Globasnica / Globasnitz - Feuersberger Spitze (Peca / Petzen)

Access to starting point:
A) Via the Jezerski vrh border crossing we drive into Austria, then after approximately 6 km past Železno Kaplo / Bad Eisenkappel we turn right towards Velikovec / Völkermarkt. We follow the main road towards Velikovec for 2 km, then we turn right again, this time in the direction of the settlement Pliberk / Bleiburg. Further on, we drive through the Podjune valley, then signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz direct us right onto a local road, along which in 2 km of further driving we arrive in the centre of the village, where we park on a large parking lot. From the Jezerski vrh border crossing to the starting point it is approximately 33 km.
B) From Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec we drive to Ravne na Koroškem, then we continue driving in the direction of the Holmec border crossing. When we drive into Austria we first drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, then we follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz. After approximately 13 km from the Holmec border crossing we arrive in Globasnica, where we park on a large parking lot near the local church.

Route description:
From the large parking lot in Globasnica we continue towards the end of the village, where we soon join the "main" road which leads almost unnoticeably upwards towards the neighbouring village. When we get to Podroje / Podrain, we continue for a short time on the road which leads towards Podpeca / Koprein Petzen, and then signs with the caption "Wandersteg-Petzen" and "Wackendorfer Alm" point us to the left on a narrower road, on which we quickly get to the "last" house in the village.
At the mentioned house we leave the road and continue the ascent on a grassy cart track which quickly passes into a strip of forest. After a gentle ascent through the forest we get to a strip of bushes and ferns, through which we ascend on a usually nicely mowed path. A little higher it joins a macadam road, we follow it to the right and walk along it to a slight left turn, in the middle of which a marked footpath branches off to the right towards Veška planina / Wackendorfer Alm. After a short ascent, we also cross a poor forest road, then the path passes into dense forest, through which it starts to ascend steeper and steeper. Next follows a long and relatively steep path, which most of the time leads through dense forest, only occasionally does a bit of a view open up towards the neighbouring Topica, Junska gora and Obir. Higher, we touch the mountain road, which we immediately leave and continue the ascent sharply right on a footpath which continues ascending through the forest. Further on we cross a shorter panoramic slope, from which a nice view opens up towards Golica and the Podjune valley. The path ahead temporarily returns to the forest, then joins the previously mentioned road. About 50 to 100 m we continue on the road, then past a barrier which prevents further driving we arrive at Veška planina.
From the mountain pasture we continue between the chapel and the hut on the marked path, which branches slightly right from the road and first still ascends across a grassy slope, then through sparse coniferous forest where we follow the blazes. Higher, at a bend we reach a poorer road that quickly brings us to a small junction, where we go slightly right onto a cart track that leads us to the saddle south of the Feuersberger Spitze summit.
Here we leave the marked path and continue sharply right, where we ascend in a few minutes over easier grassy pathless terrain to the panoramic summit.
Starting point - Veška planina 3:00, Veška planina - Feuersberger Spitze 0:25.

Along the route: Wackendorfer Alm (1568m)

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