Pod Peco / Koprein-Petzen - Govca (Olševa) (via Kumer)

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 for a few minutes to the junction at the edge of mountain pasture Spodnja Luža.
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 lodge 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 lower down, continue right up the marked cart track towards St. Anne and Mountain hut on farm Kumer (the road continues straight on towards Koprivna and the marked path towards Pec). After a short climb, the cart track, which we follow, is laid down, and then continues cross-wise to the left. At the end of the crossing, there is a short descent to a nearby road, after which you can walk to the nearby mountain lodge.
From the home, continue in the direction of Olševa, and the path ahead still leads along the road. Behind the home, first bypass the chapel, a little further on the cross, and later a small hunting observation post. When the road, which continues without major changes in altitude, passes into the forest, it splits into two parts, and we continue along the upper right-hand road in the direction of Olševa (slightly to the left, the Church of St Anne with the Black Mary 2 minutes). We continue to climb gently to moderately, and then, after a slightly more distinct right-hand bend, the road lays down and leads us out of the forest to mountain pasture Rep or Repija.
After mountain pasture the road descends slightly and then splits after a left turn. Continue along the road slightly to the right, which continues to climb cross-country and then quickly ends and turns into a mountain path. The path continues through the forest, going transversely to the left without any major changes in elevation. The passage through the two anthills is a bit awkward, as the anthills slip on their needles, but otherwise the crossing is easy. When the slope flattens out, you quickly reach a grazing fence, where you see a warning along the path that there is a heavi bull on mountain pasture. Cross the grazing fence and emerge from the woods, where a fine view opens up towards Olševa, but the track becomes a little more difficult to follow at this point. Keep slightly to the right as you cross mountain pasture and then enter lane in the forest, where you descend to a cattle trough. When you emerge from the forest above the trough, keep to the right, and then the path, which passes close to the border, starts to turn to the left. The cross in the middle of mountain pasture is passed quite high up on the right-hand side of mountain pasture. When the marked path returns to the forest, there is soon a fainter cart track to the right, which can be followed towards Špičasti vrh, but we continue straight on along the wider cart track, which quickly leads us to some kind of parking area at the Last Meadow. From the unregulated parking lot, continue left towards Olševa along the path cart track, which goes into the forest after only a few metres. Walk along cart track for about 3 minutes, and then the signs will direct you slightly to the left onto a well-trodden footpath marked with arrows. A little higher up, the markings reappear and the path returns to cart track. The ascent continues on the gradually steeper cart track, which becomes slightly steeper and turns right. From the point where cart track turns to the right, walk along it for only a few more 10 metres, and then the markings will direct you to the left onto another steeper footpath, which will quickly lead you to the Foršnerca hunting bivouac.
From the hunting bivouac, continue straight ahead and then, after a few metres, turn left up the bank. The path starts to climb steeply through a partly larch forest, which thins out higher up. After a few minutes' ascent, the path becomes more gentle and leads to a small cirque. A few minutes of moderate ascent follow, and then the path becomes slightly steeper again, but this leads us over the increasingly scenic slopes of Olševa. Higher up, the path turns left and crosses a small ravine, which leads over rubble to the ridge of Olševa.
The ridge is reached at a marked crossroads, where you continue to the right in the direction of Govca, the highest peak of the ridge (to the left, the Spodnje Sleme and Raduha preval). The path continues along the left, mostly southern side of the ridge, where it crosses some steeper and in two places also exposed slopes (especially in wet and snow, a risk of slipping). Further on, the slope becomes slightly flatter, and the path climbs a little steeper towards the ridge (on the left, the Spodnje Sleme and Raduha preval). With beautiful views of the mountains above the Logarska dolina valley, you quickly reach a kind of side ridge, which takes you up to the main ridge of Olševa in a few minutes. Here the path turns to the left and after some 10 steps of further walking leads us to Govca.
Starting point - mountain pasture Luža 5 minutes, mountain pasture Luža - Kumer 40 minutes, Kumer - Repija 45 minutes, Repija - Govševa planina 1:00, Govševa planina - Zadnji travnik 15 minutes, Zadnji travnik - Govca 1:45.

On the way: Planina Luža (1250m), Planinski dom na kmetiji Kumer (1220m), Sveta Ana v Koprivni (1218m), Planina Rep (Repija) (1330m), Govševa planina (1300m), Zadnji travnik (1382m), Lovski bivak Foršnerca (1550m)

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

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