Weinebene - Handalm

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 south highway towards Gradec / Graz. On the mentioned highway we drive to the settlement Wolfsberg, where we leave the highway, and when we get to an old or regional road we continue driving in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud we notice signs for Alpine mountain 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 mountain pass, which is situated at an altitude 1668 meters. We park on a large marked parking lot by the mountain pass.
B) Over the border crossing Holmec or Vič we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards the settlement Wolfsberg. From Wolfsberg we continue on a regional road in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud we notice signs for Alpine mountain 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 mountain pass, which is situated at an altitude 1668 meters. We park on a large marked parking lot by the mountain pass.
C) First, we drive to Maribor, and then we continue driving on the highway towards the border crossing Šentilj and ahead on Austrian highway towards Gradec / Graz. We leave the mentioned highway at exit for settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz. When we leave the highway at the roundabout, we continue in the direction of the settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz and further we drive south from the village Gralla, which is today already some kind of peripheral part of Lipnica. Further, the road leads us past industrial zone, and at the roundabout by store Hofer we continue "straight" on the second exit in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. Further, we for some time drive on the main road, and after the village Graschach we turn right in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. In a roundabout right next to the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, we continue "straight" in the direction of the alpine mountain pass Weinebene. From here on, the road starts ascending steeper, and we follow it approximately 20 km to the already mentioned mountain pass, where we park on a settled parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot on the mountain pass Weinebene we go on a marked footpath which from the mountain pass continues towards the north. The path at first leads on gentle pasture, and then past the chapel gradually leads into a thin forest. When we step into the forest, the path becomes a little steeper, and it brings us to a marked crossing, where we continue left (right Mörtlkreuz, Parfurßvit, Deutschlandsberg (in Slovene Lonč), Handalmkreuz, Poschalmkreuz and Osterwitz) on the path which starts ascending steeper through a thinner forest. Higher, the path becomes even steeper and it leads us by a wire fence. After few minutes of a steep ascent, the path flattens, turns to the left and crosses the fence. We short time still continue by the grazing fence, and then we leave the marked path which continues towards the neighbouring summit Weberkogel and on easier pathless terrain we ascend on the nearby peak, which we reach without any bigger problems in less than 3 minutes of additional walking.