Zauchen - Hochobir (Ojstrc) (via Kunetov graben)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Kranj - east and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jezersko. From Zgornje Jezersko we continue driving through alpine mountain pass Jezerski vrh to Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel and ahead through the valley of river Bela to the settlement Suha / Zauchen. Here at the crossroad after the bus stop we turn left on an narrow local road, by which few 10 meters higher we park.
B) From Štajerska we at first drive to Mozirje, and then we continue driving towards the valley Logarska dolina and later towards the saddle Pavličevo sedlo. From the saddle Pavličevo sedlo we descend into Bela / Bad Vellach, and then we continue driving towards Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel and ahead through the valley of river Bela to the settlement Suha / Zauchen. Here at the crossroad after the bus stop we turn left on an narrow local road, by which few 10 meters higher we park.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road by which we've parked, and after the hamlet it loses an asphalt covering. For some time we still continue on a relatively wide road, and then in the middle of the right zig zag we notice signs for "Hochobir", which point us to the left on a bad abandoned macadam road. We continue on the mentioned road which is moderately ascending through the valley of Kunetov graben. The path on which we are ascending is on many spots exposed to falling stones, and in the winter time to avalanches. Higher, the road goes a little away from a riverbed of the stream and if we will pay attention, we will on the left side of the road notice a walled "entrance" into the mine (the real entrance is on the other side of the hill). A little further from the mine path returns towards a riverbed of the stream and then the road widens and it brings us to the marked crossroad, where we continue left (right mountain pasture Grabštajnska planina). We continue on the road, from which a first a view opens up on Ojstrc, and only a little higher it brings us to the next crossroad, by which we notice a hunting observatory. Here we continue right and we follow the road only few steps, and then blazes point us to the left in the forest on a marked footpath which starts moderately ascending through the forest. Higher, the path leads us through a clearing, above it, it returns into the forest and then joins a worse forest road which we follow to the right. On the mentioned road, we walk only few meters and then we continue left on a footpath which starts at first moderately, after that steeply ascending through the forest. Higher, the path flattens and out of the forest brings us on the mountain pasture Zgornja Šefnarca. We walk through the mentioned mountain pasture and the path brings us on the road, where from the left joins the path through Božičev graben.
We continue on a marked cart track in the direction of "Eisenkappler Hütte", and after few minutes of additional walking brings us on a panoramic saddle Počula, by the edge of which stands a chapel.
Right from the chapel, the path goes into the forest and starts moderately to steeply ascending. After few minutes, the steepness decreases and the path brings us on a grazing area of the mountain pasture Na jezercah. Here we continue a little towards the right, and then when a view opens up also towards Košuta, the path starts moderately descending on a wide cart track. After few minutes of descent, we get to Kapelška koča / Eisenkappler Hütte.
From the mountain hut, we continue on a marked path in the direction of the summit Ojstrc / Hochobir. The path soon above the mountain hut goes into the forest, through which it is then for some time ascending. Higher, the path, by which we notice a larger number of learning signposts flattens and out of the forest brings us into a lane of dwarf pines. Next follows few minutes of easy walking and the path brings us to benches on panoramic summit Kraguljše.
From Kraguljše, from which a nice view opens up on Ojstrc, the path at first slightly descends, and then past a smaller watering place for animals brings us on an ample ridge. When we step on the ridge, wide marked path turns to the left and then it is ascending diagonally towards the left. After a short ascent, we get to a saddle "Kalte Quelle", and the path is then for some time ascending diagonally towards the left. Higher, the path turns right and by the edge smaller valley ascends to the ruins of former mountain hut at an altitude 2040 meters (Rainer Schutzhaus). The path ahead ascends on a smaller saddle in the main ridge of Obir, where from the left joins the path from the saddle Šajda / Zell - Schaida, and we continue right and on and by more and more panoramic ridge, which is mainly in snow dangerous for slipping and we ascend to 2139 meters high peak.

On the way: Planina Zgornja Šefnarca (1415m), Počula (1461m), Na Jezercah (1580m), Eisenkappler Hutte (1553m), Kraguljše (1828m), Rainer Schutz Hütte (2040m)