Bistriški jarek (Glasbeni dom) - Sveti Urban (above Kozji Vrh)

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 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; we turn left at the marked crossroads, 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 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 Mučka Bistrica, a little after the Tuš store we drive right in the direction of the settlement Muta 1. The path ahead brings us to Muta, where at the crossroads we follow the priority road; from a somewhat larger crossroads we go left, so that further on we drive towards Gortina. A little after the settlement Muta ends, from the marked crossroads we drive right in the direction of 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 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 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 diagonally towards the left, then turns right; after the bend we leave it and continue slightly right on a marked footpath which starts to ascend steeply through the forest. Higher, we cross an even older cart track; after a further short ascent we join a somewhat wider cart track, on which we also arrive out of 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 power line route, higher we cross a wider road once again. Further on, the path leads us also past the homestead Hribernik, above which the path gradually transitions into the forest. There follows a few minutes' ascent through the forest, then we arrive at the pastures below the church of St. Simon and Jude Thaddaeus, where the trail temporarily disappears. We continue with ever more beautiful views to the church, where we go left and past the NOB monument walk to the former Mountain Hut Planinsko zavetišče pri Knezu, where there is the stamping box.
From the junction by the former mountain hut we continue right in the direction of Košenjak and St. Urban and first ascend through the forest, then the path levels out, and the forest is temporarily replaced by partly grassy terrain. A little further, we reach the macadam road, which we follow right towards Košenjak; at the nearby junction 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 onto a grassy cart track, on which we continue the ascent. Higher, we go left from the mentioned cart track; a few minutes further we cross a poorer road. There follows a few minutes' diagonal ascent, then we reach the ridge of Kozji vrh, where there is a marked junction.
From the junction we go right (left Kozji vrh less than 1 minute) and continue the path along the border ridge, on which we descend easily. After a good 10 minutes we step out of the forest, where ahead of us we already see the church of St. Urban, to which only a short walk separates us.
Bistriški jarek - Pernice 1:45, Pernice - Kozji vrh 1:00, Kozji vrh - sv. Urban 0:15.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2018 (November).

On the way: Sv. Simon in Juda Tadej (Pernice) (1059m), Kozji vrh (pri Košenjaku) (1383m)

Trip can be extended to: Bivak Piramida (1 h 30 min) , Huhnerkogel/Košenjak (1 h 30 min)