Koprivna (Šumel) - Govca (Olševa) (via Sveti Jakob)

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 the Šumel homestead, before the next houses go slightly right on cart track, which crosses a meadow into a forest and begins to climb cross-country. There is a cross-climb for a few minutes and then cart track lays down and even descends slightly further on. After a short descent, another cart track is reached, and we follow it to the right, continuing straight on at a couple of forks. When you reach a wooden cross, turn sharp right and continue eastwards across the slopes. There are a few small forks where we go straight on, and cart track turns back in a semicircle to the west on an undistinguished ridge. Here the path leads out of the woods, and the Church of St James is only a short walk away, crossing two grazing fences.
From the church, pass three chapels and descend gently to the Mežnar homestead, where you take the road slightly to the left, passing a few buildings on the left. After the dwelling house, the road changes to cart track and crosses the slopes. A little further on, after crossing a pasture fence, a parallel cart track joins us from the right, and we continue straight on and gradually start to climb steeply up the wide cart track, which we follow straight on at the crossroads, or in the direction of the broader cart track. At higher altitudes, cart track is laid off and at the crossroads of cart tracks and roads, continue slightly left, following the minor road, which quickly leads to a wider dirt road, which is reached at Zgornji Slemen.
At the unmarked Zgornje Sleme pass, join the marked path with Spodnje Sleme, and we continue right, following the signs for Olševo. Go around the nearby pasture on the left, and above it, return to the track, and go left with cart track onto the waymarked path, which begins to climb steeply through the forest. There is a longer, rather steep climb, along a path that climbs through the forest, and also leads past a water trough that dries up on dry days and 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 - St. Jakob 0:50, St. Jakob - Zgornje Sleme 0:50, 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: Sveti Jakob v Koprivni (1062m), 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)

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