Bistriški jarek (Glasbeni dom) - Sveti Jernej above Muta

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Dravograd, and then continue driving towards Maribor. After the road sign 8.0 km, we need to pay attention, because a little behind the bus stop and the 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 crossroad 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, and then follow the signs for Dravograd. When we are already crossing Mučka Bistrica, a little after the Tuš store we drive right towards the settlement Muta 1. The path ahead brings us to Muta, where at crossroads we follow the priority road; from a somewhat larger crossroad we go left, so that we continue driving towards Gortina. A little after the settlement Muta ends, from the marked crossroad 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 right towards the Sedelnik waterfall (left Pernice), where the path first brings us to the chapel, and behind it over a small bridge we cross the Mučka Bistrica river. On the other side of the river, the path goes into the forest and ascends along the stream. After a few minutes, the path splits, and we continue right towards Sveti Jernej (straight Sedelnik waterfall 2 minutes).
The path ahead steeply ascends and some fixed safety gear help us. When the fixed safety gear end, we arrive above the waterfall, and the blazes end temporarily. From the junction above the waterfall we go right, then still before the end of the older cart track left onto a steep path, along which we quickly ascend to the cart track where blazes reappear. Further on, the cart track has some junctions where we carefully follow the blazes, and when we step out of the forest, we continue straight and above the nearby homestead reach the macadam road, where we continue left towards Sveti Jernej. The macadam road then leads us past the Vitdoner homestead, where they sell homemade honey, and above the mentioned homestead we reach a wider road, which we follow sharply to the left. The path ahead first leads with nice views, then transitions into the forest, where the blazes direct us sharply right onto a side road, along which we arrive at the Ladinek homestead. At the homestead, the signs direct us left onto a short overgrown section, then we return to the cart track, which brings us back to the wider macadam road in a moderate ascent. The road leads past the turn-off to the hunting hut and past the chapel, after the chapel we go slightly left onto the cart track. A short ascent through the forest follows, then we arrive at the edge of a vast fenced pasture where small livestock is grazing. For a few minutes, with increasingly beautiful views, we continue along the fence, then approach the nearby houses. We continue in the same direction, crossing some side pasture fences in between, then arrive at a marked crossroad.
We continue on the slightly left road (right homestead Primož, by which there is a logbook box and a stamp), along which we ascend to the church of St. Jernej in a few minutes.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (October).

On the way: Sedelnikov slap (500m)

Trip can be extended to: Sveti Primož above Muta (1 h 15 min) , St. Lorenzen ob Eibiswald (1 h) , Bricnik (1 h 25 min)