Koprivna (Šumel) - Govca (Olševa) (via homestead Janšek)

Access to the starting point:
a) Drive to Črna na Koroškem, then continue in the direction of Koprivna and Solčava. Continue along the valley along the Meži River, and when you reach the crossroads where the road to Solčava branches off to the left, the route described above begins. Park somewhere nearby in a suitable place along the road.

b) Take the road to Solčava, then follow the signs for Črna na Koroškem. Then ascend to the pass Spodnje Sleme and descend to Črna na Koroškem and Koprivna. When you reach the valley, the junction with the road leading from Koprivna to Črna na Koroškem, you are at the start of the route described above. Park somewhere nearby in a suitable place along the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, take the road in the direction of Solčava, Podolševa and Logarska dolina, and the mountain signboard, which used to be next to the road signs, is now hidden nearby. The path initially leads us past a few more houses, including accommodation and the day bar at Mojca, before the road enters the forest and climbs through Janšekov graben. After a short climb, we arrive at a crossroads where the road splits and we continue to the right in the direction of the footpath to Raduha.
Continue along the road leading towards the Janšek homestead, and we soon reach a bridge where we cross the Janšekov graben stream. Before the bridge, cart track branches off to the left, which leads past the Haderlap homestead, and we continue straight ahead. A little further on, we leave the forest and quickly reach the Janšek homestead, where we have a beautiful view of the Church of St James and Pec.
After the homestead, continue along the upper road, turn immediately right and then start climbing along the edge of the hay meadow. At the upper edge of the hay meadow, you will come to cart track, and we follow it to the right. From the worse cart track, which continues through the woods, go left for a short distance, then follow the older markings at the forks. Continue ascending through the forest, following the barely visible tracks, and at a higher altitude you will approach a dirt road. Go straight ahead here, then reach a larger hayfield by the former homestead of a pebble, where the track disappears completely. Continue to the upper edge of the hay meadow, where the markings reappear in the woods, and we follow the markings through the woods, but the track is largely absent. Higher up, an old track appears, which ascends crossways to a forest road, where we reach the marked path from Spodnji Slemena.
Follow the road to the right (to the left of Lower Slemna), passing Robnikov vrh (1392 m) on the left, and occasionally a fine view opens up towards Raduha.
At the unmarked Zgornje Sleme pass, a path joins us from the right, leading past the Church of St James, and we follow the signs for Olševa. We pass a nearby pasture on the left, and above it we return to cart track, and from cart track we go left on a marked path which begins to climb steeply through the forest. There follows a longer, rather steep climb, on a path that climbs through the forest, and also leads past a water trough that dries up on dry days and past a natural cave. The trail flattens out when you reach the Lepi vrh ridge, but after a few minutes it starts climbing steeply again, this time towards the scenic Odeničný hřberje. When we reach the summit, we have a gently sloping path in front of us, which leads us along the Olševa ridge. At the Gladke peak, we are joined on the left by an abandoned path that starts at the homestead Zgornji Ošovnik in Podolševa, and after Visoko pečja there is some downhill to a marked crossroads, where we are joined on the right by a marked path from Zadnji travnik, or the Mountain Home on the Kumer farm. Continue in the direction of Olševa, along the path, which begins to climb again, and during the ascent crosses a few short, mainly wet slopes exposed to slipping. Higher up, the sparse forest ends and the increasingly scenic path leads us to the highest peak of Olševa within a few minutes of further walking.
Starting point - Zgornje Sleme 1:50, Zgornje Sleme - Lepi vrh 1:00, Lepi vrh - Odenični hriber 0:40, Odenični hriber - Visoka peč crossroads 0:25, Visoka peč crossroads - Govca 0:30.
Description and figures refer to the situation in 2018 and 2019 (July).

On the way: Janšek (935m), Prodnik (1125m), Zgornje Sleme (1310m), Lepi vrh (1619m), Odenični hriber (1863m), Gladki vrh (1850m), Visoka peč (1814m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Obel kamen (Olševa)

We recommend: trips from the same starting point, similar trips, panorama, Inscription book