Lovrenc na Pohorju - Hlebov vrh (Rdeči Breg) (via Povh and Brabar)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Maribor - Dravograd road, between the Fala HPP and the Ožbalt HPP, turn left towards Lovrenc na Pohorju (from the route of Dravograd turn right). On the other side of the Drava, start climbing along Radoljna, and at the marked crossroads, take a slight right along the main road towards Lovrenec to Pohorje. When you arrive in Lovrenc na Pohorje, follow the main road, and in the centre of the village turn right towards the primary school, where you can park in the parking lot next to the school. You can also park elsewhere in the village, where there are a few free parking spaces.
b) Drive into Ruše, then follow the road towards Lovrenec to Pohorje. At Činžat you will reach a pass where the road starts to descend, and at a lower point go left towards Lovrenec na Pohorju. When you reach Lovrenc na Pohorju, follow the main road, and in the centre of the village, turn right towards the primary school, where you can park in the parking lot next to the school. You can also park elsewhere in the settlement, where there are a few free parking spaces.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the road on the left (the right road leads to the Holiday Village), which continues westwards and soon forks. Continue on the right road, which starts to descend through the forest, and lower down you reach the Slepnica stream, where you reach another road and a marked crossroads.
Continue left in the direction of Lehn on Pohorje and Radelj ob Dravi (right and then left St Ignatius past Kapus and the hunting lodge (Glančnik) and continue walking along the gently sloping asphalt road that leads through the valley. Soon another path branches off to the right towards St Ignatius (the path past Zgornji Dobnik), and we continue along the gently sloping asphalt road, walking along it to the confluence of the Slepnice and Povhova brooks, where the road forks.
Continue on the right-hand side road towards Dobnik hut, where you initially continue on the asphalt road. From the road, a little further to the right, a road branches off to the Dobnik cottage (private land), and we continue straight on and follow the road to the next crossroads, from which we go left in the direction of the Grobelnik and Povh homesteads.
Continue along the steeper road through the forest, and higher up, pass the two aforementioned homesteads on the left.
Higher up, we reach a small pass, where we see a cross on the left, and we go right off the road and the crossroads to cart track (the left road descends towards the village of Lehen on Pohorje, and the right road leads to a few more homesteads.
The way ahead leads along cart track, along which the markings are quite sparse, and a little further on, when you reach the noticeably wider cart track, continue to the right (if you continue to the left, cart track ends quickly), initially slightly downhill, but as you approach the road, continue straight on and continue following cart track. Walk a few steps along the wider cart track, then go slightly left on the steeper cart track, which soon leads out of the woods, where you see the signs for the Church of St Ignatius. Continue through the lane of the forest, and you will reach the Brabar homestead, where you are again quite close to the dirt road. Go around the homestead on the left, then turn slightly right and climb to the edge of the forest where the path splits.
Continue along the slightly left cart track, along which there are signs for St Ignatius (straight ahead to the Glančnik hunting lodge), and then there are a few forks where you choose cart track, which climbs, and at a few of the forks you can also see markings or signs that have faded. Higher up, the path becomes more and more scenic, and at a sign you reach an asphalt road, which you follow to the left.
The way ahead leads us past the Žumar homestead, and after the homestead, from the crossroads, continue slightly to the right towards St Ignatius. Continue along the macadam road, which crosses the lane of the forest, and then, taking in the beautiful views, pass the Hleb homestead on the right, and quickly arrive at the Church of St Ignatius beyond it.
Before the church, turn right off the road and walk through the woods, following the cart track to the summit, a few minutes away.
Starting point - St Ignatius 2:25, St Ignatius - Hlebov vrh 0:05.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in December 2021.

On the way: Povh (550m), Brabar (654m), Sveti Ignacij (Rdeči Breg) (885m)

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