Weinebene - Weberkogel

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 / Gradec. 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 at 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 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 / Gradec. We leave the mentioned motorway at the exit for the town of Lipnica / Leibnitz. When we exit the motorway into the roundabout we continue in the direction of the town of 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 Hofer store we continue "straight" on the second exit in the direction of the town of Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. Further, we drive on the main road for some time, and then after the village Graschach we turn right in the direction of the town of Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. In the 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 to ascend more steeply, and we follow it approximately 20 km to the already mentioned pass, where we park on a well-maintained parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the Weinebene pass we head onto the marked footpath that continues from the pass towards the north. The path first leads us across a gentle pasture, then gradually past a chapel into a sparse forest. When we enter the forest, the path becomes somewhat steeper, and it leads us to a marked junction, where we continue left (right: Mörtlkreuz, Parfurßvit, Deutschlandsberg (in Slovene: Lonč), Handalmkreuz, Poschalmkreuz and Osterwitz) on the path that begins to ascend more steeply through increasingly sparse forest. Higher up, the path becomes even a bit steeper and leads us along a wire fence. After a few minutes of steep ascent, the path flattens, turns left and crosses the fence. We continue along the fence, and the path leads right below the summit of the nearby peak Handalm. Further on, the very scenic path descends gently, then levels out completely for a while. A slight ascent follows, along with crossing the fence, and the path brings us to the indistinct summit of Weberkogel. We notice a cairn with a small "cross" a few meters to the left of the path.