Bistriški jarek (MP Muta) - Arl's Pine

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Dravograd, and then we continue driving towards Maribor. After the road sign 8.0 km we need to pay attention, because shortly after the bus stop and a pedestrian crossing, we turn left into the settlement Gortina (the turn-off from the main road is not marked). Immediately when we leave the main road we arrive in the settlement Gortina, and then we drive in the direction of Muta, turning left at the marked crossroad where we notice signs for Bistriški jarek. The road then quickly brings us to Bistriški jarek, through which we gently ascend. Soon after the road sign 6 km we come to a smaller crossroad, where before the bridge we park in an appropriate place.
B) First, we drive to Maribor, and then we follow the signs for Dravograd. When we are already crossing Mučka Bistrica, shortly after the Tuš store we drive right in the direction of the settlement Muta 1. The path ahead brings us to Muta, where at crossroads we follow the priority road; from a somewhat larger crossroad we go left, so that we continue driving towards Gortina. Shortly after the settlement Muta ends, from the marked crossroad we drive right in the direction of Bistriški jarek. The road then quickly brings us to Bistriški jarek, through which we gently ascend. Soon after the road sign 6 km we come to a smaller crossroad, where before the bridge we park in an appropriate place.

Route description:
From the starting point over the bridge we cross Mučka Bistrica, then immediately after the bridge we continue left, where initially we walk along the river. Before the abandoned Lipnik mill the path turns right and begins to ascend along a cart track. Higher we reach the pastures of the nearby farm, a well-marked cart track brings us to the Lipnik farm, which we bypass on the right side. Behind the house we step onto a macadam road, which we follow to the right; at the nearby crossroad we go sharply left towards Pernice. The path ahead leads us along a wider macadam road, where we pass individual farms and at crossroads follow the blazes. With nice views we then reach a marked junction, where the signs for Pernice direct us slightly right onto a cart track that ascends transversely, higher turning right. After crossing a meadow the path for some time runs along the edge of the forest, then when it turns left it enters the forest. We continue through the forest, higher we cross a road twice in succession, after a short transverse ascent to the right we cross a spring.
Before the Porčnik homestead the path turns left, then ascends to a somewhat poorly marked junction at Razpotnikovem, where we continue along the left cart track. The cart track returns to the forest and brings us to the 1000 m altitude mark.
The cart track flattens here and brings us at the church of St. Simon and Jude Thaddaeus to an asphalt road, along which past the NOB monument we continue to the logbook box located at the former Planinsko zavetišče pri Knezu on Pernice.
From the nearby crossroad we head onto the path towards Muta and Dom krajanov Pernice. We quickly arrive at Dom krajanov, which we bypass on the left side, then gently descend through the forest to the nearby macadam road, which we follow right towards the Arl farm. When a few minutes further we arrive at the shrine we leave the road and behind the cross go left onto a footpath, along which we continue to Arlov bor, from which a beautiful view opens up.
Starting point - Pernice 1:50, Pernice - Arlov bor 0:15.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in November 2018 and 2024.

Along the route: Church of St. Simon and Judah Tadej (Pernice) (1059m)

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