Leše - Uršlja gora (Plešivec) (via Koča na Naravskih ledinah)

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 also past the climbing area Vranske peči and turn-off of the path to bivouac Suška bajta, and then soon after the crossing of torrent we leave it and we continue on a marked path. Next follows an ascent through the forest, where we cross a smaller cart track, and when we for second time reach the cart track, we follow it to the left. Slope here flattens and after the crossing of a grazing fence we pass on a pasture, where the footpath starts vanishing, and we continue by the left edge of the forest. After the hunting observatory path turns slightly left and it ascends to Obretanovo, where there are situated some buildings, among other things also cottage Taborniški dom roda koroških jeklarjev Obretanovo.
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.
At the mountain hut, we step on the road, on which we walk few steps, and then signs for Uršlja gora lead right on a meadow, through which we moderately ascend. On the upper edge of the meadow we cross the road which leads from Naravske ledine towards Križan and summit of Uršlja gora and on a footpath we start ascending through the forest. After few minutes of a diagonal ascent, the path flattens and it gets very close to the road. At the spot, where we get very close to the road where in good weather there are usually also some cars parked, and we continue left on a cart track which only a little further comes out of the forest on a little larger meadow. Through a meadow we follow the marked path, which higher brings us into the forest, where we continue the ascent on the wide path. From the path which is diagonally ascending, for some time a view opens up a little towards Peca, after that from the left joins a relatively new cart track (May 2014). On a relatively wide cart track we ascend to the near holiday cottage, where from the left joins also a marked path over Kozji hrbet.
We continue straight upwards on a wide and well-beaten path, from which a little higher the view opens up a little more, and then the path gradually flattens and brings us into a less dense forest. On the part, where the forest gets thinner we step on a smaller crossing, where we choose the left, a little steeper path which leads towards the summit of Uršlja gora (right path bypasses the peak and leads directly towards the church of St. Uršula and mountain hut Dom na Uršlji gori). A short ascent follows through a thin forest and then forest finally ends and with nice views, we quickly reach the cross on the top of Plešivec or Uršlja gora.
From the top, we can in 5 minutes walk also to the nearby church of St. Uršula and a mountain hut.
Leše - Koča na Naravskih ledinah 2:40, Koča na Naravskih ledinah - Uršlja gora 1:45.

On the way: Kot pri Prevaljah (688m), Taborniški dom roda koroških jeklarjev Obretanovo (1040m), Koča na Naravskih ledinah (1072m)

Trip can be extended to: Dom na Uršlji gori