Plajberški graben / Bleiberger Graben - Rabenberg

Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria, and on the mountain pass Mali Ljubelj we continue left in the direction towards the valley Poden / Bodental. Next follows some ascent, and then we get to the settlement Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg, and a little after the mentioned settlement road turns left. In the middle of the turn to the left we continue right on a side road in the direction of the settlement Strugarje / Strugarjach. Further, we drive through Plajberški graben - Bleiberger Graben, and we follow the road to a crossroad, where at an interesting religious symbol the road branches off to the right in the direction of saddle Vranjica / Orienzasattel and hill Psinski vrh / Sinacher Gupf. We park on an appropriate place near the crossroad.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the right road in the direction of Psinski vrh / Sinacher Gupf and saddle Vranjica / Orienzasattel (straight Strugarje / Strugarjach). We at first walk on a gently sloping road which leads us past individual homesteads, and then after the homestead Vranjšnjak / Oreinschnak an asphalt ends, and the path leads by the edge of the pasture. Higher, the road passes into a dense forest and in a moderate ascent brings us to a crossing on the saddle Vranjica, where at the first crossing we continue slightly right in the direction of Žingarica / Singerberg (left Psinski vrh), and on the second only few 10 strides distant crossing once again right in the same direction (straight Št. Janž v Rožu / St. Johan im Rosental and Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental).
Next follows a diagonal ascent towards the left, where we are ascending on the slopes of the peak Rabenberg, and at the crossings we follow wider or marked road. Higher, on an area named Velika ravna the road for some time flattens, and then it ascends diagonally to a saddle Albink, where there is a marked crossing.
From the crossing on the saddle Albnik we continue sharply right on an unmarked road (left Žingarica, straight Slovenji Plajberk), on which we are for some time moderately ascending, and then the road from which occasionally views opening up mainly towards the north, flattens. In the last part, we follow the road gentle to its end from where we continue left and in few steps we ascend to the highest point of the peak Rabenberg.
The starting point - saddle Vranjica 0:30, saddle Vranjica - saddle Albink 0:50, saddle Albink - Rabenberg 0:25.
Description and pictures refer on condition in the year 2019 (December).

On the way: Sedlo Vranjica / Orienzasattel (1122m), Albnik / Halbingsattel (1360m)