Bistriški jarek (Glasbeni dom) - St. Lorenzen ob Eibiswald

Access to the starting point:
a) Drive to Dravograd, then continue to Maribor. After the 8. 0 km road marker, pay attention, because a little after the bus stop and the pedestrian crossing, you will turn left into the Gortina settlement (the exit from the main road is not marked). As soon as you leave the main road you will arrive in Gortina, and we then drive in the direction of Muta, turning left at the marked crossroads, where you will see the signs for Bistriški trench. The road then leads quickly into the Bistriški trench, through which you climb steeply. Park at the former POŠ Branik, now the Music Centre, which is the sign on the building, but otherwise the building is used for various activities.

b) First drive to Maribor, then follow the signs for Dravograd. Once you have crossed Mučka Bistrica, turn right a little after the Tuš store in the direction of Muta 1. The road leads to Muta, where you follow the priority road at the crossroads, and from a slightly larger crossroads you turn left, so that you continue towards Gortina. A little after the Muta settlement ends, turn right at the marked crossroads towards Bistriški trench. The road then quickly leads into the Bistriški trench, through which you climb steeply. Park at the former POŠ Branik, now the Music Centre, which is the sign on the building, but otherwise the building is used for various activities.

Path description:
From the marked parking lot, continue along the asphalt road, which quickly leads to a marked crossroads by the ecological chapel behind the sports ground.

Continue to the right towards Sedelnik waterfall (left Pernice), where the path first leads to the chapel, then cross the Mučka Bistrica River behind it over a small bridge. On the other side of the river, the path goes into the woods and climbs alongside a small stream. After a few minutes the path splits and we continue to the right in the direction of St. Jernej (straight ahead Sedelnik waterfall 2 minutes).

The path climbs steeply and we are helped by some fixed safety gear. When the fixed safety gear end, we arrive above the waterfall and the markings end transiently. From the crossroads above the waterfall, go right, then left before the end of the older cart track on a steep path, which ascends quickly to cart track, where the markings reappear. Further on, cart track has a few forks, where you follow the markings carefully, and when you emerge from the woods, continue straight ahead and, above a nearby farmhouse, you reach a macadam road, where you continue left towards St. Jernej. The dirt road then leads us past the Vitdoner homestead, where local honey is sold, and above the homestead we reach a wider road, which we follow sharply to the left. The way forward initially leads us along beautiful views, then into the forest, where signs direct us sharp right, onto a side road, which leads to the Ladinek homestead. At the homestead, the markings direct us to the left to a short overgrown section, then back to cart track, which leads us back to the wider macadam road in a moderate ascent. The road leads past the turnoff to the hunting lodge and past the chapel, and after the chapel go slightly left on cart track. There is a short climb through the woods and then you arrive at the edge of a large fenced pasture where small cattle graze. Continue along the fence for a few minutes, taking in the increasingly beautiful views, and then approach the nearby houses. Continue in the same direction, crossing a couple of side grazing fences in between, and arrive at a marked crossroads.

Continue to the right (St Jernej Church on the left for 5 minutes) and in a few steps you will reach the Primož homestead, where there is a registration box and a stamp next to a mighty linden tree.

There is also a marked crossroads at the linden tree, and we continue slightly left in the direction of Bricnik and St. Lovrenec (slightly right St. Primož). After the Primož homestead, we continue along the macadam road for a short distance, and then go slightly left on the footpath, which continues across the spacious meadow with a view. The path continues past a chapel and a hunting observation post, then turns left and enters the forest. Through the woods we start to descend moderately at first, but when the signs point us to the right, to the worse cart track, we start to descend a little more. At a lower level you reach the Vud stream, along which you continue for a while, then cross it and climb to a nearby crossroads, at which there is a wooden sign.
From the crossroads, turn sharp left in the direction of St. Lovrenec (slightly to the right, Bricnik). Just a little further on from the crossroads, cross the state border, and a few 10 steps further on, reach the road, which you follow upwards. The road soon turns sharp left onto the Austrian trail to the Church of St Jerome, and we continue past houses and a chapel to the next marked crossroads. Continue slightly to the right and walk along the asphalt road to the village of St. Lorenzen, where you will find the Church of St. Lawrence and, slightly below, the Church of St. Lenart.
Bistriški trench - St. Jernej 1:40, St. Jernej - St. Lovrenc 1:05.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2018 (October).

On the way: Sedelnikov slap (500m), Sveti Jernej nad Muto (1038m), Bricnik (1017m)

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