Javorje (Mala Črna) - Smrekovec (po cesti)

Access to starting point:
a) Drive to Črna na Koroškem, then follow the signs for Topolščica, Šoštanj and Velenje. After 3 km of driving from the roundabout in the center of Črna na Koroškem, turn right towards Dom na Smrekovcu and Najevske lipe. Park a little further on at a suitable place by the road, best behind the bridge.
b) Drive to Šoštanj, then follow the signs for Črna na Koroškem. Follow a longer quite winding ascent to the Sleme pass (1082 m), then descend for another approximately 9 km. After 9 km turn left towards Dom na Smrekovcu and Najevske lipe. Park a little further on at a suitable place by the road, best behind the bridge.

Route description:
From the starting point, head onto the road where there are signs for Dom na Smrekovcu and Najevska lipa, initially walking along a gentle road ascending along Koroška Kramarica. After 15 minutes of walking, reach a marked junction at MHE-Navi Ludranski Vrh, continue left towards Dom na Smrekovcu (right Najevska lipa). The path continues along the stream and past individual farms, at a few junctions of access roads follow the otherwise rare markings on this section.
Higher up, the somewhat wider road turns left towards the Lukač farm and beyond, but go right onto the side road, soon reaching the Silvester homestead where the road ends.
Bypass the homestead on the lower left side and continue the path across the meadow (here the path may be somewhat overgrown), at the edge of the forest the path becomes clearer again, though briefly still somewhat overgrown. Follows a short transverse ascent through the forest and return to the road that we left lower before the Lukač homestead.
Follow the road to the right, which soon forks, continue straight between both roads on a cart track that begins to ascend more steeply. The cart track has some forks higher up where follow the markings, arriving at the chapel and NOB monument on Kramarica, where there is a marked junction.
Continue right towards Dom na Smrekovcu (left Andrejev dom na Slemenu, straight down Sveti Križ, Bele Vode and Šoštanj) and continue gently towards the nearby forest road, reaching it at the Kramarica saddle.
Continue the ascent on the wider road (left down Bele Vode, right Črna na Koroškem), a little further when returning to dense forest the path forks.
Continue straight and proceed towards Dom na Smrekovcu - along the road (right Dom na Smrekovcu via Bukov stan). Further ascend gently for quite some time along the macadam road mostly through forest, then reach a small junction continuing on the upper wider road.
From the junction follow the road for just a few minutes, then signs for Dom na Smrekovcu direct right onto an ascending cart track, ascending through forest to the nearby larger meadow. Upon stepping onto the meadow, continue right and ascend it to Planinski dom na Smrekovcu.
Bypass the hut on the left side and continue towards Smrekovec and Raduha, ascending transversely through the forest band. A few minutes higher the path forks, choose the right path with signs for Smrekovec (left Komen, Travnik and Raduha).
Follows a steep ascent through increasingly sparse forest, reaching the summit of Smrekovec in moderate ascent along the increasingly panoramic grassy slope.
Starting point - Kramarica 1:45, Kramarica - Dom na Smrekovcu 1:00, Dom na Smrekovcu - Smrekovec 0:30.

Along the route: Kapelica na Kramarici (1124m), Kramarica (1151m), Dom na Smrekovcu (1375m)

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