Mežica - Uršlja gora (Plešivec) (via Sveti Lenart and over Kozji hrbet)

Access to the starting point:
a) From Raven na Koroškem or via Border crossing Holmec drive to Mežica, where at the beginning of the village turn left towards the Tuš store, the sports park and the music hall. After the Tuš shop and before the pensioners' home, turn left towards Leše. After the crossroads, cross the Meža River, and after the bridge, you will see the first red mountain signs pointing to the right. Just a little further on, we reach the next crossroads, where the signs for Uršlja gora point left, and we turn right, where we park by the sports ground and the music hall.
b) From Črna na Koroškem, drive to Mežica, where you turn right in the centre of the village towards the sports park and left at the next junction. Drive through the village for a while and then turn right after the pensioners' home in the direction of Leš. After the crossroads, cross the Meža River, and after the bridge, you will see the first red mountain signs pointing to the right. Just a little further on, we reach the next crossroads, where the signs for Uršlja gora point to the left, and we turn right, where we park by the sports ground and the music hall.

Path description:
From the starting point, return to the marked crossroads, then continue along the ascending road in the direction of Naravske ledin, Uršlja gora and KPP (Koroška planinska pot). At the Peršak carpenter's, continue straight onto the macadam road, which takes you into the forest and turns into a mountain trail that continues along the torrent. A little further on the right we see a wooden bridge, and we continue straight ahead and stay on the right bank of the torrent for a while. Cross the torrent for a few minutes, then follow the markings carefully at successive crossroads. Higher up, at a crossroads, we reach an asphalt road, and we continue along the left-hand road, along which the KPP markings continue. Walk along the road for a few minutes, from which you will get a nice view towards Pec, and then continue right into the forest, following the cart track. Cart track leads us higher out of the forest, and then through the yard of a nearby farmhouse we reach the next asphalt road, which we just cross. It then climbs through a hay meadow, and then turns slightly left into the forest. Walk through the forest for only a short time, as you quickly reach a macadam road, which you follow to the right (left Volinjak, Leše churches, Leše. . . ). The way forward takes us past the Andrej homestead, and then continues first along the west side, then along the south side of Andrej's Peak. Before the homestead Najevnik we reach a small saddle, next to which there is a chapel (at the chapel the path to Andrejev vrh branches off to the left), and we continue along the macadam road.
The road continues past the homesteads of Najevnik, Danev, Predovnik, to the homestead of Kajžar (at the homestead of Kajžar, the path branches off to the nearby church of St Lenart), which we pass on the lower right-hand side. The way forward leads along a forest road, which soon forks, and we choose the upper road (the lower one leads to the Krajnc homestead). For a few minutes we continue to climb crosswise on the slopes of Jankovec Peak (1200 m), and then we reach a small valley between this peak on the left and Kranjč Peak (1227 m) on the right.
At the beginning of the valley, a path branches off to the right to Šahman's hut, and we continue along the road on the left, which leads us out of the forest to a kind of pasture. When the path returns to the forest a little further on, we see one of the few mountain signs on the saddle between the two peaks mentioned above (the signs along the way are mainly rare, old and partly faded). Continue in the direction Uršlja gora, following the road as it starts to descend. After crossing a more distinct torrent, you reach the slopes of Stribovc Peak (1151 m), where the road splits. Continue along the right-hand road (on the left, the Macigoj "homestead" and Barbarski graben), which continues to descend, and we follow it to the "water hunger". After a small permanent spring, leave the road and continue ascending to the right on cart track in the direction of the homestead "Obretan", "Uršlja gora" and "Naravske ledin". cart track quickly splits again, and we continue from the crossroads along the upper right cart track (slightly left Suška bajta bivouac 1 minute). After a short climb, we reach the northern ridge of Suška vrh, where the path leading past Suška bajta joins us on the left, and we continue along the path which passes onto the steep slopes of Suška vrh (the area called Suška plazi), where there is a risk of avalanches and slipping in the snow. We first cross these slopes, then ascend crosswise and reach higher ground on the eastern forested ridge of Suško vrh, where the path from the Dukles hunting lodge and the Great Cock's roosting site joins us from the right.
Continue straight ahead, initially slightly downhill, and then, with views reaching as far as Golica / Koralpa, reach the farmstead of Obretan (Obretanovo), where the better-marked path from Lesy joins us on the left, and where the Obretanovo camping home of the family of the Carinthian steelworkers is also located. Obretanovo is also on the left.
We continue along the road, which leads us to a marked crossroads after the gate, and we continue the other way to the right, on a path that ascends and does not descend, and we see the sign Godec next to it. The way ahead leads us without major ascents and descents, but quickly leads us to a road where the path forks, and the crossroads is not particularly marked.
Continue via the forest road to the ascending cart track (right Koča na Naravskih ledinah), which will take you up in a few minutes to a small pass to the north of Godec Peak (1153 m). From the pass, continue slightly to the left and descend crosswise to the Godec farm, where you will step out onto the carriage road and follow it to the right. After a short descent, you reach a wider road leading from Obretanovo (you can also follow the road to here). Continue straight ahead here, then at the junction after the source of the Suha River, turn left (right Koča na Naravskih ledinah). Leave the road leading to the valley after about 50 metres, or just at the point where the footpath from Raven na Koroškem joins from the left.
Continue slightly right into the forest, where you will see some older markings, and follow them until they meet the better marked path leading from the Ivarčko lake over Kozji hrbet to Uršlja gora.
Continue right and start climbing steeply over Kozji hrbet. Higher up, we cross another cart track, and we continue climbing relatively steeply for some time before arriving at a marked crossroads, where we join the path leading from the Hut on the Naravski Ledinah (Cottage on the Naravski Ledinah).
From the crossroads, continue in the direction Uršlja gora and climb steeply for some time. Higher up, the path is laid, and the forest thins out, so that beautiful views begin to open up. Follow this path, which finally leaves the forest and turns into a view slope just below the summit, all the way to the 1699 m high summit.
From the top, you can descend in a few minutes to the nearby mountain lodge and the Church of St Ursula.

On the way: Taborniški dom roda koroških jeklarjev Obretanovo (1040m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Dom na Uršlji gori

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