OMP Kuzma - Wolfsriegel

Access to starting point:
We drive to Rogašovci, and then we follow the signs towards Kuzma and Austria. A little before the Kuzma border crossing, we turn right towards Grad and Kuzma. Before reaching Kuzma, we turn left in the right bend onto an unmarked side road, along which we drive to the small border crossing, where we park on the Slovenian side by the old customs cottage.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road into Austria, where we quickly arrive at a crossroad and marked junction at the inn Grenzgasthaus Mertschnigg, from where we proceed straight following signs for the castle Schloss Kapfenstein (left Sotinski breg, right Tromejnik).
At first, we descend on an asphalt road, then we cross an overpass over the main road border crossing Kuzma - Ženavci / Jennersdorf. After the overpass, we turn right onto a cart track, which immediately splits again. We choose the left cart track, which ascends through the forest and shortly leads us past a stack of logs. The marked path then turns right and bypasses the lesser-known peak Rauscherriegel on the right side. For a few minutes, we continue without significant changes in altitude, then we slightly descend to a nearby asphalt road, which we follow to the right. Just a little further, we reach the next crossroad, where we turn left. A little further, we leave the forest, and the path leads us between occasional hamlets, with beautiful views of the surrounding landscape opening up from the path. When, after some time, we reach the main road Dobra / Neuhaus am Klausenbach - Liba / Minihof-Libeau, we first carefully cross it, then continue left, walking along the sidewalk. Already after a few dozen strides, we reach a smaller crossroad, where signs for Wolfsriegel direct us to the right onto an ascending road, where we turn right again at the first crossroad. The path ahead leads us past a few more houses, then the asphalt ends, and we continue along a cart track that leads through the forest. In the forest, the cart track turns sharply to the left, then leads us out of the forest, and we follow it to an indistinct peak a few minutes away.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in January 2023.

Along the route: Grenzgasthaus Mertschnigg (373m)

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