Rudnik v Topli - Dom na Peci

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Črna na Koroškem (to here from Ravne na Koroškem or from Šoštanj through the Spodnje Sleme pass), and then we continue driving towards Koprivna. Further on, we ascend along the Meža River, and we drive alongside it to the crossroads, where the road into the Topla Valley branches off to the right. The path ahead leads us along the Topla stream, and we drive on the ascending road to the parking lot by the entrance to the mine in Topla.
B) We drive to Luče (to here from Mozirje or from Kamnik over the Volovljek pass (Kranjski Rak)), and then we continue driving towards Logarska dolina. In the village Solčava we leave the main road towards Logarska dolina and continue driving right in the direction of Podolševa, Spodnje Sleme pass and Črna na Koroškem. Further the road loses its asphalt surface, and after a few kilometers at the crossroads in Podolševa we turn right towards Črna na Koroškem. The road, which further mostly ascends transversely, brings us after some time to the Spodnje Sleme pass. From the pass the road starts descending, and we follow it in the direction of Črna na Koroškem. When after a few kilometers we descend into the valley, at the crossroads we turn right towards Črna na Koroškem (left Koprivna). We descend along the main road only briefly, and then the signs for Topla Valley direct us left onto the ascending road. The path ahead leads us along the Topla stream, and we drive on the ascending road to the parking lot by the entrance to the mine in Topla.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, we arrive at a junction of two rougher macadam roads, where we turn sharply left in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Peci. Further the road crosses a clearing above the parking lot and only a little higher brings us to the next junction, where we continue right (left entrance to the mine - 5 minutes). The path ahead leads us on the road which gradually changes into a cart track, and it brings us a little further to the next marked junction.
We continue on the lower wider cart track (slightly left Knipsovo sedlo), which further crosses a pasture fence and behind it brings us to a trough with water. The path ahead crosses a partly panoramic meadow, behind which it enters the forest and starts to ascend more steeply. Higher, the path leads us across a gully, behind it it starts ascending through the grass-covered forest. A little higher we arrive at the spot, where a sign »novo trasirana pot« directs us left into the steep slope (old path is closed because of a landslide which prevents safe passage). For a short time we ascend steeply, and then the path brings us to the aforementioned landslide, which we reach higher than the old path. Also on the new path route the passage is somewhat awkward and dangerous for slipping. On the other side of the landslide slope the path again starts to ascend steeply and further returns to the renovated old path. The path ahead in moderate ascent crosses the slopes towards the east, and we walk along it to the junction at the hunting hut (we notice the hunting hut on the right side, and it is somewhat off the path).
From the junction we continue in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Peci, and the path after a few minutes brings us to the next junction.
Here we continue directly to the mountain hut Dom na Peci, to which we have only a few minutes of walking left, or we can continue right to the King Matjaž Cave, to which we have approximately 5 minutes of walking. If we continue past the cave the path is approximately 10 minutes longer.

On the way: Votlina Kralja Matjaža (1670m)

Trip can be extended to: Mala Peca ( 10 min) , Končnikov vrh , Feistritzer Spitze , Petzen (Kordeschkopf) (Peca (Kordeževa glava))