Weinebene - Seespitz (Koralpe) (panoramic path)

Access to starting point:
A) Via one of the border crossings with Austria (Korensko sedlo, Karawanks Tunnel, mountain pass Ljubelj, mountain pass Jezerski vrh, mountain pass Pavličev vrh), we drive into Austria, then continue driving on the so-called southern motorway towards Graz. Along the mentioned motorway, we drive to the town of Wolfsberg, where we leave the motorway, then, upon reaching the old or regional road, continue driving towards the town of St. Gertraud. In the town of St. Gertraud, we notice signs for the Alpine pass Weinebene, which direct us right onto an ascending asphalt road. Along the mentioned road, we drive approximately 18 km, then arrive at the mentioned Alpine pass, which is located at an elevation of 1668 m. We park on a large marked parking lot at the pass.
B) Via the border crossing Holmec or Vič, we drive into Austria, then continue driving towards the town of Wolfsberg. From Wolfsberg, we continue along the regional road towards the town of St. Gertraud. In the town of St. Gertraud, we notice signs for the Alpine pass Weinebene, which direct us right onto an ascending asphalt road. Along the mentioned road, we drive approximately 18 km, then arrive at the mentioned Alpine pass, which is located at an elevation of 1668 m. We park on a large marked parking lot at the pass.
C) First, we drive to Maribor, then continue along the motorway towards the border crossing Šentilj and further along the Austrian motorway towards Graz. We leave the mentioned motorway at the exit for Lipnica / Leibnitz. When exiting the motorway at the roundabout, we continue towards Lipnica / Leibnitz and then drive south of the village Gralla, which is today already a peripheral part of Lipnica. Further on, the road takes us past the industrial or commercial zone, and at the roundabout by the Hofer store, we continue "straight" onto the second exit towards Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. Further, we drive along the main road for a while, then turn right after the village Graschach towards Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. At the roundabout in the immediate vicinity of Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, we continue "straight" towards the Alpine pass Weinebene. From here, the road begins to ascend more steeply, and we follow it for approximately 20 km to the aforementioned pass, where we park on the arranged parking lot.

Path description:
From the Weinebene pass we continue towards the southwest, where by the Weinebenehaus hut (a little off to the side there is also the Göslerhütte hut) the mountain signposts for Gr. Speikkogel (Gr. Speikkogel is the highest peak of Golica / Koralpe), Jauksattel / Kleinalp, Grillitschhütte, Großhöllerhütte and Koralpenhaus direct us onto a gentle gravel road that ascends across a gentle grassy slope. The marked path, which continues along the road, soon crosses a pasture fence, which after a few minutes brings us to a small saddle, from which a nice view opens towards the highest peak of Golica and the peaks north to northeast of the mentioned peak. When the road begins to descend, a parallel marked hiking path branches off slightly to the right, which continues across extensive pastures. When the path stops descending gently, it ascends slightly and returns to the road, which has been closed to public traffic from the very beginning. Further on, the road ascends gently to moderately along the southeastern slopes of the peak Brandhöhe (1886 m (Brandhöhe is the peak located above the drag lifts of the Weinebene ski area)), and a little further also of the peak Moschkogel (1916 m). When we arrive at the slopes of the latter peak, the road begins to descend more steeply towards the saddle 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 towards the peak Gr. Speikkogel and continue the path along the right western side of the pasture fence (slightly right Gr. Speikkogel - path past the Schäferkreuz cross and Großhöllerhütte hut, right Grillitschhütte hut).
At the sign indicating that we have entered Kärnten, we leave the road and continue along the pasture fence initially only gently uphill. Further on, the increasingly steep path still leads along 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 ascends gently along the edge of an indistinct ridge. A few minutes higher, we reach the mentioned peak, from which a nice view opens.
From the indistinct peak we continue along the gentle ridge, along which in a few minutes we arrive at the elevation point of 2005 m. From the mentioned point, a few-minute descent follows, 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 along the path, which first levels out, then begins to ascend gently. A little higher, we arrive at the slopes of the peak Seespitz, where the marked path transitions to the western slopes of the mentioned peak.
Here at a suitable spot, we leave the marked path and ascend via easier pathless terrain or a faint trail in a few minutes to the summit, in the middle of which stands a small metal cross.

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