Črna na Koroškem (Mušenik) - Koča na Pikovem (via Igrčevo)

Access to the starting point:
a) Drive to Mežica, then continue 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 we arrive at a homestead, for which we see the name Mlačnik on the maps, where a path continues along the game preserve, leading to the Šumah homestead, and we continue along the road and climb above the homestead. When we return to the forest, we climb in two serpentines to a slightly wider macadam road, which we follow to the left (sharp right - Šumah homestead, Šumahovo sedlo and Mežica). A few minutes further on, we reach a small pass between Kasnjak's Peak on the left and Pikov vrh on the right, where a downhill cycle track branches off to the left and a memorial is visible on the right. We continue walking along the road for a while, but when the road turns left in a small valley, which the road only crosses, we continue slightly right on cart track, and left from it on a well-trodden gently sloping path. The path, which takes a long curve, returns to the road shortly before the Church of St Helena, and we pass the church to reach the Hut na Pikovem. Description and figures refer to the situation in February 2020.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Pikov vrh ( 5 min), Veliki vrh (nad Mežiško dolino) ( 45 min)

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