Radlje ob Dravi - Bricnik (via Zavetišče Onuk - Glavar)

Access to the starting point:
From the road Dravograd - Maribor, in Radlje ob Dravi, from the crossroads by the Lidl shop, go towards the centre of the settlement and the Radeljski Pass. After the crossroads, go past the Hofer shop and past the road turning off to the left towards St. Trem Kralje, and at the next crossroads turn left towards Austria. Just after the crossroads, turn left again and park in the large asphalt parking lot near the Radlje Manor.

Path description:
At the parking lot, the signs for Sv. Tri Kralje and Bricnik direct you to the path towards Dvorcu Radlje, and from there you quickly go right down the wide path to the asphalt road, which you follow to the right. Walk along Samostanska Street, passing a few houses and following the signs at the crossroads. Continue walking along the asphalt road which leads you through the Radeljski Potok valley, and from the crossroads, passing many direction signs, go slightly left towards the marked path. A few minutes further on, the asphalt ends and the road turns right at a higher level, leaving the valley. The way ahead takes us past a sign, and after it we soon go left, as the signs direct us to a footpath. The ascent through the forest is followed, where you soon cross a dirt road, and the next time you reach a dirt road, you reach it just at the crossroads.

Continue on the upper road towards Bricnik. There is a left serpentine, and after this you reach a small hamlet where the road turns back to the right. Then walk past the Sitar homestead, over which a fine view opens up, after which the path, which continues along cart track, passes into the forest. Higher up, a beautiful view opens up to our left, stretching from Uršlje Gora to Pec, and in good visibility all the way to the Kamniško Savinjske Alps. With beautiful views, we reach the Navšnik homestead, where the path from Kapunar or the Razdevšek homestead, located in the valley of the Radeljski brook, joins us from the right. A few steps above the crossroads, continue right and start climbing cross-country on the macadam road, and from the nearby crossroads go left. There is a cross-country climb to the left, and as you cross, the road branches off to the left towards the Pušej homestead. Continue straight ahead and when you reach the ridge, you will reach a marked crossroads.

Continue straight on towards Bricnik (sharp right Sv. Trije Kralji), at first with good views, then the road goes gently into the forest. When you reach the marked crossroads after the ecological island, follow the road slightly left towards St. Primož (Dobnik homestead on the left, Bricnik slightly left, St. Anton straight ahead, the right path ends in the forest) and continue along the road crossing the slopes to the left. At the crossroads follow the marked road, and after a while the path, which occasionally offers a fine view of Pohorje, leads to the Onuk - Glavar Shelter.
Leave the road at the shelter and continue right towards Bricnik and Glavar's Spruce (straight ahead Muta and St. Primož).
From the shelter, first ascend through the hay meadow, then the path turns into the forest. After a short traverse, you reach a small crossroads where a short path branches off the marked path to the right to Glavar's Spruce, which measured 48 metres in height in June 2016, but was felled by a strong wind a year later.
There is a steeper climb, and then, just above 900 metres above sea level, we join a slightly wider path and follow it to the right (Muta and St. Primož on the left).
There are a few more minutes of ascent, following the signposts at the crossroads, and then the trail lays down and leads to the top of Bricnika.
Radlje ob Dravi - Zavetišče Onuk - Glavar 2:15, Zavetišče Onuk - Glavar - Bricnik 0:40.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2019 (March).

On the way: Zavetišče Onuk - Glavar (790m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Sv. Lovrenc na Ivniku / St. Lorenzen ob Eibiswald, Sveti Jernej nad Muto

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