Rebrca / Rechberg - Rokov vrh / Rochusberg (via Bukovnik)

Access to the starting point:
a) Take the Border crossing Ljubelj road into Austria, then turn right at Podljubelj / Unterloibl in the direction of the Hofer store. When you arrive in Borovlje / Ferlach, turn left at the junction a little after the railway line (there is a Eurospar shop to the right of the junction), and at the next junction, after a few 100 metres, turn right in the direction of Železna Kaple / Bad Eisenkappel. Towards Železna Kapla, drive to Jeriše / Jerischach, and after Jerischach, turn right at the crossroads towards Podkraj / Unterort (left Goritschach). At the small crossroads in the middle of Podkraj, continue left, and then start climbing up to a small pass, at which there is a crossroads and a chapel. Park in a suitable place behind the chapel.
b) Cross the Border crossing Jezerski vrh into Austria, then after Železna Kaplo turn slightly left onto the road towards the village of Rebrca / Rechberg. Follow the road quickly up to the village and then turn left at the crossroads in the middle of the village. The road leads us towards Podkraj / Unterort, and before the road starts to descend towards the village, we reach a chapel, in front of which we park in a suitable place on the side of the road.
c) Drive into Podjuna, then follow the signs for Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. After the village of Miklavčevo / Miklauzhof, leave the road towards Železna Kapla and continue to the right in the direction of Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt and Borovlj / Ferlach. Continue along the main road towards Borovlje, but we don't follow it for long, as the signs for Podkraj / Unterort direct us left onto a slightly narrower road. At a small crossroads in the middle of Podkraj, continue left and then start climbing up to a small pass with a crossroads and a chapel. Park in a suitable place behind the chapel.

Path description:
From the crossroads by the chapel, follow the road in the direction of Suha / Zauchen, or house numbers 16,17,18, 50, 54, 63 and 69, and there are also signs for Obir at the crossroads. The road leads us through the forest, then out of the forest, and we follow the road practically to its end at the farm Bukovnik / Bukownik. After the last house, we continue over a pasture fence, and then cart track takes us into the forest. Climb through the forest on the cart track (the track has some poorly marked shortcuts higher up) and follow it to the pass between Rokov vrh / Rochus Berg on the left and Stara gora on the right.
From the pass, where there is an older chapel, continue left (straight Setzhube, right Obir and Stara gora) in the direction Rokov vrh / Rochusberg. The way forward initially continues along a less good road, but when the road ends, continue along a forest path that crosses quite steep slopes. After a few minutes of crossing, we arrive at a small pass, after which we start to climb steeply along and along a wooded ridge, where we are helped in a few places by a wooden fence. Higher up, the path becomes a forest road, which takes a few steps to reach a small crossroads. Continue to the right (left down Rebrca, the road branches off to the left in Fig. 5), then immediately left onto the mountain path, which continues parallel to the road. A little further on, we return to the road, and at a small saddle we leave it and continue on the mountain path, which is joined a few steps further on by another, shorter path from Rebrca.
Continue straight ahead and in a few steps climb to the scenic Rokov vrh.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2017 (August and September).

On the way: Setzhube (805m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Stara gora / Altberg, Kapelška koča / Eisenkappler Hütte

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