Pod Peco / Koprein-Petzen - Govševa planina (via Kumer)

Access to starting point:
A) Over the border crossing Jezerski vrh or Pavličev vrh we drive to Bela / Bad Vellach, and from there we continue driving towards Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. At the beginning of Železna Kapla we notice signs for Lepena / Leppen, which point us to the right. Further, we drive on a little narrower asphalt road which leads us at first by the bottom of the valley, and then at the hamlet Koprivna / Koprein - Sonnseite it starts ascending steeper. Higher, we get to a hamlet Pod Peco / Koprein - Petzen, where there is the starting point of the path on Topica / Topitza and inn Riepl. Here we continue straight on at first still asphalt road which further leads past the church of all religions. A little above the church asphalt ends, and the road starts descending. After a short descent, we get to a smaller crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Peca and St. Ana (ahead on the main road Globasnica / Globasnitz). From the crossroad, we drive only for a short time, and then we get to a gate near of which we park on an appropriate place.
B) 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 into Austria we at first drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, and then we follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz. After approximately 13 km from the border crossing Holmec we get to Globasnica, from there we continue driving left towards the upper part of the settlement. From Globasnica we continue on a narrower and ascending road in the direction of hamlet Pod Peco / Koprein - Petzen. Further, we are for quite some time ascending by Globaška grapa, and then the road brings us on an indistinct saddle, where we get to a smaller crossroad. Here, where we notice signs for Peca we continue left on a side road, on which we quickly descend to the near gate near of which we park on an appropriate place.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue past a gate and on the road in few minutes we descend to a crossroad at the edge of the mountain pasture Spodnja Luža.
Here marked Austrian path branches off to the left on Peca or on Bistriška špica, and we continue straight in the direction of the mountain hut on farm Kumer. The path ahead leads us through an ample mountain pasture, and then passes to the edge of the forest and splits into two parts. We choose the bottom worse road, on which by the edge of the forest we descend to the national border which we also cross. After few meters of walking on the Slovenian side we join a wider macadam road, and there we continue the descent. A little lower we continue right upwards on a marked cart track towards St. Ana and mountain hut on farm Kumer (straight the road continues towards Koprivna and marked path towards Peca). After a short ascent the cart track, on which we continue flattens, and then it continues diagonally towards the left. At the end of the crossing follows a short descent to a nearby road, and there we walk to the nearby mountain hut.
From the mountain hut, we continue in the direction of Olševa, and the path ahead still leads on the road. Behind the hut we at first bypass a chapel, a little ahead a cross, and later also a smaller hunting observatory. When the road which continues without large changes in altitude passes into the forest, splits into two parts, and we continue on the upper right road in the direction of Olševa (slightly left church of St. Ana with black Mary 2 minutes). Further, we are slightly to moderately ascending, and then after a little more distinct right turn the road flattens and brings us out of the forest on the mountain pasture Rep or Repija.
Behind the mountain pasture, the road descends a little and then after the left turn splits. We continue on a slightly right road which is further ascending diagonally, and then quickly ends and changes into a mountain path. We continue through the forest, and we walk diagonally towards the left without large changes in altitude. Over two anthills the passage is a little clumsy, because the needles of the anthill are slippery, otherwise the crossing is undemanding. When the slope flattens we quickly get to a grazing fence, where by the path, we notice a warning, that on the mountain pasture there is a dangerous bull. We cross a grazing fence and we step out of the forest, where a nice view opens up towards Olševa, and the footpath on this part becomes a little harder to follow. During the crossing of the mountain pasture we stick a little more to the right, and then we get into a lane of a forest, where we descend to a trough for livestock. When above the trough we step out of the forest, we get to the main part of the mountain pasture, and a little towards the left there is a newer religious symbol.
The starting point - Planina Luža 5 minutes, Planina Luža - Kumer 40 minutes, Kumer - Repija 45 minutes, Repija - Govševa planina 1:00.

On the way: Planina Luža (1250m), Planinski dom na kmetiji Kumer (1220m), Sveta Ana v Koprivni (1218m), Planina Rep (Repija) (1330m)

Trip can be extended to: Govca (Olševa) (2 h)