Rebrca / Rechberg - Eisenkappler Hutte (via Bukovnik and over Počula)

Access to the starting point:
a) Take the Border crossing Ljubelj road into Austria, then turn right at Podljubelj / Unterloibl in the direction of the Hofer store. When you arrive in Borovlje / Ferlach, turn left at the junction a little after the railway line (there is a Eurospar shop to the right of the junction), and at the next junction, after a few 100 metres, turn right in the direction of Železna Kaple / Bad Eisenkappel. Towards Železna Kapla, drive to Jeriše / Jerischach, and after Jerischach, turn right at the crossroads towards Podkraj / Unterort (left Goritschach). At the small crossroads in the middle of Podkraj, continue left, and then start climbing up to a small pass, at which there is a crossroads and a chapel. Park in a suitable place behind the chapel.
b) Cross the Border crossing Jezerski vrh into Austria, then after Železna Kaplo turn slightly left onto the road towards the village of Rebrca / Rechberg. Follow the road quickly up to the village and turn left at the crossroads in the middle of the village. The road leads us towards Podkraj / Unterort, and before the road starts to descend towards the village, we reach a chapel, in front of which we park in a suitable place on the side of the road.
c) Drive into Podjuna, then follow the signs for Železna Kaplo / Bad Eisenkappel. After the village of Miklavčevo / Miklauzhof, leave the road towards Železna Kapla and continue to the right in the direction of Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt and Borovlj / Ferlach. Continue along the main road towards Borovlje, but we don't follow it for long, as the signs for Podkraj / Unterort direct us left onto a slightly narrower road. At a small crossroads in the middle of Podkraj, continue left and then start climbing up to a small pass with a crossroads and a chapel. Park in a suitable place behind the chapel.

Path description:
From the crossroads by the chapel, follow the road in the direction of Suha / Zauchen, or house numbers 16,17,18, 50, 54, 63 and 69, and there are also signs for Obir at the crossroads. The road leads us through the forest, then out of the forest, and we follow the road practically to its end at the farm Bukovnik / Bukownik. After the last house, we continue over a pasture fence, and then cart track takes us into the forest. Climb through the forest on the cart track (the track has some poorly marked shortcuts higher up) and follow it to the pass between Rokov vrh / Rochus Berg on the left and Stara gora on the right.
From the pass, where there is an older chapel, continue to the right (left Rokov vrh, straight Setzhube) in the direction of Obir and Stara gora (the markings for these mountains are very old).
The trail, which has been relatively easy to follow so far, becomes quite overgrown and difficult to follow in parts. The trail is at first still sloping and leads past an abandoned mine, but then it starts to climb and crosses the forest road several times. During the ascent, we are partly helped by mostly old, partly faded markings, but otherwise orientation is quite difficult due to the overgrowth in several parts. Higher along the road we see a yellow mountain sign pointing back towards the village of Rebrca. It is here that the route of the marked trail is slightly changed compared to most Slovenian maps (a newer version of the trail is drawn on Bergfex. si).
Continue straight on, as the marked trail used to be (slightly to the right of the newer trail, which bypasses Stockhube), and also go straight from the nearby crossroads, where you will arrive at Stockhuba, with beautiful views of Hochobir and the surrounding mountains. After an older cottage, the path leads past a cross, and then we continue along the overgrown cart track, where traces of markings are visible (the markings are now obliterated). A little further on, we reach a wider dirt road, where the old marked trail continues slightly to the right, and we continue slightly to the left, and start descending along the road. As we descend the road, the path leads us past another entrance to the former lead mine at Obirje, and then around a left turn we join the marked path through Kunetov graben / Kunetgraben. Continue slightly right and start climbing again. Follow the road up to a small pass, then continue right into the forest on a marked footpath towards Obirje. Continue up the overgrown cart track, and higher up through a longer lane of raspberry bushes. When the raspberry bushes end, the path leads first into the woods, and a few metres higher on to a dirt road, which you follow briefly to the right, then climb parallel to the road. The path, which is no longer overgrown, then leads us to the edge of mountain pasture Zgornja Šefnarca, where we walk along the pasture fence, and then reach the next road. Cross the road and follow cart track in the direction Eisenkappler Hutte / Eisenkappler Hütte. Cart track climbs crosswise to the saddle Počula / Potschulasattel, where there is a marked crossroads and a few steps to the right a larger chapel.
Continue along the marked path towards Obirje, first crossing a forest road and, higher up, a pasture fence as you emerge from the forest. The path loses a bit after the pasture, but the direction of ascent remains roughly the same, and there are some markings along the way, so there are no major problems with orientation in this part of the trail. Here the path also lies down, but when the path enters the forest, a track appears, which leads down to the forest road near Kapelška hut. Cross the road and in a few 10 steps walk down to the mountain hut.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2017 (August).

On the way: Setzhube (805m), Stockhube (1185m), Počula (1461m)

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