Dravograd (Meža) - Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom

Access to starting point:
A) From Slovenj Gradec or Ravne na Koroškem we drive to Dravograd, and then before crossing the Drava river we continue right (we turn right at the first right turnoff). Next follows crossing the railway track, and then we are already at the beginning of the described path at Agricultural Forestry Cooperative Koroška. At the starting point, there are no arranged parking spots for hikers.
B) From Maribor, we drive to Dravograd, where we continue left towards Slovenj Gradec and Ravne na Koroškem. After the bridge over the Drava river we continue on the second street left. Next follows crossing the railway track, and then we are already at the beginning of the described path at Agricultural Forestry Cooperative Koroška. At the starting point, there are no arranged parking spots for hikers.

Path description:
On the other side of the railway track we go right, and then before the Agricultural Forestry Cooperative Koroška left onto an ascending asphalt road. We continue on the asphalt road to the nearby right hairpin turn, from where we continue straight in the direction of the marked path (near the intersection there are a few parking options). Next follows an ascent on the macadam road to the nearby house, behind which the road changes into a cart track, on which we continue the ascent through the forest. We ascend the cart track for a few minutes, and then we arrive at the area damaged by the windstorm. Here we go from the cart track right onto a nicely arranged path, which ascends over the slope with nice views, slowly getting overgrown. The well-repaired path makes a few hairpin turns, and then it ascends transversely to the vantage point Skala, where there is a logbook box and from where a beautiful view opens towards Dravograd.
We continue on the marked path, which a little higher brings us to a cart track, where the path splits. We head left towards Šisernik (also possible right towards Vinkler), and the cart track a little further turns sharply right. Next follows a shorter transverse ascent, and then the cart track ends. Next follows a shorter steep ascent, and then we reach another cart track, which we follow to the right (on this section a beaten path leads somewhat off the old marked path).
Next follows a shorter crossing to the right, and then we join the path past Vinkler.
We continue left, where first a nice view opens up, and then the path ascends on the cart track, where at junctions we continue straight. Higher up the path levels out, and the cart track with occasional views brings us to the junction at the Ošlovnik farm.
We continue right in the direction of Šisernikova pot and begin to descend transversely along the road. During the descent the path leads past a few more houses at the Kržečnik farm, and then through the forest we reach Cvitrško sedlo, where we exit the forest and where there are several successive junctions. We walk along the road to the shrine, from the shrine we head onto an initially poorly traceable path towards Golarjev vrh, where we ascend along the edge of the hay meadow or indistinct ridge. Here, looking back, a nice view opens onto Mežnarjev vrh and the church of St. Daniel, and the path a little higher enters the forest and brings us to a macadam road.
We follow the road to the right (straight to Golarjev vrh), and along it in a few minutes we reach the Kljuk homestead, where a nice view opens towards Peca, and the path behind the farm turns slightly left into the forest, where it continues transversely on a gentle cart track. In the forest we follow the markers, and when we exit the forest we quickly descend to the road, which we follow left. Along the road, which we reach at the Gnamuš farm, we quickly arrive at the chapel located on the saddle between Golarjev vrh and Potoški vrh. We continue along the road, which descends transversely for quite some time, and from it occasionally a view opens towards the church of St. Anne on Anski vrh. Somewhat further from the Lubas homestead, the markers for Šisernikova pot direct us left onto a cart track continuing through the forest. After crossing the spring, the path ascends to a small saddle, where on the right we notice a shrine.
Here we continue straight down the marked path (right Anski vrh), along which we descend to the next macadam road, along which we continue the descent to the junction at the larger chapel.
Here we cross the asphalt road (left Trbonje and ecological farm Škorjanc, right Mislinja valley) and continue past the NOB monument into the forest. We ascend along the road to the Škratek farm, which we bypass on the right side, where the path leads across pastures and is harder to follow. On the other side of the pasture the path enters the forest and continues on a cart track. At the smaller junction we continue right (straight hunting observation post) and ascend to the next hay meadow, from which a nice view of the surrounding hills opens again. The path quickly returns to the forest, and we reach the macadam road, where on the left we notice the NOB monument and a shrine.
We continue slightly right, and the road brings us to the junction at the next chapel, where we go left. We walk a few more minutes along the road, and then the markers direct us slightly left onto a cart track, along which we continue to the saddle below Jesenkov vrh, where there is a cross and a chapel.
We continue straight (left farm Osirnik) and continue walking along the road. Soon a nice view opens to the right towards Uršlja gora and Peca, and when the path returns to the forest we go slightly right onto the parallel marked path, which after a short ascent returns to the road (if we continue on the road, at the nearby junction we continue right). We follow the road right, along which we walk to the nearby hunting lodge LD Gradišče.
We bypass the hunting lodge on the left side and continue along the gentle forest path, along which after crossing Durnski vrh we return to the macadam road. We walk a few minutes along the road, and then the markers direct us onto a cart track that begins to ascend quite steeply through the forest. A little further we cross another macadam road, and higher we arrive at a marked junction, where we join the better-visited path from Slovenj Gradec.
We continue in the direction of Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom, which we reach in a few minutes of moderate ascent.
Dravograd - Skala 0:25, Skala - Cvitrško sedlo 1:00, Cvitrško sedlo - hunting lodge LD Gradišče 2:45, hunting lodge LD Gradišče - Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom 0:50.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2019 (May).

On the way: Skala (nad Dravogradom) (525m), Cvitrško sedlo (677m), Lovski dom LD Gradišče (880m)

Trip can be extended to: Gradišče (above Slovenj Gradec) , Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom , Kremžarjev vrh ( 10 min)