Rebrca / Rechberg - Stara gora / Altberg (via Bukovnik)

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 Jeriše / Jerischach, and after the settlement at the crossroad we turn right in the direction of the settlement Podkraj / Unterort (left Goriče Goritschach). At the smaller crossroad in the middle of Podkraj we continue left and then we start ascending to a smaller saddle, by which there are a crossroad and chapel. We park on an appropriate place behind the chapel.
B) Over the border crossing Jezerski vrh we drive to Austria, and after Železna Kapla we continue slightly left on the road in the direction of village Rebrca / Rechberg. On the road, we then quickly ascend into the mentioned village, at the crossroad in the middle of the village we continue left. The road on which we continue leads us towards the settlement Podkraj / Unterort, and then still before the road starts descending towards the mentioned settlement, we get to the chapel, in front of which we park on an appropriate place by the road.
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 there we don't drive long, because signs for Podkraj / Unterort point us to the left on a little narrower road. At the smaller crossroad in the middle of Podkraj we continue left and then we start ascending to a smaller saddle, by which there are a crossroad and chapel. We park on an appropriate place behind the chapel.

Path description:
From the crossroad at the chapel, we go on the road in the direction of the settlement Suha / Zauchen, or house numbers 16,17,18, 50, 54, 63 and 69, and by the crossroad there are also signs for Obir. The road at first leads through the forest and then it brings us out of the forest, and we follow the road practically to its end at homestead Bukovnik / Bukownik. Behind the last house, we continue over a grazing fence, and then the cart track brings us into the forest. Through the forest, we are ascending on a cart track (cart track has higher few poorly marked shortcuts), and we walk there to the saddle between Rokov vrh / Rochus Berg on the left and Stara gora / Altberg on the right.
From the saddle, where there is an older chapel we continue right (left Rokov vrh, straight Setzhube) in the direction of Obir and Stara gora (signs for the mentioned mountains are very old).
And until now still relatively easy to follow path further becomes more overgrown, and soon it also splits. In direction of straight continues more overgrown marked path towards Obir, and we continue right on less overgrown, but further unmarked path which leads on Stara gora. Even though the path further isn't marked with blazes, occasionally we can notice some marks in form of Austrian blazes, only that the colors are different, namely white, black and once again white, and most of the time we can also notice signs with fluorescent spray.
From the crossing ahead, the path passes into the forest and starts ascending steeper. On parts quite overgrown, but mostly relatively easy to follow path higher reaches the cart track, where it flattens, and we soon leave the cart track, after that for a short time, we continue parallel with the cart track. A little further, we for some time touch cart track, and the path then again becomes steeper. Further, we are ascending a little left from the ridge and gradually we get closer to a forest road, on which we don't step. The path soon returns on the ridge and then continues a little to the left from the ridge, on some sort of old, partly overgrown clearing. Next follows a steep ascent, and when higher we get closer to a cliff, the path for some time turns a little to the left. Above the cliff by the path, we notice a large crack, and we continue on the right side of the crack, and after the crack path turns left and again gets closer to a forest road. Next follows a little less steep ascent, on still followable, but occasionally overgrown path. Higher, we once again get closer to the road, and from the ridge path occasionally a view opens up a little. A little further by the path, we notice natural window with vertical entrance, and the path a little higher flattens and it brings us on a smaller clearing with a salt lick. At the salt lick for the last time we get closer to the road, and then we follow the ridge path, which runs through the forest all the way to the top of Stara gora.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2017 (August and September).

On the way: Setzhube (805m)