Ravne na Koroškem - Pokeržnikov vrh (via Šteharski vrh)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the road Slovenj Gradec - Dravograd, take the exit towards Raven na Koroškem from the large roundabout and then drive towards the above-mentioned place. When you arrive at Ravne na Koroškem, after the Petrol station, at the crossroads where the Špar shop is on the right, turn left into the marked free parking area, where you park by the Meži River.

b) From Črna na Koroškem or via Border crossing Holmec, drive to Prevalje, from where you continue to Dravograd. When you arrive at Ravne na Koroškem, turn right at the Špar shop, which you will see on your left, into the asphalted parking lot located between the main road and the Meža River.

Path description:
From the parking lot, first cross the rather busy main road at the pedestrian crossing and then continue along the pavement towards Dravograd. After the Petrol station, turn left onto the road, where you will see the first signs for Šteharski vrh by the underpass under the railway line. After the underpass, turn right towards Malgajeva cesta and climb steeply up the stairs. The stairs end quickly, but when you reach the macadam road by the trestle, follow it right to a nearby apartment house, where signs direct you left under the route of a high-voltage power line. A fairly scenic walk under the power line follows, and then the path splits.

Continue left (Malgajeva cesta on the right), then pass a nearby house and outbuildings on the right, after which you cross a macadam road. Then climb through the forest, following the fairly frequent signposts at the crossroads. Higher up, the trail leads us to a grassy slope, which offers a beautiful view towards Uršlja gora and Pec. Just above the nearby chapel, the path from the Spodnji Lečnik tourist farm joins us from the right, and after the crossroads we pass a farmhouse on the right.

There is a short climb along an asphalt road, and then the signs for Šteharski vrh direct us left into the forest. Climb steeply through the forest for some time, then reach a macadam road, which leads to the Šteharnik farm, which you pass on the left. Continue along cart track, initially with fine views of the Koroška hills, and then the path turns into the forest. A few minutes of moderate ascent follows and the mostly forest path leads to Šteharski, or Šteharnikov vrh.
From the summit, we go back a few steps and then continue right to the unmarked cart track, which we start descending west to north-west. After a few minutes of descending we reach a junction of dirt roads, and we continue on the road slightly left (sharp left Ravne na Koroškem, slightly right we can reach Libeliče, sharp right the Church of the Holy Cross). A slight climb follows on the macadam road, which leads us past two signs, and then, with beautiful views, we arrive at a crossroads, where a path branches off slightly to the right to the hamlet of Šteknija, and we continue slightly to the left on the lower road, which leads us for some time with beautiful views of the Carinthian mountains, and then the road passes into the forest, and when the forest is thinned out, we reach the hunting lodge Strojna.
After the cottage, the road returns to the forest and initially crosses the slopes of Šteknetov vrh and then the slopes of Trotov Peak. There are several successive crossroads, where you continue straight ahead, then past the Trot Cross (a triangular chapel with saints depicted in frescoes) to the next crossroads by the NOB memorial, where you continue slightly left in the direction of Strojna (slightly right Libeliče).
The path ahead leads out of the forest and onwards, with fine views of Uršlja gora and other surrounding peaks. Higher up, you will pass the Požeg farm or Kupnik estate, and after a few more minutes' walk you will reach the Janež farm, an outstanding example of 17th-century vernacular architecture.
At the farm, where there is a well-preserved black kitchen, continue slightly right on the cart track, which climbs crosswise above the road (straight along the road is the Church of St Urha). Higher up, the path leads through the lane of a forest, and when the forest ends, take a quick walk to the nearby Pokeržnikov vrh, which offers a beautiful view.
a Koroškem - Šteharski vrh 1:45, Šteharski vrh - Pokeržnikov vrh 1:30.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2018 (March) and 2019 (February).

On the way: Šteharski vrh (Šteharnikov vrh) (1018m), Trotov križ (863m)

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