border crossing Remšnik - Kapunerhütte (via Sveti Urban)

Access to the starting point:
a) From Dravograd, drive towards Maribor, but only as far as the village of Vas, where you turn left towards Remšnik. Then climb up to the above-mentioned village, where shortly before the parish church of St. George, take a sharp left. Continue past the homesteads of Kajzar and Helbel, continuing along the right-hand road, and then past the homesteads of Prelank, where you go left, and Korenk, which you pass on the left-hand side. There are some more crossings, where you continue straight ahead at the crossroads. When you reach the state border, park at a suitable place on the roadside. The border crossing point Remšnik is a few 100 m further on.

b) From Maribor, drive towards Dravograd, but only as far as Brezno, where you turn right towards Brezni Vrh and Remšnik. At a higher point, leave the road towards Remšnik and continue straight towards Brezno Vrho. Just a few metres further on, bear slightly right, then pass the farmsteads of Hager, Podržavnik, Kompar, Breznik, where you turn left towards Austria, then a few more crossings and you reach the border crossing with Austria. Turn left here and drive for about 500 m to the next crossroads, where you can park at a suitable place.

Path description:
From the starting point, follow the footpath that branches off the road at the signpost for the state border. The path leads westwards and climbs through the forest and along the state border. A little further on, we get some views of the Slovenian side, and higher up, when the path leads us out of the forest, we get some views of the Austrian side. There is a shorter, steeper climb along the upper part of the meadow and we reach the Church of St Pancras.

From the church, continue westwards, then quickly pass the chapel and reach a marked crossroads, from which you continue left towards St. Urban and the settlement Remšnik (to the right is the Kapunerhütte hut and the Austrian trail to Kapunar).

The path continues along the Slovenian side of the border and crosses the slopes to the left. After a few minutes of crossing, we reach the Mravljak farm, where we continue straight ahead, then after the farm we continue downhill to the left and, with beautiful views, we follow the path cart track down to the macadam road, which we follow to the right. There is a short descent, then from the marked crossroads continue straight on towards Kapunar and Remšnik (left down Remšnik). There is a cross-country climb to a crossroads at the farm Zgornji Murn, where you turn sharp right. The road then gradually turns back to the left and within a few minutes leads to the Slanik farm, where it transversely lays. From the farm we continue for a short time with beautiful views over part of the Drava Valley and Pohorje, and then the road returns to the forest and leads us to the Church of St. Urban.

From the church, continue along the road, and then, in front of the Buzenik farm, turn right onto cart track, which takes you past the chapel into the forest. The cart track will take you up to the border in a few minutes, where you will get quite close to the Austrian route.

Continue on the Slovenian side of the border, where the Austrian trail turns slightly to the right at a wooden cross. After a few minutes of climbing, the two paths converge again and then run parallel to the hunting cross, where our path turns slightly to the left. After a few minutes of walking, you will reach the hut of the radio amateurs on Kapunar, where there is a registration box and from where you will have a nice view of the Slovenian side.

From the hut, continue slightly to the right in the direction of hut Kapunerhütte.
Continue along the initially gently sloping path, which crosses the slopes to the left, and then climbs crosswise to the western ridge Kapunar, from where a beautiful view opens up towards Austria.
Continue left (right peak Kapunar 2 minutes) and descend along the boundary ridge to a small saddle between the two peaks of Kapunar.
From the saddle, where we join a slightly shorter path that climbs the border ridge before the radio-amateurs' hut, we continue in the direction of hut Kapunerhütte. From the saddle, initially still walking along the ridge, the path then turns right to the Austrian side and descends in a few minutes to the hut.
OMP Remšnik - St. Pancratius 0:25, St. Pancratius - St. Urban 0:50, St. Urban - Amateur Radio Hut on Kapunar 1:00, Amateur Radio Hut on Kapunar - Kapunerhütte 0:15.
Description and images refer to the situation in 2018 (December).

On the way: Sveti Pankracij (Radelca) (900m), Sveti Urban (Radelca) (920m), Kapunar / Kapunerkogel (1051m)

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