Plajberški graben / Bleiberger Graben - Singerberg / Žingarica

Access to the starting point:
Cross the Border crossing Ljubelj into Austria, and at the Mali Ljubelj pass, turn left towards the Poden / Bodental valley. There is a bit of a climb before you reach Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg, and a little after the village the road turns left. In the middle of the left turn, turn right onto a side road towards Strugarje / Strugarjach. Continue through Plajberisch Graben - Bleiberger Graben, and follow the road to a crossroads where, at an interesting sign to the right, the road branches off in the direction of the Vranjica saddle / Orienzasattel and the Psinski vrh hill / Sinacher Gupf. Park in a suitable place near the crossroads.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the right-hand road in the direction of the Dog Peak / Sinacher Gupf and the Vranjica saddle / Orienzasattel (straight Strugarje / Strugarjach). At first, walk along the gently sloping road, which leads you past individual farmhouses, then after the Vranjšnjak farmhouse / Oreinschnak, the asphalt ends, and the path leads you along the edge of the pasture. Higher up, the road turns into a dense forest and leads us in a moderate ascent to a crossroads at the Vranjica saddle, where we continue slightly right at the first crossroads in the direction Singerberg (Psinski vrh on the left), and at the second crossroads, only a few 10 steps away, we turn right again in the same direction (straight ahead St. Johan in the Rosary / St. Johan im Rosental and Bistrica in the Rosary / Feistritz im Rosental).
There is a cross-climb to the left, following the slopes of the Rabenberg peak, and at the crossroads follow the wider or marked road. Higher up, at the area called Velika rovna, the road is laid out and then climbs cross-country to the Albink saddle, where there is a marked crossroads.
Continue along the road to the left in the direction of Singerberg (straight ahead you can descend to Slovenji Plajberk, to the right is an unmarked road to Rabenberg), which begins to climb crosswise to the left and during the climb a beautiful view opens up to the north. When you reach the ridge Singerberg again, you reach a nice lookout point where there is a larger cross and a registration box with a registration book next to it.
After the cross, there is a slight descent, and after the parachute landing site, the road starts to climb again and splits at the edge of the forest.
Continue on the marked slightly left road, which leads us through the lane of a forest to a scenic ridge again, and when we return to the forest we soon reach a crossroads where the direct route from Slovenj Plajberk joins us from the right.
Continue left into the forest on a marked footpath which ascends to 1556. From this corner there is a descent, and when you reach the road, go straight ahead, further east. Here the road passes onto the southern slopes of the mountain, and we leave it at the part where the marked path turns slightly left off it. We follow the ridge path, taking in the occasional view, all the way to the cross at the top of Žingarica. Starting point - saddle Vranjica 0:30, saddle Vranjica - saddle Albink 0:50, saddle Albink - Singerberg 1:00.
Description and pictures refer to 2019 (December).

On the way: Sedlo Vranjica - Orienzasattel (1122m), Albink / Halbingsattel (1360m)

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