Weinebene - Krakaberg (Golica / 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 southern motorway towards Graz. On the mentioned motorway we drive to the town 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 St. Gertraud. In the town 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 at the pass.
B) Over the border crossing Holmec or Vič we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards the town Wolfsberg. From Wolfsberg we continue on a regional road in the direction of the town St. Gertraud. In the town 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 at the pass.
C) First, we drive to Maribor, and then we continue driving on the motorway towards the border crossing Šentilj and further on the Austrian motorway towards Graz. We leave the mentioned motorway at the exit for the town Lipnica / Leibnitz. When we leave the motorway at the roundabout, we continue in the direction of the town Lipnica / Leibnitz and further we drive south of 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 Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. Further, we drive for some time on the main road, and after the village Graschach we turn right in the direction of the town Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. In a roundabout right next to the town 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 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 mountain path branches off slightly to the right, which continues across 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 situated above the ski lifts of the ski area Weinebene)), and a little further also of the peak Moschkogel (1916 m). When we arrive at the slopes of the latter peak, the road starts descending steeper towards the saddle, which is located south of the mentioned peak.
On the saddle, where there is a marked junction, we arrive from Austrian Steiermark to Austrian Kärnten, and we continue straight in the direction of the peak Gr. Speikkogel (here from the left also joins the path which starts a little lower from the pass) and we continue the path on the right western side of the pasture fence (slightly right Gr. Speikkogel - path past the cross Schäferkreuz and hut Großhöllerhütte, right hut Grillitschhütte).
At the sign which marks that we have entered Kärnten we leave the road and continue along the pasture fence at first only gently upwards. Further, the increasingly steep path still leads on the right side of the pasture fence and with ever better views, after approximately half an hour of further walking brings us to the summit and gentle slope of the peak Hühnerstütze (1989 m). Here the path turns slightly 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 the gentle ridge, along which in a few minutes we arrive at the elevation 2005 m. From the mentioned elevation a few minutes' descent follows and the path brings us to a marked junction, where from the left joins the path from the hut Grünangerhütte. We continue straight on the path which first levels out, then starts slightly ascending. A little higher we arrive at the slopes of the peak Seespitz, where the marked path switches to the western slopes of the mentioned peak. A few minutes of traversing follows and the path brings us to a small saddle between the peaks Seespitz and Großer Speikkogel, where there is a marked junction.
We continue straight (here from the right joins the path past the cross Schäferkreuz) and we start to ascend somewhat steeper towards the highest ridge of Golica. Higher, the path levels out and brings us from the slope to the summit ridge, where we continue straight downwards in the direction of the pass Koglereck and the town Labot / Lavamünd (left Kleiner Speikkogel, right Großer Speikkogel). A shorter descent follows, then we reach a small valley, where the path splits once again. Here we go left (right hut Koralpenhaus), after a few steps right on a less trodden unmarked path, which leads to the nearby peak Krakaberg. The path slowly disappears, and we quickly reach the nearby peak, already nicely visible from the ridge.
Weinebene - Hühnerstütze 2:00, Hühnerstütze - Krakaberg 1:10.

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