Leše - Koča na Naravskih ledinah (through Kot pri Prevaljah and via Suška bajta)

Access to starting point:
From Mežica, border crossing Holmec or Ravne na Koroškem we drive on Prevalje, from there we continue driving towards the settlement Leše. When we get to Leše we continue sharply left in the direction of Uršlja gora, and then we park on a parking lot near primary school.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue in the direction of Uršlja gora, Naravske ledine and KPP (path Koroška planinska pot) and at first, we walk on an asphalt road which leads us past few houses. From the asphalt road, we soon go right on a macadam road in the direction of Uršlja gora and Pačnik and Streh. At the last house, we go left on a cart track which starts ascending through a panoramic meadow. Higher, we reach the other macadam road which we follow to the left, and there we walk past individual homesteads, at the crossroads we follow the signs for KPP or Naravske ledine.
At the farm Pečnik we continue straight, and at the next farm Ravnjak, we go slightly right on a marked cart track. Cart track at first crosses a panoramic meadow, and when passes into the forest, it starts diagonally descending and soon reaches a macadam road which we follow upwards. The road soon turns left, where crosses the stream Barbarski graben, where on the left we notice ranč H₂O, and few steps ahead on the right turn-off of a marked path. We continue on a marked cart track which higher returns on the road and makes the left hairpin turn. After hairpin turn path leads through steep and panoramic slopes, from which a nice view opens up towards Košenjak and Golica. The road then leads us past the climbing area Vranske peči, and after climbing area we leave the marked path and we continue right in the direction of "footpath Suško". Next follows an ascent on a slope, and the path higher for some time flattens and for a short time crosses towards the left. The path continues above the steep gully, where for some time becomes steeper, and then it gradually flattens and brings us on a smaller saddle, where there is a bivouac Suška bajta.
From the bivouac Suška bajta we go left (straight Mežica and Leše past St. Lenart), and after a shorter ascent, we join the path which leads from Mežica towards Uršlja gora.
We continue left, on the path which passes on steep slopes of Suški vrh (area named Suški plazi), where in snow there is a danger of avalanches and slipping. Mentioned slopes we at first cross, and then we diagonally ascend and we higher reach the eastern forested ridge of Suški vrh, where from the right side joins the path from the hunting cottage Dukles and area of western capercaillie.
We continue straight, at first still a little downwards, after that with views, which reach all the way to Golica / Koralpe we reach homestead Obretan (Obretanovo), where from the left joins also better marked path from Leše and where cottage Taborniški dom roda koroških jeklarjev Obretanovo is also located.
We continue on the road which behind the gate brings us to a marked crossing, and we continue the second path right, on the path which is ascending and not descending, and next to it we notice a caption Godec. The path ahead leads us without large ascents and descents, and it quickly brings us to the road, where the path splits, and the crossing isn't specifically marked.
We continue right on the forest road (straight on an ascending cart track farm Godec and Uršlja gora over Kozji hrbet), from which signs for Naravske ledine soon point us to the left upwards on a footpath, where we then follow the blazes. When we walk on a cart track which crosses slopes, still before its end we have to continue right downwards and on the mountain path we then cross the slopes. Next follows a short crossing of even steeper slopes, and then on stairs made of logs we descend back on the forest road (to here we can walk also on the forest road). The road, from which for some time a view opens up a little, we soon leave again and we continue left on the path which over a smaller hill "cuts" a little longer road turn.
Right before we return on the road which we further only cross, from the left joins also a marked path from Ravne na Koroškem. On the other side of the road, we short time continue through the forest, then the path leads us by the lower part of a meadow, where we join the path from Žerjav.
From the crossing, we still continue by the right edge of a meadow, and then after 5 minutes of a moderate ascent we walk to Koča na Naravskih ledinah.
Leše - Suška bajta 2:00, Suška bajta - Naravske ledine 50 minutes.

On the way: Kot pri Prevaljah (688m), Bivak Suška bajta (1034m), Taborniški dom roda koroških jeklarjev Obretanovo (1040m)

Trip can be extended to: Dom na Uršlji gori , Uršlja gora (Plešivec) (1 h 35 min)