Weinebene - Großhöllerhütte (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 southern motorway towards Graz. On the mentioned motorway we drive to the town of Wolfsberg, where we leave the motorway, and when we get to the old or regional road we continue driving in the direction of the town of St. Gertraud. In the town of 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 town of Wolfsberg. From Wolfsberg we continue on a regional road in the direction of the town of St. Gertraud. In the town of 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 motorway towards the border crossing Šentilj and ahead on the Austrian motorway towards Graz. We leave the mentioned motorway at the exit for the town of Lipnica / Leibnitz. When we leave the motorway at the roundabout, we continue in the direction of the town of 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 store Hofer we continue "straight" on the second exit in the direction of the town of 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 town of Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. In a roundabout right next to the town of 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 near the hut Weinebenehaus (a little away there is also the 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 pasture 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 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 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 descending steeper towards the saddle, which is located south from the mentioned summit.
On the saddle, where there is a marked junction we arrive from Austrian Steiermark to Austrian Kärnten, and we continue slightly right on a cart track which crosses slopes towards the right (cart track for a short time is not marked, because marked path leads right to the nearby hut Grillitschhütte and from there back to the cart track, the path straight along the fence continues towards the summit Großer Speikkogel - panoramic path).
For a few minutes we cross slopes below the summit Hühnerstütze (1989 m), and then we get to the cross Schäferkreuz, where the already mentioned path past the hut Grillitschhütte joins us. Here we continue straight and in a few minutes we get to an indistinct saddle between Hühnerstütze (1989 m) on the left and the summit Sprungkogel (1868 m) on the right. Here the marked path which continues towards the highest peak of Golica turns slightly to the left, and we continue straight across the pasture fence and continue the path on a poor road. A few more minutes of walking follow and the path brings us to the mountain hut Großhöllerhütte.

Trip can be extended to: Seespitz (Koralpe) , Großer Speikkogel (Koralpe)