Ivarčko jezero - Uršlja gora (Plešivec) (Grofovska pot)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor we take the exit Žalec, and then we continue driving in the direction of Velenje, Mislinja and Slovenj Gradec. In Slovenj Gradec at the traffic light (traffic light at the Lidl store) we turn left, and then at the crossroads we follow the road in the direction of Ravne na Koroškem and Kotlje. From Slovenj Gradec the road ascends for a few kilometers, and then descends to Kotlje, where at the crossroad we continue left towards Ivarčko Lake (right Ravne na Koroškem). Further, we follow a somewhat narrower road in the direction of Ivarčko Lake (also ski slope Ivarčko-Ošven), near which we also park on one of the several arranged parking spots.
B) From Koroška we first drive to Ravne na Koroškem, and then we continue driving towards Kotlje. From Kotlje onwards we follow the signs for Ivarčko Lake and ski slope Ivarčko-Ošven. We park on the parking lot by the lake, or on the parking lot by the ski slope.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we first walk to the nearby roundabout, and from there we continue on the forest road, by which we notice signs for Uršlja gora - Železarska pot. For a short time, we walk on the road, and after a small bridge we turn right on a marked footpath which ascends by the stream Uršeljca. Higher, the path for a short time steeply ascends, and then it flattens and brings us to a nearby road which we follow to the left. The road then below the farm Jurček brings us to a crossroad by the NOB monument.
At the monument, we leave the marked path and continue on the left road which we follow for approximately 500 m. After approximately 500 m we get to a smaller junction, where we step onto Grofovska pot, which from the road continues sharply to the right.
We continue the ascent on the so-called Grofovska pot, which further ascends in zig-zags over a relatively steep slope. Higher, we cross a smaller cart track, and we follow the forest path to the spot where we step onto a wider cart track and follow it to the right. The cart track then quickly brings us to the "bife pod jelko" and we follow it in a moderate ascent mostly to the right. Higher, the cart track ends, and we continue on a path that is steeper for a short time, which quickly flattens and shortly after joins the Železarska pot.
We continue past a spring and ahead the relatively gentle path quickly brings us to the spot where from the left the path from Poštarski dom joins. We continue to the right and a little higher we step onto a macadam road which we follow to the right. We walk along the road to the first left bend, where by the bench we notice the continuation of the mountain path. The path ahead first steeply ascends, then in a moderate ascent crosses increasingly panoramic slopes. Higher, the path turns somewhat more to the right and flattens even further. Another 10 m or so higher we step out of the forest, and we follow the increasingly panoramic path to Dom na Uršlji gori.
From the hut we continue on the wide path, along which in approximately 5 minutes of further walking we reach the summit, from which a nice view opens up on all sides.

Along the route: Dom na Uršlji gori (1680m)

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