Črna na Koroškem (Mušenik) - Pikov vrh (via Šumahovo sedlo)

Access to the starting point:
a) Drive to Mežica, then continue driving in the route Črna na Koroškem. At the beginning of Črna na Koroškem, the road to Koča na Pikovem branches off to the right, we continue straight ahead and then about 20 metres further on to the left into a large parking lot, where we park.

b) From Šoštanj, take the Sleme Pass (the pass near which Andrejev dom na Slemenu is located) to Črna na Koroškem, where you take the exit from the roundabout in the direction of Mežica. At the end of the settlement (about 20 metres before the crossroads where the road and footpath to Koča na Pikovem turn left) Črna na Koroškem turns right into a large parking lot, where you park.

c) From Solčava take the pass Spodnje Sleme to Črna na Koroškem, where from the roundabout take the exit towards Mežica. At the end of the settlement (about 20 metres before the crossroads where the road and footpath to Koča na Pikovem branches off to the left) Črna na Koroškem turns right into a larger parking lot, where you park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, walk to the main road, where you carefully cross the main road at the pedestrian crossing, and then continue right towards Mežica to the nearby crossroads, where you can already see the mountain signs for Koča na Pikovem, which direct you to the left on a side road. The way forward leads us along the asphalt road, where we pass a few houses, and at a small crossroads we continue to the right in the direction of Igrčevega (straight marked path towards Koča na Pikovem).

There is a climb up some serpentines and we reach Igrčevego, where we pass the entrance to an abandoned lead and zinc mine (today there is a tourist cycle path through the mine tunnel) and pass some houses. The asphalt ends here and the next house is on the left. There is a bit of a climb, where, looking back, we get a nice view towards Črna na Koroškem, and the path leads us just a little further to a place where cart track branches off slightly to the right. Continue slightly left here and right at the next junction, where you will pass by an electricity pylon. Continue through the woods for a short distance and then you come to meadows where a path forks off to the right to another mine entrance, and you continue straight ahead and climb up to the next junction.

Go left here (to the right is another of the mine entrances) and climb crosswise to the Merkač homestead (so on the maps), where there is a small cross. From this homestead, there is a small climb and you reach a homestead called Mlačnik on the maps, where a path continues along the game preserve, leading to the Šumah homestead.

Continue along the path, which diverges in the forest from the game-preserve and climbs steeply for a few minutes. Higher up, we return to the game-preserve and quickly reach a macadam road, which we follow to the left (to the right of the Šumah homestead), and quickly reach a crossroads, from which we continue to the sharp right in the direction of Mežica. A little further on the path leads us above the homestead Šumah, from where a nice view opens up, and at a small crossroads we continue along a wider road, just a little further on we already arrive at Šumahovo sedlo, where there is a crossroads.
From Šumahovo sedlo bear left onto the wide cart track, which branches west from the saddle. A little further on, the rather steep cart track splits, and we continue to the left, on the wider cart track, which then leads us via another serpentine to the Big Peak, where the transmitters are located, and on a nearby object there is also a registration box with a registration book.
Before the transmitters on the right, there is a path which descends crosswise to a small saddle to the west of Veliki vrh, and from the nearby crossroads continue right in the direction of Pikov vrh (slightly to the left of Pikove jame). The path continues with some ups and downs, but mostly follows a wooded ridge. The trail, which is not marked, only at a few crossroads it is marked, is then followed to the lookout tower on Pikov Peak.
Starting point - Šumahovo sedlo 1:30, Šumahovo sedlo - Veliki vrh 0:15, Veliki vrh - Pikov vrh 40 minutes.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in May 2018 and February 2020.

On the way: Šumahovo sedlo (1065m), Veliki vrh (nad Mežiško dolino) (1165m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Koča na Pikovem, Šumahov vrh, Jesenik

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