Pod Peco / Koprein-Petzen - Sveta Ana in Koprivna

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, it splits into two parts, and we continue on the left bottom road in the direction of Sveta Ana (slightly right Olševa). From the crossroad follows only about a minute of walking and we already get to the church of St. Ana with black Mary.
The starting point - Planina Luža 5 minutes, Planina Luža - Kumer 40 minutes, Kumer - Sveta Ana 15 minutes.

On the way: Planina Luža (1250m), Planinski dom na kmetiji Kumer (1220m)

Trip can be extended to: Govševa planina (1 h 30 min) , Planina Rep (Repija) ( 30 min) , Govca (Olševa) (3 h 30 min)