Weinebene - Seespitz (Koralpe) (via Schäferkreuz)

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 settlement Wolfsberg, where we leave the highway, and when we get to the 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 at the 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 at the 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. 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 the industrial or trading zone, and at the roundabout by the store Hofer we continue "straight" on the second exit in the direction of the settlement 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 settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. In the 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 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 through 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 to the 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 vast 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 gently to moderately ascends on the southeastern slopes of the peak Brandhöhe (1886 m (Brandhöhe is a peak located above the ski 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 starts descending steeper towards the saddle 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 slightly right on a cart track which crosses the slopes to the right (the cart track is unmarked for a short time, as the 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 peak Großer Speikkogel - panoramic path).
For a few minutes we cross the slopes below the peak Hühnerstütze (1989 m), then we arrive at the cross Schäferkreuz, where the previously mentioned path via the hut Grillitschhütte joins us. Here we continue straight and in a few minutes we arrive at the indistinct saddle between Hühnerstütze (1989 m) on the left and the peak Sprungkogel (1868 m) on the right.
On the saddle there is a marked junction, where we continue slightly left towards the peak Großer Speikkogel (straight to hut Großhöllerhütte). We continue the path on a wide cart track, which further crosses a few babbling streams. The gentle cart track, which initially even slightly descends, changes a little higher into a gentle footpath, which continues across panoramic and gentle meadows. A little further, the path to the hut Koralpenhaus also branches off to the right, and we continue straight towards the peak Großer Speikkogel. Further, the marked path turns slightly to the left and starts moderately ascending across a somewhat steeper slope. A short steeper ascent follows, and the path brings us to a small saddle between the peaks Seespitz and Großer Speikkogel.
On the mentioned saddle we reach the marked panoramic path Weinebene - Großer Speikkogel, which we merely cross, and continue the path on the eastern side of the saddle, where we notice the start of an unmarked trail that turns left from the saddle. We continue along and beside the panoramic ridge, along which an initially completely gentle unmarked path runs. After a good 3 minutes of further walking the path passes onto the summit head of the peak Seespitz, along which it starts steeply ascending. We then follow this steep path to the summit, in the middle of which stands a small cross, which we reach after a few minutes of further walking.