Pod Peco/Koprein-Petzen - Končnikov vrh (slovenska pot)

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 marked cart track branches off to the right towards St. Ana, and we are still descending. When we descend already for 100 altitude meters, we get to a little bigger and marked crossroad, where a road branches off to the right towards Kumer, straight the road continues towards Koprivna and Črna na Koroškem, and we continue sharply left on an ascending road (by the crossroad there are also first Slovenian signs for Peca).
We continue on an ascending macadam road, and we walk there approximately 10 minutes, and then on the left side of the road, we notice a signpost for Peca, which points us to the left through a meadow. On the other side of relatively overgrown meadow, cart track on which we continue the ascent turns left and it starts ascending diagonally. Here from the path, a view opens up a little, cart track higher joins a worse forest road which we follow to the left. The worse road, almost a cart track, higher splits into two parts, and we continue straight on an ascending cart track which higher turns sharply to the right. Worse cart track higher joins the next forest road which we reach right at the turn. At the end of the turn, we leave the road and we continue on a marked path, which is at first gently, and then steeper and steeper ascending through the forest. Higher, the footpath turns a little to the right and gradually brings us by the edge of precipitous cliffs, from which a nice view opens up on the valley of Topla and surrounding peaks. The path ahead for some time leads by the edge of the cliffs, and from a thinner forest it passes into a lane of dwarf pines. Further, we are ascending on a footpath which runs by the border, and from the path increasingly beautiful views opening up. Higher, the footpath flattens and turns to the right, and border line still continues in approximately the same direction.
When the path turns to the right, it for some time returns on the Slovenian side, and it crosses slopes of Končnikov vrh. On parts a little worse beaten, but well-marked path higher brings us on an ample upper ridge of Peca, which we reach only a little above the saddle Knipsovo sedlo.
When we reach the ridge path branches off to the right towards the valley of Topla, Kordeževa glava, straight the path continues towards the ski slope Peca, and we continue left in the direction of Bistriška špica / Feistritzer Spitze. The path ahead ascends on a panoramic slope, and then gradually passes on the ridge, on which we quickly ascend on grassy Končnikov vrh.

On the way: Planina Luža (1250m)

Trip can be extended to: Feistritzer Spitze , Petzen (Kordeschkopf) (Peca (Kordeževa glava)) ( 45 min)