Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental - Rabenberg

Access to starting point:
A) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we drive on the highway towards Beljaku, which we leave on the first exit. From the point, when we left the highway, we follow the signs for Šentjakob v Rožu / Sankt Jakob im Rosental. When we get to the mentioned settlement we drive on the main road also past Podgorje / Maria Elend and settlement Sveče / Suetschach to the settlement Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental, where after the stores Billa and Penny we turn right in the direction of the settlement Sine / Sinach. Because by the crossroad there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers, we drive a little further and then we park on an appropriate place by the road.
B) Through a border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria, where on the main road towards Celovec / Klagenfurt am Wörtersee we drive to the second roundabout, from where we continue driving in the direction of exit Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental (main road towards Celovec we leave before we cross a river Drau). In Bistrica v Rožu, at car dealership Peugeot, we turn left on a side road in the direction towards dentist (on a sign Zahnartz, signs for village Sine / Sinach are only from the opposite direction). Because by the crossroad there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers, we drive a little further and then we park on an appropriate place by the road.
C) From Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec we drive to Ravne na Koroškem, and then we continue driving in the direction of border crossing Holmec. When we drive in Austria at first we drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, and then we follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz and ahead Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel, Borovlje / Ferlach. Behind Borovlje at the roundabout, we join the road through the border crossing Ljubelj. Here in first roundabout we continue in the direction of Celovec / Klagenfurt, in the second in the direction of Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental. In Bistrica v Rožu, at car dealership Peugeot, we turn left on a side road in the direction towards dentist (on a sign Zahnartz, signs for village Sine / Sinach are only from the opposite direction). Because by the crossroad there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers, we drive a little further and then we park on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From Bistrica v Rožu / Feistritz im Rosental we continue on the asphalt road, on which we are ascending towards the village Sine / Sinach. During the ascent on the road for some time a nice view opens up on Bistrica dammed lake / Feistritzer Stausee, and a little ahead we get to a cross Olipcov križ, where the path first time splits.
We continue straight (possible also left, because paths quickly join) and on a gently sloping asphalt road we quickly get to the next marked crossing, and from which we go left (right western path on Psinski vrh / Sinacher Gupf ) in the direction of Psinski vrh and saddle Vranjica / Oreinzsattel. To asphalt road from the left quickly joins already mentioned path, which branched off at the cross Olipcov križ, and we continue past few houses. At the last house, where from the left joins the path from the settlement Šentjanž v Rožu / St. Johann im Rosental asphalt ends, and we continue right on a macadam road in the direction of Psinski vrh over saddle Vranjica. We some time walk on the macadam road which at the crossings we follow in the direction of the blazes, and a little further we go from the road slightly right on a marked path, which in the forest because of loading logs vanishes. When the forest ends, we continue on a clearing (also on this part, the footpath is hard to follow), and when we reach the cart track we continue right to the entrance into the forest, where again blazes show up. Further, we walk on rarely visited path, which at first runs on a cart track through the forest, and later for some time runs through a shorter swampy part. An overgrown path after that returns into the forest and for some time it steeply ascends. The path full of barriers, mainly branches and fallen trees, then passes on a steep slope, where we cross towards the left, and follows also a crossing of a torrent stream. On the other side of the stream, for a short time, we can still follow the footpath, and then we get to a larger clearing, where at first we climb over few fallen trees, and after the fallen trees the footpath almost entirely vanishes. Through the clearing, we continue diagonally towards the left, and when we reach the spot, where the slope steeply descends towards the second torrent, we continue right upwards. Here, the footpath appears again, and we notice also few blazes. When the path returns into the forest, we step on a cart track, on which we continue the ascent. Cart track quickly flattens, and at the nearby marked crossroad it changes into a forest road.
We continue right in the direction of Psinski vrh (left Šentjanž v Rožu) and we continue through a small valley, where we quickly get to the first crossing on the saddle Vranjica.
Here we go left in the direction of Žingarica / Singerberg (if we continue straight then at the second crossing on the saddle Vranjica we can ascend on Psinski vrh) and start ascending diagonally on a macadam road. Next follows a diagonal ascent towards the left, where we are ascending on the slopes of the peak Rabenberg, and at the crossings we follow wider or marked road. Higher, on an area named Velika ravna the road for some time flattens, and then it ascends diagonally to a saddle Albink, where there is a marked crossing.
From the crossing on the saddle Albnik we continue sharply right on an unmarked road (left Žingarica, straight Slovenji Plajberk), on which we are for some time moderately ascending, and then the road from which occasionally views opening up mainly towards the north, flattens. In the last part, we follow the road gentle to its end from where we continue left and in few steps we ascend to the highest point of the peak Rabenberg.
Bistrica v Rožu - Sine 15 minutes, Sine - saddle Vranjica 1:50, saddle Vranjica - saddle Albink 0:50, saddle Albink - Rabenberg 0:25.
Description refers to condition in June 2018 and December 2019.

On the way: Sine / Sinach (619m), Sedlo Vranjica / Oreinzsattel (1122m), Albink / Halbingsattel (1360m)