Poljana - Volinjak (via Leše churches and Hermanko)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Ravne na Koroškem, and then we continue driving towards Mežica. After Prevalje, we will get to the smaller settlement Poljana, where we park on the parking lot opposite the church of St. John the Baptist. Next to the parking lot there is a NOB monument and Kocka bar.
B) From Črna na Koroškem we drive towards Mežica and further towards Ravne na Koroškem. In the settlement Poljana, only a little after the crossroad where the road towards Austria branches off to the left, before the church of St. John the Baptist we turn left onto the parking lot by the NOB monument and by Kocka bar.
C) From the direction of Austria through the border crossing Holmec we drive into Slovenia, and after a few kilometers at the crossroad we turn left towards Ravne na Koroškem. Only a little after the crossroad, where we join the road Mežica - Prevalje, before the church of St. John the Baptist we turn left onto the parking lot by the NOB monument and by Kocka bar.

Route description:
From the starting point, we carefully cross the quite busy road Prevalje - Mežica, then at the crossroad of two macadam roads we continue on the left one, which continues behind the church of St. John the Baptist. Behind the church we once again continue right, then we lightly descend to the bridge over the river Meža. On the other side of the bridge we go left, then on a tree we notice a signpost which directs us right into the forest. After a short ascent along the cart track the path splits, and we choose the slightly left path in the direction of the Leše churches (right Volinjak).
We continue the path along the cart track, which ascends diagonally towards the left, and at the junctions we follow the yellow markers. Higher up the forest ends and ahead of us we already see the Leše churches, to which only a short walk remains.
Behind the churches we continue right onto the footpath, which higher enters the forest, then after a short ascent it joins the macadam road. Along the road we ascend lightly and already after a few tens of meters we arrive at a marked crossroad, where we continue along the slightly left road in the direction of Volinjak and the path to the mysterious world of Žal žen (right Prapar and Stovčnik). The path ahead first continues through the forest, then past the watering place and along the extensive pasture. A little higher the road brings us to a smaller hamlet at the Hermanko farm, where on one of the buildings we notice the inscription Volinjak, which directs us right, but we continue along the road, which we leave at the crossroad a few minutes away, next to which there is a larger masonry chapel.
From the crossroad we continue right onto the path in the direction of Volinjak, where the path first leads across the hay meadow, then gradually enters the forest. Through the forest we follow the yellow arrows or lines, and along the quite steep path in a few minutes of further walking we reach the summit of Volinjak, where there is a logbook box.
Poljana - Leše churches 45 minutes, Leše churches - Volinjak 40 minutes.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2017 (February).

Along the route: Leški cerkvi (674m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Andrejev vrh

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