Bistriški jarek (Glasbeni dom) - Kozji vrh (at Košenjak)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Dravograd, then continue driving towards Maribor. After the 8.0 km road sign, we pay attention, because a little behind the bus stop and pedestrian crossing, we turn left into the settlement Gortina (the turn-off from the main road is not marked). Immediately when we leave the main road, we arrive in the settlement Gortina, and then we drive in the direction of Muta, turning left at the marked intersection, where we notice signs for Bistriški jarek. The road then quickly brings us to Bistriški jarek, through which we gently ascend. We park by the former POŠ Branik, today Glasbeni dom – that is the inscription on the building; otherwise, the building is used for various activities.
B) First, we drive to Maribor, then follow the signs for Dravograd. When we are already crossing Mučko Bistrica, a little after the Tuš store we drive right towards the settlement Muta 1. The road ahead brings us to Muta, where at intersections we follow the priority road; from the somewhat larger intersection we go left, so that we continue driving towards Gortina. A little after the settlement Muta ends, from the marked intersection we drive right towards Bistriški jarek. The road then quickly brings us to Bistriški jarek, through which we gently ascend. We park by the former POŠ Branik, today Glasbeni dom – that is the inscription 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 junction 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 nearby farm, where we go behind the house left on a marked cart track. The cart track first ascends transversely towards the left, then turns right; after the turn we leave it and 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 somewhat wider cart track, on which we also arrive from the forest. The path ahead leads us past the hunting observatory, then we cross a wider macadam road and continue on the road which leads to the nearby homestead Abram. Above the homestead we again continue on a cart track, and the path brings us to a nicely arranged chapel, above which the path temporarily becomes somewhat steeper. The path ahead leads us along the route of the power line, 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. A few minutes of ascent through the forest follow, then we arrive at the pastures below the church of St. Simon and Jude Thaddaeus, where the trail temporarily disappears. We continue with increasingly beautiful views to the church, where we go left and past the NOB monument walk to the former Planinsko zavetišče pri Knezu mountain hut, where there is a logbook box.
From the junction by the former mountain hut we continue right in the direction of Košenjak and St. Urban, first ascending through the forest, then the path flattens and the forest is temporarily partly replaced by grassy terrain. A little further we reach a macadam road, which we follow right towards Košenjak; at the nearby intersection we continue on the slightly left, upper road (slightly right farm Zgornji Čiček). For a short time we still continue on the road, then the signs for Košenjak direct us slightly left on a grassy cart track, on which we continue the ascent. Higher we go from the mentioned cart track left, a few minutes further we also cross a worse road. A few minutes of transverse ascent follow, then we reach the ridge of Kozji vrh, where there is a marked junction.
From the junction we go left in the direction of Kozji vrh (right St. Urban and Košenjak), which we reach after less than a minute of further walking.
Bistriški jarek - Pernice 1:45, Pernice - Kozji vrh 1:00.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (November).

On the way: Sv. Simon in Juda Tadej (Pernice) (1059m)

Trip can be extended to: Sveti Urban (above Kozji Vrh) ( 15 min) , Bivak Piramida (1 h 45 min) , Huhnerkogel/Košenjak (1 h 45 min)