a large marked parking lot by the pass.
C) First, we drive to Maribor, and then we continue driving on the highway towards the border crossing Šentilj and ahead on Austrian highway towards Graz. We leave the mentioned highway at the exit for the place Lipnica / Leibnitz. When we leave the highway at the roundabout, we continue in the direction of the place 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 the industrial or commercial zone, and at the roundabout by the Hofer store we continue "straight" on the second exit in the direction of the place 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 place Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. In a roundabout right next to the place Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, we continue "straight" in the direction of the alpine pass Weinebene. From here on, the road starts ascending steeper, and we follow it approximately 20 km to the already mentioned pass, where we park on an arranged parking lot.

Path description:
From the pass Weinebene we continue towards the southwest, where by the mountain hut Weinebenehaus (a little away 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 over a gentle grassy slope. The marked path which continues on the road soon crosses a grazing fence, which after a few minutes brings us 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 to descend, 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 has been closed to public traffic from the very beginning. Further, the road ascends gently to moderately on the southeastern slopes of the peak Brandhöhe (1886 m (Brandhöhe is a peak situated above the ski lifts of the Weinebene ski area)), and a little further also of the peak Moschkogel (1916 m). When we get to the slopes of the latter peak, the road starts to descend more steeply towards the saddle, which is located south of the mentioned peak.
On the saddle, where there is a marked junction, we arrive from Austrian Styria / Steiermark to Austrian Carinthia / Kärnten, and we continue straight in the direction of the peak Gr. Speikkogel and continue the path on the right western side of the grazing fence (slightly right Gr. Speikkogel - path past the cross Schäferkreuz and hut Großhöllerhütte, right hut Grillitschhütte).
At the sign indicating that we have entered Carinthia we leave the road and continue along the grazing fence at first only gently upwards. Further, an increasingly steep path still leads on the right side of the grazing fence and with increasingly beautiful views after approximately half an hour of additional walking brings us to the summit and gentle slope of the peak Hühnerstütze (1989 m). Here the path turns a little to the right and then gently ascends along the edge of an indistinct ridge. A few minutes higher we reach the mentioned peak, from which a nice view opens up.
From the indistinct peak we continue along a gentle ridge, along which in a few minutes we arrive at the elevation point 2005 m. From the mentioned point follows a few-minute descent and the path brings us to a marked junction, where the path from the hamlet Glashütten (1274 m) joins from the left. We continue straight on the path which first levels out, then starts to ascend slightly. A little higher we arrive at the slopes of the peak Seespitz, where the marked path passes to the western slopes of the mentioned peak. A few minutes of traversing follow and the path brings us to a small saddle between the peaks Seespitz and Großer Speikkogel, where there is a marked junction.
Here we continue straight and start to ascend somewhat more steeply towards the highest peak of Golica. Higher, the path levels out and brings us from the slopes to the summit ridge, where we continue to the right. From here only a few minutes of walking remain and the path brings us to the cross, which is located on the summit of Großer Speikkogel.

On the way: Hühnerstütze (Golica/Koralpe) (1989m)

Trip can be extended to: Seespitz (Koralpe)