Pod Peco / Koprein-Petzen - Čofatijev vrh (via Šoparjev vrh)

Access to the starting point:
a) Via the Jezerski vrh or Pavličev vrh border crossing, drive to Belo / Bad Vellach and from there continue to Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. At the beginning of Železna Kapla, you will see signs for Leppen, which point you to the right. Continue along a slightly narrower asphalted road, which initially runs along the valley floor and then begins to climb steeply at the hamlet of Koprivna / Koprein - Sonnseite. Higher up, you reach the hamlet Pod Peco / Koprein - Petzen, where the starting point of the route to Topitza / Topitza and the Riepl Inn is. Here you continue straight on the initially still asphalted road, which leads you past the Church of All Faiths. Just above the church, the asphalt ends and the road begins to descend. After a short descent, you arrive at a small crossroads, where you continue to the right in the direction of Pec and St. Anna (further along the main road Globasnica / Globasnitz). From the crossroads, you drive for a short distance and then arrive at a ramp near which you park in a suitable space.
b) From Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec, take the Ravne na Koroškem, then continue in the direction of Border crossing Holmec. Once in Austria, first drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, then follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz. After about 13 km from Border crossing Holmec, you will arrive in Globasnitz, from where you continue driving to the left towards the upper part of the town. From Globasnica, follow the narrower and ascending road towards the hamlet of Pod Peco / Koprein - Petzen. Continue climbing along the Globasnica ravine for some time, and then the road leads to an undistinguished precipice, where you reach a small crossroads. Here, where you see the signs for Peca, continue left onto a side road, which quickly leads down to a nearby ramp near which you park in a suitable place.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue past the ramp and follow the road down to the junction at the edge of mountain pasture Spodnja Luža in a few minutes.
Here the marked Austrian trail to Pec or Feistritzer Spitze branches off to the left, and we continue straight on in the direction of the mountain home on the Kumer farm. The path leads us across the vast mountain pasture, then passes along the edge of the forest and splits into two parts. Take the lower, less favourable road, which descends along the edge of the forest to the state border and cross it. After a few metres of walking on the Slovenian side, we join a wider macadam road, and we continue our descent. A little further down, the marked cart track road to St Anne branches off to the right, and we continue descending. After descending 100 metres, we reach a slightly larger and marked crossroads where the road to Kumru branches off to the right, the road continues straight on towards Koprivna and Črna na Koroškem, and we continue sharp left onto the ascending road (at the crossroads there are also the first Slovenian markers for Pec).
From the crossroads continue along the road towards Šopar, Ledrovec, Topla and the marked path to Pec. The road we follow quickly splits, and we take the road slightly to the left (to the right of Šopar and Debelak), from which the marked footpath to Pec branches off to the left after about 10 minutes.
We continue on the macadam road, which leads us past the chapel out of the forest, where we reach the Ledrovec homestead with beautiful views. Above the homestead, the road makes a few serpentines and then returns to the forest. When we return to the forest, the road gradually lays down and then crosses the slopes to the left in a gentle ascent for some time.
When the road starts to descend gently, we reach the Preval between the valleys Koprivna and Topla, and we continue right at the snowmaker to cart track. Cart track quickly turns into a dense forest, and we then follow the unmarked path to the nearby Šoparjev vrh, from which we have a fine view towards Pec and Topla.
From Šoparjev vrh, where there is a larger clearing and some wider tracks lead to it, continue south to the south-east, initially following cart track along the edge of the forest, where the track quickly turns into forest. Through the forest, the path continues mostly on a wooded ridge, but the direction remains the same most of the time. At first the path is quite steep, occasionally it even descends a little, but in the second part it starts to climb gently at first and then a little steeper in the last part. At a few crossroads, follow the ridge path, which then leads to the scenic, but still somewhat overgrown, Čofati Peak. Starting point - mountain pasture Luzha 5 minutes, mountain pasture Luzha - Koprivna 20 minutes, Koprivna - Šoparjev vrh 1:10, Šoparjev vrh - Čofatijev vrh 35 minutes.

On the way: Planina Luža (1250m), Ledrovec (1305m), Preval (1413m), Šoparjev vrh (1524m)

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