Čemernica / Tschemernitzen - Mittagskogel/Kepa

Access to the starting point:
Take the Karawanks tunnel into Austria and leave the motorway at the exit Kot / Winkl. When you reach the main road through Roz / Rosental, turn right, then before the underpass under the motorway viaduct, turn left towards Svatne / Schlatten, Hodnina / Kanin and Čemernica / Tschemernitzen. There are two serpentines, then continue parallel to the motorway. Continue through an underpass to the east side of the motorway and turn right at a junction towards Hodnina. After the crossroads, pass through the underpass once more, then arrive in Hodnina, and follow the road to the next settlement, Čemernica, where the route described above starts by the yellow mountain signs. Park a little earlier at a suitable place along the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, follow the path towards Bleščeče mountain pasture / Rossalm, Koča Berta and Kepe / Mittagskogel. The trail initially leads along a rather slippery dirt road, which soon takes us into the forest, and at the crossroads we follow it in the direction of the markings. Higher up, go slightly left off the road onto the cart track, and soon left again off the cart track onto the forest path, which becomes quite steep. The path then ascends a steep slope below the cliffs Arihova peč, and splits when the slope switches to the downhill side at a small pass.
Continue right (left viewpoint at the top of Arihova peč - 3 minutes) and climb gently through the forest. The path soon turns left and leads us out of the forest to the edge of Bleščeče mountain pasture, where just a little further on we enter a macadam road. Walk along the macadam road, where the path from Kopanje / Kopein joins us from the right, for only a few 10 steps and you will arrive at the Cottage above the Arihovo pečjo.
From the hut, walk along the road to the nearby marked crossroads, then turn right in the direction of Koča Berta (straight ahead Lepi studenec / Schönbrunnen and Podrožca / Rosenbach). The way ahead takes us quickly into the lane of a forest, and after it we return to the road, which we follow to the right, but the signs quickly direct us left onto a footpath that begins to climb up a small valley, where we cross the road once more. Higher up the valley, we reach a steep slope, and at the hunting observatory we reach the road, which we follow briefly to the right, then go left towards Berta Cottage. A fairly steep climb follows, and the path flattens out when you reach the ridge east of Kamnica / Ferlacher Spitze.
Here we continue straight on the other side of the ridge, on the path that goes around Kamnica on the left (on the right, a more difficult path that goes around Kamnica on the west side). Then we cross a steep scree slope, where the cliffs above us also increase the possibility of falling rocks. Cross the scree with good views, then descend to a forest road which you follow westwards. After a few minutes' walk along the road, you will reach a marked crossroads, where you take a sharp right (slightly left Mittagskogel, Podrožca. . . ) and within a minute's further walk you will reach Berta's hut. From the hut, follow the road back to the last crossroads and descend to the nearby Borovščica / Ferlacher Sattel saddle, from there continue slightly left on the marked trail in the direction of Kepe (left Podrožca / Rosenbach, slightly right Mittagskogel on the north-east ridge, right down our starting point). The path ahead is initially quite steep and mostly crosses the slopes to the left. As the path begins to climb, however, you quickly reach a crumbly gully where the path may be damaged by rainfall, and emergency tools are stowed in front of the gully to repair the path. In the second part of the gully crossing we have some fixed safety gear to help us, and then a steep climb. Further on, we climb along a nicely surfaced path which crosses a few more ravines, but the passage over them is easier. The path, which is becoming more and more scenic, is getting closer and closer to the foot of the Dovška Mala Kepa walls, but it does not pass right under the wall, as there is a larger torrent between the path and the wall, so the path is not too exposed to falling rocks. Higher up, the path turns to the right, where two more ravines are crossed, followed by a fairly steady climb towards the state border. The last part of the ascent to the border becomes steeper, but when you reach the border ridge, the marked path from Erjavec's rovt joins from the left.
Continue to the right, initially walking along the ridge, and then the path crosses over to the Austrian side, where it climbs cross-climbing to the main summit, which is reached after a few minutes of further walking.
Čemernica - Bleščeča mountain pasture 1:30, Bleščeča mountain pasture - Koča Berta 1:30, Koča Berta - Mittagskogel 2:05.
Description and figures refer to 2018 (August).

On the way: Koča nad Arihovo pečjo / Rossalmhütte (1080m), Koča Berta / Bertahütte (1527m), Sedlo Borovščica / Ferlacher Sattel (1500m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Gubno, Dovška Mala Kepa

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