Podvelka - Sveti Ignacij (Rdeči Breg)

Access to starting point:
From the road Maribor - Dravograd, between the settlements Ožbalt and Brezno we turn on the road in the direction of the settlement Podvelka. After crossing the river Drava and railway we turn left and we park on a parking lot near the post office.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a side road, by which there are signs for Sveti Ignacij and Hunting cottage Klančnik. At first, we are ascending past few houses, and when the asphalt ends we continue through the forest on a cart track which is ascending diagonally towards the right. A little higher we cross a macadam road, and we are ascending on the mountain path which leads us by the nearby cart track which we higher cross, and a little further we reach another macadam road. We follow the road to the right, and we walk there few minutes, or to the spot, where the signs for Sveti Ignacij point us to the left on a cart track which starts ascending steeper. At a smaller crossing we choose the left cart track which then leads us below a larger clearing, and a little ahead the cart track turns right and it ascends through the previously mentioned clearing. From the upper part of the clearing a beautiful view opens up, which reaches all the way to Golica / Koralpe, and the path then returns into the forest. Higher, we for some time leave the forest and we reach the ridge of Grebenčev vrh, where we go past two hunting observatories, and here we on few successive crossings follow the blazes. The path ahead again leads through the forest, and gradually from the slope passes on an indistinct ridge, where it gradually flattens. Further for few minutes we continue without large changes in altitude, and then we get to the church of St. Ignacij.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in February 2023.