Podkanja vas / Wildenstein - Hochobir (Ojstrc)

Access to starting point:
A) Over the border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria, and then in the settlement Podljubelj / Unterloibl we turn right in the direction of store Hofer. When we get to Borovlje / Ferlach, at the crossroad a little behind the railway track we turn left (right from the crossroad there is store Eurospar), and at the next crossroad after few 100 meters right in the direction of Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. Towards Železna Kapla we drive to the settlement Podkanja vas / Wildenstein, where signs for waterfall Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall point us to the right. Next follows some of the ascent on a little narrower road, and then we get to well-settled parking lot (by the starting point are situated also the guesthouse and museum).
B) Over the border crossing Jezerski vrh we drive to Austria, and after Železna Kapla we continue left towards Celovec / Klagenfurt and Borovlje / Ferlach. Further, we drive on the main road towards Borovlje, and we drive to the settlement Podkanja vas / Wildenstein, where signs for waterfall Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall point us to the left. Next follows some of the ascent on a little narrower road, and then we get to well-settled parking lot (by the starting point are situated also the guesthouse and museum).
C) We drive into Podjuna, and then we follow the signs for Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. After the settlement Miklavčevo / Miklauzhof, we leave the road towards Železna Kapla and we continue right in the direction towards Celovec / Klagenfurt and Borovlje / Ferlach. Further, we drive on the main road towards Borovlje, and we drive to the settlement Podkanja vas / Wildenstein, where signs for waterfall Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall point us to the left. Next follows some of the ascent on a little narrower road, and then we get to well-settled parking lot (by the starting point are situated also the guesthouse and museum).

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a wide tourist path in the direction towards the waterfall Podkanjski slap and Obir. At first, we ascend in few hairpin turns, and after a short panoramic part, the path passes into the forest and narrows a little. After few minutes of additional walking from the wide path to the right, a marked path branches off on Obir, and we continue straight and after a minute of additional walking, we get to a settled viewpoint on waterfall Podkanjski slap.
From the viewpoint, we return to the last crossing, and then we continue on a marked path towards Obir. From the spot, where we leave a wide tourist path, we start steeply ascending, and on steeper spots we get with help from stairs and in some parts steel cables (in dry undemanding). After few minutes steepness of the slope decreases and the path turns right, where at first crosses a cart track, and a little further brings us to a forest road which we follow to the left. We walk on the road to the right turn, at the beginning of which in the direction of straight continues a marked footpath. Further, we few times cross the forest road, on which occasionally runs the path. Next follows a little longer ascent through the forest, where on a smaller plain we get to a marked crossing.
From the crossing, we continue on the left path (right mountain pasture Jagovčeva planina, and from there possible ascent on Mali Obir, or descent to Borovnica dammed lake), which continues through a small valley, a little higher we return on the road which we follow to the left and then we quickly get to an abandoned mountain pasture Hofovška planina.
Above the mountain pasture we finally leave the road, and we are further ascending on an increasingly steep path. Higher, we reach a forested ridge, where from the left joins the path from the village Reberca / Reehberg.
We continue right on a quite gently sloping path, which a little ahead crosses a grazing fence, and then on an ample pastures it starts vanishing. Through the pasture we carefully follow otherwise rare signs, and when we return into the forest, we join a better beaten path which leads from or past the mountain hut Kapelška koča / Eisenkappler Hütte.
We continue in the direction of Obir and in few hairpin turns we ascend above the treeline. Next follows some easy walking and the path brings us on an indistinct peak Kraguljše, from where a beautiful view opens up.
Further gently sloping path at first leads past a smaller swamp, and then gradually starts moderately ascending. Higher, the path becomes a little steeper and with nice views on surrounding mountains and valleys brings us to the ruins of former mountain hut Rainer Schutz Hütte, which is situated at 2040 meters. From the ruins we in few minutes ascend on the main ridge of Obir, where we continue right (left Kravji vrh and saddle Šajda). Next follows the ascent a little right from the ridge and we stick to a marked path and we don't walk on shortcuts, that is also pointed out by the caption in German language. A moderately steep path, then in few minutes of additional walking brings us on Ojstrc, the highest peak of Obir.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2017 (August).

On the way: Podkanjski slap / Wildensteiner Wasserfall (640m), Hofovška planina / Hoffmansalpe (1335m), Kraguljše (1828m), Rainer Schutz Hütte (2040m)