Vurmat (Šturm) - Sveti Duh na Ostrem Vrhu

Access to starting point:
On the road Maribor - Dravograd near the hydropower plant Fala we will notice a small bridge on the Šturmov potok stream. Exactly on that bridge there is also the border between Štajerska and Koroška. We leave the car at the sawmill or somewhere nearby.

Route description:
The path begins at the sawmill, which is visible also from the road Maribor - Dravograd. The path initially runs along a wide macadam road, which leads us past a few houses of the dispersed hilly settlement Vurmat. Higher up, we reach a sharp left turn, where we leave the road and continue on a usually quite muddy cart track. We walk on the cart track for only about a minute, then cross a footbridge. After the footbridge, the path becomes steeper and enters Zrnkova grapa. Further on, we ascend along a partly slippery and steep path, which on one section is also secured with a steel cable. Above the steel cable, the path flattens temporarily, then after the second footbridge it steeply ascends again along a path that is in places quite overgrown. Higher up, the path leads us over the third footbridge, after which we reach a lonely cottage and a little further the Virtičev mlin.
From the mill onwards, the path continues along a gently sloping macadam road, which leads past a pond, after which it ascends more steeply in two hairpin turns. Further on, the road leads us past the Knap farm, after which we arrive at the village Sveti Duh na Ostrem vrhu. Upon arriving in the village, the path first leads past the NOB monument, above which we reach the church of the Holy Spirit, located on top of the hill.
The stamp and logbook are located in the nearby inn Heric.

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