Podolševa (Sveti Duh, Strevc) - Govca (Olševa) (via Obel kamen)

Access to the starting point:
a) Drive to Luce, then continue on to the Logar Valley. In the village Solčava, before the bridge over the river Savinjek, leave the road towards the Logar valley and continue to the right in the direction of Podolševa and Črna na Koroškem. After a climb of about 5 km, you reach a crossroads where you turn left towards the Holy Spirit (right Črna na Koroškem), and then take the Solčava panoramic road to the Strevc Tourist Farm, located below the Church of the Holy Spirit. From the main road to the starting point is about 8 km.
b) Take the Črna na Koroškem, then continue in the direction of Koprivna and Solčava. Continue along the valley of the Meži River for some time, then turn left towards Solčava and the Logarska dolina. From there it is a short descent to a crossroads, where you turn right towards Sv. Duh, and then follow the Solčava panoramic road to the Strevc Tourist Farm, which is located below the Church of Sv. Duh. From the centre of Črna na Koroškem, the starting point is about 23 km.
c) Via Border crossing Pavličev Vrh, we enter Slovenia and start descending towards Solčava. Shortly after the Majerhold Mountain Lodge, turn left towards Podolševa and Solčava panoramic road. Follow the panoramic road to the Strevc Tourist Farm, located below the Church of the Holy Spirit. From Border crossing Pavličev Vrh to the starting point is about 10 km.

Path description:
From the starting point, follow the path in the direction of Olševa, St. Lenart and Potočka zijalka. Go around the Strevc Tourist Farm on the left, and the trail goes above the farm into the forest, where you continue for a short distance along cart track. You quickly reach a macadam road, which you follow up to a small crossroads.
From the crossroads, take a sharp right (straight ahead to St Lenart) and continue the ascent along the dirt road, where there are no signs. After a few minutes, we join the marked trail that leads past the Rogar Tourist Farm, and we continue left on the trail in the direction of Potočka zijalka, Obel kamna and Govce. We continue along a well-trodden and gradually steeper path, which reaches the state border at a higher altitude. After a few minutes of steep climbing, the path from Austria joins from the left.
Continue to the right and after another 10 minutes of climbing, you will reach the archaeological site Potočka zijalka.
Continue on the marked path, which bypasses the cave on the right and climbs up the right-hand side of a fairly steep ravine using the fixed safety gear. A little further on, cross the gully with the help of wedges and then climb steeply out of the gully. The path continues to be quite steep, and with every metre gained in altitude it becomes more and more scenic.
At a small ridge the path splits, and we take the left path in the direction of Obel kamna (straight ahead Govca). There follows a steep climb up a mostly grassy slope, which is overgrown by dwarf pines higher up. When we reach the main ridge, we can already see the first registration box on the first headland (the registration box of the Mountaineering Club Skala), but in August 2018 there was only a stamp in it. There is a short climb from the first promontory to the next promontory, where, next to the cross, there is a second registration box.
Continue to the right and the trail leads along the scenic Olševa border ridge, where you mainly walk on the Slovenian side of the ridge. After a few minutes of fairly steep walking, the path climbs steeply and leads to Obel kamen, which is identified by a boundary stone with No XXII 1.
Continue along the ridge, initially with a few more short descents and ascents, before reaching a short, difficult descent. After the difficult point, where there is no fixed safety gear, descend for a short distance, then the path turns left and crosses the slopes to join the normal path leading to Govca. From the crossroads there is a short climb and the path returns to the ridge. On the ridge, in the dwarf pines zone, an unmarked trail from Zadnji travnik joins us almost imperceptibly from the left, and we continue straight ahead and in a few minutes climb to the highest peak of Olševa.
Starting point - Potočka zijalka 1:10, Potočka zijalka - Obel kamen 0:50, Obel kamen - Govca 0:30.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2018 (August and July).

On the way: Potočka zijalka (1660m), Obel kamen (Olševa) (1911m)

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