Rebrca / Rechberg - Stara gora / Altberg (via Rokov vrh)

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. Continue straight on here for a short distance and you will arrive in the village of Rebrca / Rechberg, where you will park in a parking lot next to a grassy football pitch.
b) Cross the Border crossing Jezerski vrh into Austria, then after Železna Kaplo turn slightly left onto the road towards Rebrca / Rechberg. Follow the road quickly up to the village and turn left at the crossroads in the middle of the village. Park in the parking lot next to the football field.
c) Drive into Podjuna, then follow the signs for Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. After Miklavčevo / Miklauzhof, leave the road towards Železna Kapla and turn right towards Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt and Borovlje / 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. Continue straight ahead for a short distance and you will arrive in the village of Rebrca / Rechberg, where you will park in a parking lot next to a grassy football pitch.

Path description:
At the starting point, the signs for Rokov vrh direct you to a side road, which leads quickly up to the church and cemetery in Rebrca. Go around both on the left and then, after the shed, continue on the footpath, which mostly continues through the forest. After a few minutes of mostly moderate ascent, the path splits, and we take the upper right path (straight Setzhube). There are a few minutes of steep ascent, and the path flattens out when we reach cart track, after which we continue to the crossroads without any major changes in altitude.
From the crossroads go right, initially slightly downhill, and then follow cart track, which crosses the slopes to the right. When the cart track ends, continue along the steeper mountain path again, which is joined just below the summit by the path past the Bukovnik homestead.
Go right here and in a few steps you will reach the panoramic Rokov vrh.
From the top, return to the last crossroads, then continue straight ahead to the nearby forest road. From the road, bear right for a short distance and then continue parallel to the road for a short distance. A little further on, return to the road, then from the crossroads continue straight on to a minor road, then turn slightly right onto a footpath which continues along the ridge. At first walk parallel to the road, then start to descend steeply. At a lower level, you reach a small pass where the path changes to the left side of a steep slope nearby. Cross the steep slope and then reach a minor road, which you follow to a marked crossroads by an old chapel, where the path past Bukovnik joins.
Continue slightly right (Setzhube on the left, Bukovnik on the right) in the direction of the old markers for Hochobir and the Old Mountain. The trail, which has been relatively easy to follow so far, becomes more overgrown and soon forks. The more overgrown marked trail continues straight ahead towards Obirje, and we continue right on a less overgrown, but no longer marked trail, which leads to Staro gora (Old Mountain). 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 begins to climb steeply. In parts quite overgrown, but mostly traceable, the path reaches cart track higher up, where it lays down, and cart track is soon abandoned, and then for a short time continues parallel to the track. A little further on, cart track is touched briefly, and the path 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.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2017 (August and September).

On the way: Rokov vrh / Rochusberg (880m), Setzhube (805m)

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