Koprein-Petzen - Končnikov vrh
Starting point: Koprein-Petzen (1280 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5072°N 14.7123°E
Time of walking: 3 h 15 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 829 m
Altitude difference (by path): 950 m
Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Jezersko or Pavličevo sedlo we drive to Železna Kapla, and there in the beginning of the settlement, we notice signs for Lepena / Leppen, which point us to the right. The mentioned road then through the mentioned village brings us to the village Pod Peca / Koprein-Petzen, where it starts ascending steeper. The road higher flattens and past the starting point for Topica / Topitza brings us to a small church. We continue on the main road which loses an asphalt covering and only a little after that starts descending. Only about 100 meters ahead we come to a crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Peca / Petzen (left Globasnica / Globasnitz) on the road which only a little further brings us to a gate, near of which we also park.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on for traffic closed forest road which in 5 minutes of light descent brings us to a crossroad at the beginning of the mountain pasture Luža.
We continue left in the direction of "Petzen" on the road which starts ascending by the edge of the mountain pasture. After approximately 20 minutes of walking, we will on the left side of the road notice signposts for Peca, which point us sharply left on an ascending cart track. The mentioned cart track in a diagonal ascent quickly brings us to newly built forest road which we follow to the left. After few 10 meters of walking on the mentioned road we go right on an ascending cart track, on which we are ascending through the spruce forest. After approximately 1 hour of walking from the starting point, we again step on a macadam road, on which we in few steps ascend to the mountain pasture Zgornja Luža.
From the mountain pasture, we continue on a marked path (at first still a road) in the direction of Peca. After few 10 strides road turns to the right, and we continue left on a foot path which starts moderately ascending through the forest. The path gradually starts ascending steeper, and higher it brings us out of the forest on slopes covered with dwarf pines. Further, we are ascending on the more and more panoramic slopes of Peca, on the path which eventually brings us to the main ridge, where we get also to a crossing.
We continue right in the direction of Bistriška špica and Peca (left Globasnica / Globasnitz) on the path which entirely flattens and continues at first by a precipitous ridge and then on a plateau terrain of Peca. A little further from the left side joins also the path from the bottom cableway station on Peca, and we continue straight on the path which ascends a little and after less than 5 minutes of additional walking brings us on Bistriška špica.
From Bistriška špica we continue on a marked path which starts descending by the ridge (direction southeast). After a short descent, the path passes into dwarf pines, and it gradually starts ascending towards one of the peaks in the mountain range of Peca (on maps without a name). From the mentioned summit the path descends a little and it brings us to the spot, where we get to the national border. We continue the ascent on and by the border ridge, on the path which in a moderate ascent on a pleasant grassy slope brings us on Končnikov vrh.
The starting point - Zgornja Luža 1:00, Zgornja Luža - Bistriška špica 1:30, Bistriška špica - Končnikov vrh 45 minutes.
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