Janževa Gora - Janžev vrh (past church of St. Janez Krstnik)
Starting point: Janževa Gora (357 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.54787°N 15.4825°E 
Path name: past church of St. Janez Krstnik
Time of walking: 1 h 35 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 464 m
Altitude difference (by path): 530 m
Map: Pohorje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From Maribor, we drive towards Dravograd or vice versa, but only to the beginning of the settlement Janževa Gora (from the direction of Dravograd, the end of the settlement Janževa Gora), where at the store Jäger the described path begins. At the starting point, there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers.
Path description:
From the store we continue on the road towards the north, and a little further from the crossroad we continue right, so that we walk between the forest on the left and houses on the right. Soon a footpath branches off to the left, which leads us into the forest, and at the first crossing we go left, then right. Next follows a few minutes of ascent past numerous verses and quotes, and we arrive at the church of St. John the Baptist.
We bypass the church on the left side, then descend along a cart track to the road, which we follow slightly to the right (right downwards to Selnica ob Dravi) and begin ascending along it.
The path ahead leads us past a cross, then we ascend with occasional views past individual houses. Higher up, we reach a fenced area, where we go left (here the path sometimes led right) and continue ascending on a narrower, quite steep asphalt road. Higher up, we reach the edge of the forest, where the asphalt ends, and we continue sharply right. Next follows some traversing to the right, which we do in a gentle ascent; when we reach the Katržan homestead, we go left across the yard and ascend between the house and the outbuilding. Above the house, the path enters the forest and begins ascending on a forest logging trail. A few minutes higher, we reach a forested ridge, on and along which we continue the ascent. Further on, there are a few smaller crossings where we follow the blazes; for some time, signs for the trail Lovska naravoslovna učna pot LD Boč na Kozjaku are also along the path, but these end soon after a hunting observatory, where a visitor book is located.
We continue to follow the blazes, and the path gradually shifts from the ridge to the right, eastern side of Janžev vrh. Here, the cart track begins to widen, but we leave it before reaching the nearby homestead and continue slightly left on a footpath that bypasses an older house on the left, then joins a rough road, which we follow to the left. At a panoramic saddle, we leave the marked path and continue left on a cart track that ascends diagonally across a scenic slope, from which a nice view opens up towards Peca and other surrounding mountains. The path then enters the forest and shifts onto a ridge, along which we continue to the transmitters at the top.
Starting point - Sveti Janez 0:15, Sveti Janez - Janžev vrh 1:20.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in March 2024.
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