Koprivna (Šumel) - Govca (Olševa) (via Sveti Jakob)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Črna na Koroškem, and then we continue driving in the direction of Koprivna and Solčava. Further, we drive through the valley by the river Meža, and when we get to a crossroad, where the road to Solčava branches off to the left, starts the described path. We park somewhere nearby on an appropriate place by the road.
B) We drive to Solčava, and then we follow the signs for Črna na Koroškem. Next follows an ascent to mountain pass Spodnje Sleme, and from there descent towards Črna na Koroškem and Koprivna. When we get into a valley, to a crossroad with the road which leads from Koprivna towards Črna na Koroškem, we are at the beginning of the described path. We park somewhere nearby on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point is we go on the road in the direction of Solčava, Podolševa and valley Logarska dolina, signpost which used to be next to the road signs, is now hidden nearby. The path at first leads past the homestead Šumel, and before next houses we go slightly right on a cart track which through a meadow passes into the forest and it starts ascending diagonally. Then follows few minutes of a diagonal ascent, and then the cart track flattens and a little further even slightly descends. After a short descent, we reach another cart track, and we follow it to the right, and at few crossings we continue straight. When we get to a wooden cross we turn sharply to the right and then we cross the slopes towards the east. Next follows few smaller crossings, where we go straight, and the cart track on an indistinct ridge semicircular turns back towards the west. Here the path brings us out of the forest, and to the church of St. Jakob separates us only a shorter walk and crossing of two grazing fences.
From the church, we can past three chapels lightly descend to homestead Mežnar, where we choose a slightly left road, and there on the left side we bypass some structures. After the residential house, the road changes into a cart track and crosses panoramic slopes. A little further, after crossing a grazing fence from the right also a parallel cart track joins, and we continue straight and gradually we start ascending steeper on a wide cart track which at the crossings we follow straight, or in the direction of a wider cart track. Higher, the cart track flattens, and at the crossing of cart tracks and roads we continue slightly left, so that we continue on a worse road, and then we quickly get to a wider macadam road which we reach on Zgornje Sleme.
At the indistinct saddle Zgornje Sleme, we join the marked path from Spodnje Sleme, and we continue right and follow the signs for Olševa. We bypass a nearby pasture on the left side and above it for some time we return on a cart track, and from the cart track we go left on a marked path which starts steeply ascending through the forest. Next follows a longer quite steep ascent, on the path which is ascending through the forest, and it leads us also past a trough with water, which in dry days dries up and past a natural cave. The path flattens, when we reach the ridge Lepi vrh, but already after few minutes again starts ascending steeper, this time towards the panoramic Odenični hriber. When we reach the mentioned peak, we have in front of us a gentle path which leads us on a panoramic ridge of Olševa. On Gladki vrh from the left joins also abandoned path which starts at homestead Zgornji Ošovnik in Podolševa, and after Visoka peč follows some descent to the marked crossing, where from the right joins the marked path from Zadnji travnik, or mountain hut on farm Kumer.
We continue in the direction of Olševa, on the path which again starts ascending, and during the ascent crosses few shorter, mainly in wet for slipping dangerous slopes. Higher thin forest ends and a more panoramic path in few minutes of additional walking brings us on the highest peak of Olševa.
The starting point - Sveti Jakob 0:50, Sveti Jakob - Zgornje Sleme 0:50, Zgornje Sleme - Lepi vrh 1:00, Lepi vrh - Odenični hriber 0:40, Odenični hriber - crossing Visoka peč 0:25, crossing Visoka peč - Govca 0:30.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 and 2019 (Julij).

On the way: Sveti Jakob v Koprivni (1062m), Zgornje Sleme (1310m), Lepi vrh (1619m), Odenični hriber (1863m), Gladki vrh (1850m), Visoka peč (1814m)

Trip can be extended to: Obel kamen (Olševa)