Rebrca / Rechberg - Stara gora / Altberg (via Bukovnik)

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 more overgrown and soon forks. The more overgrown marked trail continues in a straight direction towards Obirje, while we continue to the right on a less overgrown, but no longer marked trail, which leads to Stara Gora. Although the trail is not marked further on, occasionally some markings in the form of Austrian markings can be seen, but the colours are different, namely white, black and white again, and most of the time fluorescent spray markings can also be seen.
From the crossroads onwards the path passes into the forest and starts to climb steeply. In parts quite overgrown, but mostly traceable, the path reaches a steel cable higher up, where it dips, and the steel cable is soon abandoned, after which it continues parallel to the steel cable for a short distance. A little further on, the path touches cart track, and then becomes steeper again. Continue climbing slightly to the left of the ridge, gradually approaching a forest road, which is not climbed. The path soon returns to the ridge and then continues slightly left of the ridge, along an old, partly overgrown clearing. There is a steep climb, but as you approach the cliff higher up, the path takes a short left turn. Above the cliff, we see a large crack along the path, and we continue along the right side of the crack, and after the crack the path turns left and again approaches the forest road. A slightly less steep ascent follows, along a trail that is still traceable but occasionally overgrown. Higher up, we approach the road once more, and the ridge path occasionally opens up some views. A little further along the path, we see a natural window with a vertical entrance, and the path dips a little higher and leads us to a small clearing with a salt pan. At the salt pan, we approach the road one last time, and then we follow the ridge path through the forest all the way to the top of Stara Gora. The description and figures refer to the situation in 2017 (August and September).

On the way: Setzhube (805m)

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