Bistriški jarek (Glasbeni dom) - Church of St. Simon and Judah Tadej (Pernice)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Dravograd, and then we continue driving towards Maribor. After the road sign 8.0 km we need to pay attention, because we will a little behind the bus stop and a pedestrian crossing, turn left in a settlement Gortina (turn off from the main road isn't marked). Immediately, when we leave the main road we get to the settlement Gortina, and then we drive in the direction of Muta, we turn left at the marked crossroad, where we notice signs for Bistriški jarek. The road then quickly brings us in Bistriški jarek, through which we are gently ascending. We park by the former POŠ Branik, today Glasbeni dom, that is the caption on the building, otherwise the building is used for various activities.
B) First, we drive to Maribor, and then we follow the signs for Dravograd. When we already cross the river Mučka Bistrica, a little after the store Tuš we drive right in the direction of the settlement Muta 1. The path ahead brings us in Muta, where on a crossroads we follow priority road, from a little bigger crossroad we go left, so that we are further driving towards Gortina. A little after the settlement Muta ends, from marked crossroad we drive right in the direction of Bistriški jarek. The road then quickly brings us in Bistriški jarek, through which we are gently ascending. We park by the former POŠ Branik, today Glasbeni dom, that is the caption on the building, otherwise the building is used for various activities.

Path description:
From the marked parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road which behind the sports field quickly brings us to a marked crossing by the ecological chapel.
We continue left towards Pernice (right Sedelnik waterfall and St. Jernej), from the road we go immediately a little more left on a cart track. On the cart track, we ascend to the near farm, where we go behind the house left on a marked cart track. Cart track is at first ascending diagonally towards the left and then turns right, and after the turn we leave it and we continue slightly right on a marked footpath which starts steeply ascending through the forest. Higher, we also cross an older cart track, after a further shorter ascent we join a little wider cart track, on which we also come out of the forest. The path ahead leads us past the hunting observatory, and then we cross a wider macadam road and we continue on the road which leads to the near homestead Abram. Above the homestead, we again continue on a cart track, and the path brings us to nicely settled chapel, above which the path for some time becomes a little steeper. The path ahead leads us by the route of a power line, and higher we once again cross a wider road. Further, the path leads us also past the homestead Hribernik, above which the path gradually passes into the forest. Next follows few minutes of ascent through the forest and then we get to pastures below the church of St. Simon and Judah Tadej, where the footpath for some time vanishes. We continue with increasingly beautiful views to the church, where we go left and past NOB monument we walk to the former mountain hut Planinsko zavetišče pri Knezu, where there is an inscription box.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (November).

Trip can be extended to: Sveti Urban (above Kozji Vrh) (1 h 15 min) , Kozji vrh (at Košenjak) (1 h) , Bivak Piramida , Huhnerkogel/Košenjak