Weinebene - Seespitz (Koralpe) (via Schäferkreuz)

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 mountain pass Weinebene we continue towards the southwest, where by the mountain hut Weinebenehaus (a little away there is also the mountain hut Göslerhütte) mountain signposts for Gr. Speikkogel (Gr. Speikkogel is the highest peak of Koralpe), Jauksattel / Kleinalp, Grillitschhütte, Großhöllerhütte and Koralpenhaus point us on a gentle macadam road which ascends on a gentle grassy slope. The marked path which continues on the road soon crosses a grazing fence, and after few minutes it brings us on a small saddle, from which a nice view opens up towards the highest peak of Koralpe and on peaks north to northeast from the mentioned peak. When the road starts descending, parallel marked path branches off slightly to the right, which continues through an ample pastures. When the path stops gently descending, it slightly ascends and returns on the road which is already from the very beginning closed for public traffic. Further, the road is gently to moderately ascending on the southeastern slopes of the peak Brandhöhe (1886 meters (Brandhöhe is a peak, which is situated above the ski lift of a ski slope Weinebene)), and a little further also of the peak Moschkogel (1916 meters). When we get to the slopes of the latter peak, the road starts descending steeper towards the saddle, which is located south from the mentioned summit.
On the saddle, where there is a marked crossing we get from Steiermark to Kärnten, and we continue slightly right on a cart track which crosses slopes towards the right (cart track for a short time isn't marked, because marked path leads right to the nearby mountain hut Grillitschhütte and from there back on a cart track, the path straight by the fence continues towards the summit Großer Speikkogel - panoramic path).
Few minutes we cross slopes below the summit Hühnerstütze (1989 meters), and then we get to a cross Schäferkreuz, where already mentioned path past the mountain hut Grillitschhütte joins. Here we continue straight and in few minutes we get to an indistinct saddle between Hühnerstütze (1989 meters) on the left and the peak Sprungkogel (1868 meters) on the right.
On the saddle is a marked crossing, where we continue slightly left in the direction of the summit Großer Speikkogel (straight mountain hut Großhöllerhütte). We continue on a wide cart track which further crosses few trickling streams. A gently sloping cart track which is at first even slightly descending, a little higher turns into a gentle footpath which continues through panoramic and gentle meadows. A little further also the path towards the mountain hut Koralpenhaus branches off to the right, and we continue straight in the direction of the summit Großer Speikkogel. Further, the marked path turns a little to the left and starts moderately ascending on a little steeper slope. Next follows a short steeper ascent and the path brings us on a small saddle between the peaks Seespitz and Großer Speikkogel.
On the mentioned saddle we reach the marked panoramic path Weinebene - Großer Speikkogel, and we only cross it and we continue on the eastern side of the saddle, where we notice the beginning of unmarked footpath which from the saddle turns to the left. We continue on and by a panoramic ridge, on which runs at first very gentle unmarked path. After a good 3 minutes of additional walking, the path passes on the upper head of the peak Seespitz, on which it starts ascending steeply. This steep path we then follow to the peak, in the middle of which stands a smaller cross, and we reach it after few minutes of additional walking.